Today News Headlines for School Assembly, Dec 29, 2025: Aravalli row, Ukraine peace plan & more

Eight wagons of a goods train derailed between Lahaban and Simulthala stations in the Asansol Division of Eastern Railway, disrupting train operations on both the Up and Down lines of the section.

A local panchayat that failed to do its job and a host of government departments that turned a blind eye to violations, big and small – those are, in essence, the key findings of a magisterial inquiry, which was set up to probe the fire at Birch by Romeo Lane in North Goa’s Arpora that killed 25 people on December 6, The Indian Express has learnt.

International

Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine peace plan

Russia opposes Taiwan’s independence in any form and views the island as an inseparable part of China, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russia’s TASS state news agency.

Myanmar holds the first phase of the election under military rule in 5 years

Sports

India won by 30 runs over Sri Lanka at Chamari Athapaththu’s Lanka at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. 

Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf dropped from Pakistan squad for T20I series against Sri Lanka

Business

The Statistics Ministry will make public the weights of each item that will be part of the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket before the first retail inflation data is released on February 12.

SEBI announces major overhaul of mutual fund regulations, cuts expense ratio limits

RBI union raises concerns over shortage of small denomination notes, urges adequate supply

Education

The Uttar Pradesh government has issued guidelines directing all secondary and basic primary schools in the state to incorporate newspaper reading as a mandatory daily activity for students.

Teachers at government and private schools in Delhi will undergo a fresh round of structured online training as the government has reopened multiple professional development courses for the current academic year.