School Assembly News Headlines Today: Top national, international & other news of August 13
National
After Asim Munir, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif threatens India over Indus Waters Treaty
Cong plans nationwide protests on 'voter fraud'
Four firms to build India's first satellite constellation
International
US July layoffs soar to highest since 2020 as AI and budget cuts hit jobs
Edward Coristine aka Big Balls could get prestigious presidential medal after DC assault; suspects revealed
Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger tormented by fellow inmates in 'relentless' taunting sessions, 'It's driving him crazy'
Education
Ladakh LG bats for inclusive education for monks studying at monastic institutions
UP government to launch 3,000 nursery and kindergarten schools on Independence Day
MBD Group's 'Robotics Lab on Wheels' aims to take coding & STEM education in underprivileged schools across India
School Assembly News Headlines Today: Top international, national other news of August 12
Sports
Rohit Sharma quashes retirement rumours, links up with former India coach to regain fitness, prepare for Australia ODIs
Sports Bill not an intervention from the government: Mandaviya
Italian athlete Mattia Debertolis found unconscious during an orienteering event, dies at World Games in China
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Hindustan Times
30 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Chhetri's omission: A question of answers
Kolkata: At 10.44pm on Independence Day it became clear that Sunil Chhetri will not figure in Khalid Jamil's plans for the CAFA Nations Cup, the new India head coach's first assignment beginning later this month. File picture of India football team skipper Sunil Chhetri greets his fans after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asia qualifier against Kuwait at Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium on June 6, 2024. (AFP FILE) The media release from the All India Football Federation (AIFF) listing the 22 who had joined the preparatory camp in Bengaluru was posted in the journalists' WhatsApp group late on Friday. It had to be read with an earlier social media post from AIFF that named the 13 who were yet to report to understand that Jamil is looking beyond the talisman who turned 41 on August 3. In the absence of any kind of announcement regarding Chhetri's unavailability, it will have to be assumed that the India captain has been dropped. Which would be a rare thing in the 20-year international career of a player who has the most international goals (95) after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi among active players. Bengaluru FC, where Chhetri's contract has a year to run, have not started training and suspended salaries of the first team and staff in the absence of clarity on the 2025-26 season. Yet, Jamil has included six players from the club. On Friday, they and Jamil had their first training session. On the same day, after a back injury while on holiday, Chhetri trained on his own. Manolo Marquez had persuaded Chhetri to come out of international retirement. It was announced with some razzmatazz on social media on March 6, but Chhetri could not reproduce his Indian Super League form of 14 goals and two assists – his best returns in seven seasons. In four matches for India, he has one goal and no assist. 'It was risky, yes,' Marquez told HT last month after leaving his post as India head coach. 'But we had problems finding goals and he was scoring in ISL…Now, everyone can say that it was a mistake and I need to accept that. But I think that was not a mistake. He is a top professional and I was very satisfied to be able to count on him.' There could be a number of reasons for Chhetri's contrasting form for club and country: the quality of players at Bengaluru FC, the difference in the level of opponents in ISL and international football are but two. But if last season is the benchmark, Chhetri is fit and retains game smarts necessary for international football. But just as it is Chhetri's decision to be available, it is Jamil's to look ahead. He has a two-year contract with the option for a third. Chhetri is unlikely to continue in club football beyond 2025-26 so Jamil seeking forwards who will play beyond that is a fair call. But in the absence of an official statement, all of this is speculation. Could AIFF have got Jamil to explain his selections and omissions in the media release? Should AIFF change its ways and get head coaches to do that always? Could Jamil and Chhetri have got on the phone with the coach telling the player why he was being left out? Could that have been mentioned in the media release? The answer to all of the above is: yes. After a rousing send-off in June 2024, Chhetri would have needed some persuasion, possibly ignored advice from his family, to pull on an India shirt again. He has chosen not to speak about it. What does Jamil's decision mean for his international future? If this is it, if the low of a defeat to Hong Kong is how it ends, does Chhetri, and the rest of India, not deserve to know that?
The Hindu
30 minutes ago
- The Hindu
No foreign voters in Bihar SIR list; Modi brings divisive agenda: CPI(ML)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya has welcomed the interim order of the Supreme Court on the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voters list in Bihar. He said the Election Commission of India (ECI) is forced to back off from its stand on the matter and hoped that the poll body will ensure transparency in preparing voters' lists and provide details for the reasons of the omission of voters published in the draft list. Countering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on Independence Day that illegal immigration is threatening the country's demography, Mr. Bhattacharya said the SIR exercise in Bihar did not bring out a single case of illegal immigrants in the State. 'PM Modi gave his longest Independence Day speech, but the important point is that the theme of Independence Day is now being reduced to partition. It is as if the government is trying to finish the incomplete agenda of partition,' he said. He maintained that out of the 65 lakh voters who have been disenfranchised, no one was a foreign national. 'But once again, Modi ji has brought back that agenda, completely unsubstantiated, the bogey of illegal immigration, infiltration. And the things that they are doing to change our demography, taking away all jobs, occupying land, getting married to women and forcing conversion. This is a total anti-immigrant agenda of the RSS and BJP. This is what led to partition, perhaps they want another partition...' he said. He asked how the Centre concluded on the number of foreign nationals entering India illegally, when there has been no Census since 2011. 'It has created a tone of terror in the country, it has created major insecurity, and when you sort of view it together with the ongoing SIR, the backdoor NRC, the ongoing so-called police verification drive, the MHA circular, so it creates before us the danger of a huge social division and the creation of a permanent category of disenfranchised people,' he said.
India Today
42 minutes ago
- India Today
Congress leader equates RSS with Taliban after PM's praise in I-Day speech
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, Karnataka Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Saturday hit back, calling the right-wing group 'Indian Taliban' and accusing it of disturbing peace in the country.'They (RSS) are trying to disturb peace in the country. I will only equate RSS with Taliban, they are Indian Taliban and PM is appreciating them from Red Fort,' Hariprasad told news agency The former Rajya Sabha MP also raised questions over the organisation's legal status and funding. 'Was there any 'Sanghi' who participated in the freedom struggle? The man who spoke from the Red Fort yesterday... It's a shame that RSS is not a registered organisation. We don't know where they get funds. Any NGO that wants to work in the country should register, as per the Constitution,' he went on to allege that the BJP and RSS were 'masters of twisting history' and accused them of attempting to rewrite the narrative of Partition. His remark was in reference to an NCERT module that holds Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Congress, and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten responsible for the partition. The module, released to mark Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, has evoked a sharp reaction from the Congress.'It was Fazlul Huq and Syama Prasad Mookerjee who moved the first resolution in Bengal for the Partition. Jinnah and Savarkar were of the opinion that both religions need a separate state. They are trying to blame Congress for it,' he told MODI'S PRAISE FOR RSSIn his Independence Day address on Friday, Prime Minister Modi had lauded the RSS, which is set to complete 100 years later this year, describing it as the 'world's biggest NGO' with a 'very proud and glorious' journey of national service.'For the past 100 years, the RSS swayamsevaks have been dedicating their lives to fulfil the resolve of vyakti nirman (character development) and rashtra nirman (nation building) for the welfare of matrubhoomi (motherland),' the Prime Minister, a former RSS pracharak, Congress, however, has consistently disputed the RSS's legacy. Party leaders including Manickam Tagore and Supriya Shrinate criticised the Prime Minister's remarks, insisting that the organisation stayed away from the freedom struggle and instead spread 'hate and division.'The RSS will mark its centenary celebrations in October this year, coinciding with Vijaya Dashami.- Ends
