INDIA
– Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren wins confidence motion with 48 votes in 81-member Assembly, BJP stages walkout
– PM announces development and upgradation of 14,500 schools across the country under PM-SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India) Yojana
– President Droupadi Murmu confers National Awards to distinguished teachers on Teachers Day
– UGC launches new research fellowship and research grants schemes on Teachers Day
– Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina holds talks with the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in New Delhi
– Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari confers honorary title to Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande in Kathmandu
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– CCI clears Prosus-backed PayU’s $4.7-billion acquisition of BillDesk
– Krishnan Sankarasubramaniam takes over as Tamilnad Mercantile Bank MD & CEO
– India to celebrate National Cinema Day on September 16 says Multiplex Association of India (MAI), tickets priced at Rs 75
WORLD
– UK: Foreign Minister Liz Truss elected new leader of the governing Conservative Party, becomes next PM of Britain
– Afghanistan: Two Russian diplomats killed along with several locals in blast outside Russian embassy in Kabul
– China: 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Sichuan Province, 21 killed
– International Day of Charity observed on September 5; death anniversary of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
