1.Filmmaker Anuparna Roy, who made her debut with ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’, bagged the Best Director award at the Venice International Film Festival.

2.The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday a batch of petitions challenging the June 24 decision of the Election Commission to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar.

3.The Odisha Excise department carried out intensive enforcement drives across the state September 6, seizing illicit goods worth Rs1.42 crore. The raids resulted in 264 cases being registered and 183 arrests.

4.Five persons, including two women, were arrested in Bhubaneswar Sunday as an inter-state cyber fraud racket was busted, police said. A fallout among the members of the gang over the share of crime proceeds led to a kidnapping, unravelling the entire case, they said.

5.Uttar Pradesh is set to unveil ‘Anokhi Duniya’, the world’s first-ever park crafted entirely from ceramic waste, according to officials.

6. Opposition MPs would be briefed Monday on the procedure to vote in the September 9 vice presidential polls, sources in the INDIA bloc said Sunday.

7.A Class IX girl was allegedly raped inside a car by a man in Kandhamal district, police said Sunday.

8.Russia attacked with 810 drones and decoys, Ukraine’s air force said, adding it shot down 747 drones and four missiles.

9.Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Sunday that he will resign following growing calls from within his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July’s parliamentary election.

10.The year-long birth centenary celebrations of legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika will commence Monday, with the Assam government and various other organisations set to pay tributes to the maestro.

11.Gold and silver prices surged sharply over this week, pushing gold to Rs1.06 lakh per 10 grams and silver beyond Rs1.23 lakh per kilogramme.

12.Foreign investors pulled out Rs12,257 crore ($1.4 billion) from Indian equities in the first week of September, weighed down by a stronger dollar, US tariff concerns, and persistent geopolitical tensions.

13.World number one Aryna Sabalenka retained her US Open crown with a battling 6-3 7-6(3) win over American eighth seed Amanda Anisimova in the US Open women's fi nal Saturday, underlining her claim as the modern queen of the hardcourt.

14.Hockey India has announced Rs3 lakh each to players after the men's team won the Asia Cup. The support staff members of the Indian men's team will also receive Rs 1.5 lakh each

15.Indian football is showing signs of returning to normalcy as the All India Football Federation’s executive committee has confirmed that the Super Cup will be held from October 25.