Top 10 News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025: National, International, Sports

Top 10 News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025: Students who wish to recite news on January 20, 2025, during the school assembly can check the Top 10 News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025 here. Students can check all the top 10 national, international, and sports-related news available here.

Top 10 News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025

Students can check the Top 10 News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025 for national and international updates below.

National News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025

• The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) is all set for a significant fare hike between 30-40%, citing increasing operational costs.
• Intense cold wave continues in Delhi, AQI recorded as “poor”.
• In a significant move to revive and modernise higher education in the State, which suffered due to neglect over the last few years, the Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) has decided to overhaul its undergraduate curriculum by completely revising its syllabus to make it industry-ready. 
• The Election Commission (EC) has projected the need for 800 additional warehouses across the country to store EVMs and other equipment in case simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies are held.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully carried out a demonstration of restarting its Vikas liquid engine at a test facility at Propulsion Complex in Mahendragiri, the space agency.

International News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025

• A ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is set to come into effect on Sunday (January 19, 2025) morning with a hostage release to follow hours later, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.
• Thousands of people have gathered in Washington to protest against Donald Trump's policies ahead of his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States on January 20.
• TikTok app has been removed from prominent app stores in the USA.
• A senior Taliban person has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy.
• Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers gathered Sunday (January 19, 2025) for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Sports News Headlines for School Assembly 20 January 2025

• American qualifier Learner Tien became the youngest man to reach the Australian Open fourth round in 20 years.
• India's GenNext cricketers will be eager to extend their dominance in the global stage as they seek to defend the title of the ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup beginning in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (January 18, 2025).
• Shubman Gill is named as vice-captain of India for the Champions Trophy.
• Erling Haaland seeks a legacy at Manchester City with a new 10-year contract until 2034.
• Amad Diallo scores late 12-minute hat trick to rescue Manchester United in 3-1 win over Southampton