News Headlines for School Assembly, January 7, 2026: Vaishno medical college row, Japan earthquake

In a move aimed at making the JEE Advanced exam “a better and less stressful assessment”, the IIT Council has recommended that an expert committee evaluate the possibility of making the test adaptive, where questions are dynamically generated and adjusted in real-time depending on the candidate’s ability.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) ‘Samudra Pratap’, the first of two pollution control vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), in Goa Monday.

India has become the world’s largest rice producer, surpassing China, with a total output of 150.18 million tonnes during 2024-25.

A total of 12.55 crore voters have made it to Uttar Pradesh’s draft electoral roll, released by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The state saw 2.89 crore deletions, or 18.70% of the electorate, from the rolls.

A purported video surfaced online showing students allegedly raising controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The varsity on Tuesday sought the registration of an FIR in connection with the incident. The JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) declined to comment on the slogans.

Delhi to declare rabies a ‘notifiable disease’. Declaring human rabies a notifiable disease is a key component of the plan to achieve zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies.

Business

India’s IPO boom set to continue in 2026. A large and diverse set of companies — spanning sectors such as financial services, manufacturing, consumer goods, technology and infrastructure — are lined up to tap the markets, with total fundraising estimated at around Rs 2.65 lakh crore, says a report.

Institutional investments in the Indian real estate sector surged to an all-time high of $8.47 billion (around Rs 76,000 core) in 2025, registering a 29 per cent year-on-year growth from $6.56 billion (Rs 59,000 crore) in 2024, according to a report by property consultancy Colliers India.

Sports

Chelsea Football Club appoints Liam Rosenior as head coach of the men’s team.