Today News Headlines for School Assembly, August 18, 2026: Trump praises India’s voter ID system; Jharkhand student leader ends fast after JSSC-CGL scrapped

National News

Jharkhand CM on Monday announced that they would cancel the JSSC-CGL examination and other recruitment exams and ordered a CBI probe into exam irregularities. The decision is expected to be formally taken by the state Cabinet now.

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C Joseph Vijay, has announced a full waiver on agriculture loans for up to Rs 75,000. In addition to this, he also declared a waiver up to Rs 75,000 for loans taken by farmers, varying from Rs 75,000 to Rs one lakh.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has identified the absence of basic passenger facilities such as drinking water, fans, toilets, etc at various major Indian railway stations, namely New Delhi, Mumbai, Howrah, and Sealdah. Earlier, the authority had flagged the presence of E. coli bacteria in drinking water samples collected from water coolers of railway stations.

Scientists are studying a suitcase-sized spacecraft that could help researchers understand what the universe was like before the first stars formed. The mission is aimed at studying signals from the early universe and could provide new clues about its evolution.

About 28.3 per cent of Odisha’s 564-km coastline is undergoing erosion, according to an assessment by the National Centre for Coastal Research. Jagatsinghpur is the most affected district, with 47.6 per cent of its coastline facing erosion. Scientists and authorities are examining measures to protect vulnerable coastal communities.

World News

Trump praised India’s voter ID system as an example for the US, while renewing his push for the SAVE America Act and stricter voter identification rules.

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In a recent turn of events, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that was placed in charge of a retail store in San Francisco sacked one of its human employees last month for frequently being late to the store.

As per reports, Indonesia’s Flores region was again struck by an earthquake of magnitude 5.9. The death toll due to the repeated series of earthquakes has reached 53.

Sports News

Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted that the 2026–27 season could be his final season as a professional footballer. In his recent interview, the Portugal footballer said he wants to leave a “spectacular legacy” after around 25 years in the sport.

Business News

The newly built Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh has started commercial flight operations from August 17. The new airport is now serving passengers travelling to and from Visakhapatnam.

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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has directed officials to install “Tank to Tap” filtration systems at around 20,000 locations after Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) detected E. coli bacteria in drinking water samples of various railway stations.

Education News

Several student organisations on Monday held protests in New Delhi and announced nationwide demonstrations against the National Testing Agency’s decision to re-conduct the UGC-NET examinations for three subjects, alleging that repeated lapses have put students’ academic and career plans at risk.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that the result for the recruitment examination of various teaching and non-teaching position in the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) will be released phase-wise over the next few days on the designated portal.