1.A Delhi court has convicted Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a Supreme Court judge and attempting to pressure a judicial officer to grant him bail.

2.India is expanding private-sector participation in conventional missile manufacturing, with the government now looking at domestic production of systems capable of striking targets at ranges of up to 1,500 km.

3.The Indian Navy is preparing to formally induct Nipun, the second Diving Support Vessel of the Nistar-class, on 31 August 2026 at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

4.The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs over petitions filed by party leader Abhishek Banerjee seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law.

5.The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on four India-based companies and several Indian nationals accused of facilitating trade in Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.

6.The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks.

7.The death toll from the flash flood that swept through the Votekoshi River from the Tibetan side of Rasuwa district in northern Nepal has risen to 15 More than 750 foreign tourists, including 133 Indians, are missing. Many border villages in Nepal have been completely submerged.

8.Six major hydroelectric projects and power grid installations in Nepal have been severely damaged. According to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Rasuwagadi, Chilime, Trishuli 3A, Trishuli 3B Hub 220 kV substations, Trishuli and Devighat hydroelectric stations have been submerged in floodwaters.

9.The 7th session of the 17th Legislative Assembly of the Odisha government will begin from September 22 and continue till October 3.

10.A 20-year-old NEET aspirant from Madhya Pradesh, Khusbu Patel, has committed suicide in Kota.

11.There is no explanation for the use of prepositions in some places. It has been alleged that there are several such errors in the Class 10 English grammar book published by the Board of Secondary Education.

12.The second lunar eclipse of this year is going to happen on the 28th. The eclipse will begin at 6:53 am Indian time on that day.

13.The need to provide photocopies of documents during hotel check-in is expected to be reduced. Hotels can use QR codes and OTP-based digital methods to verify the identity of guests.

14.On Thursday, the holy Raksha Purnima, women from 7 cities of Odisha will get the opportunity to travel free in our buses. These cities are Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Berhampur and Keonjhar. More than 1 lakh women passengers from the urban areas will benefit.

15.The global economy has taken a different turn. India's concern is about rice. Especially about basmati rice. Iran, the world's number 1 rice exporter, is dependent on Indian rice, and the recent restrictions imposed by the US are likely to affect India's rice exports.