1.Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday underlined the need for swift justice in cases involving crime against women and said that it will give them greater assurance of their safety.

2.After a wetter-than-normal August, India is likely to experience above normal rainfall in September, with heavy to very heavy precipitation expected in northwest India and the surrounding areas.

3.The BJP government Saturday launched the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PMUShA) in the state.

4.Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday suggested the renaming of Ravenshaw University, one of the oldest educational institutions in Odisha, a step towards upholding Odia Ashmita.

5.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday launched 481 developmental projects worth Rs 1,151 crore across different districts during an event organised here to celebrate local self-governance day.

6.The Durgapur airport in West Bengal got two new flights, connecting Bhubaneswar, Bagdogra in Siliguri and Guwahati, a statement said Saturday.

7.Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat Saturday joined protesting farmers at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders between Punjab and Haryana and said the central government should pay heed to their demands and address their issues on priority.

8.At least 47 Indians trapped in cyber scam centres in Laos have been rescued from the Bokeo province of the country, the Indian embassy in the Southeast Asian country said Saturday.

9.Brazil’s telecommunications regulator said Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk’s X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor.

10.The country’s iron ore production rose by 8.9 per cent to 98 million tonnes in the first four months of the ongoing fiscal, the government said. The country's iron ore output was 90 MT in the April-July period of the previous fiscal, according to the provisional data.

11.Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow and several other Russian regions on Sunday, Russian officials said.

12.Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rajwinder Singh Bhatti took over the charge of Director General (DG), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Saturday, informed an official release.

13.The slowing of India's economic growth to a 15-month low of 6.7 per cent in the April-June quarter was due to "lower" government spending in the wake of the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls, RBI Governor said.

14.Five cow vigilantes have been arrested and two minors have been detained in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri for allegedly killing a man over suspicion that he had consumed beef.

15.Rubina Francis shot down India’s fourth medal from the shooting range, showing tremendous calm and composure in a high-class field to clinch a bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol SH1 event in the Paris Paralympics Saturday.