National Teachers' Award 2022 | Image from X - @rashtrapatibhvnNational Teachers' Award 2022 | Image from X - @rashtrapatibhvn
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  1. President Droupadi Murmu’s official invitation to G20 leaders and state chief ministers of the country has sparked the India vs. Bharat debate. It’s possibly the first-ever official invite to read “President of Bharat.”
  2. Bypolls in seven assembly seats across six states were held today. The poll results would indicate people’s perception of the new opposition bloc INDIA.
  3. The five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by CJI D. Y. Chandrachud, after hearing petitions challenging Article 370 abrogation for 16 days, reserved its verdict.
  4. The executive director of the Gas Authority of India (GAIL), KB Singh, and four others were arrested by the CBI for demanding Rs.50 lakhs from a person, promising a project with GAIL.
  5. Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena and CM Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 400 new electric buses in the national capital today. Writing about it on X, Kejriwal said his government has a target of introducing 8,000 electric buses by 2025.
  6. TVS Motor to launch the Apache RTR 310 bike tomorrow. The bike is co-developed by BMW and is likely to bear similarities with BMW’s G310R.
  7. Air India has announced waivers to passengers who hold travel tickets from Delhi airport for dates September 7-11. They would get a one-time waiver on applicable charges and those opting to change their travel date/flight will have to pay only the fare difference.
  8. At the National Teachers’ Award 2022 event at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, celebrating Teachers’ Day, President Droupadi Murmu awarded 75 teachers for their remarkable contributions to education.
  9. A release from UN experts on abuses in Manipur, drew a sharp response from India’s permanent mission to the United Nations office terming the release “unwarranted, presumptive, and misleading.”
  10. Government security advisory has warned Android users in India that a malware named DogeRAT, spread by a cybercriminal group, is on the prowl. It can gain access to sensitive data, including messages and bank credentials.