Today News Headlines for School Assembly, January 23, 2026: Trump releases Board of Peace list, Oscar Nominations full list out

Quote of the day by Mahatma Gandhi

Real education has to draw out the best from the boys and girls to be educated

National

As many as 10 Army men were killed on Thursday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, the office of the Union Territory’s Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha, said.

A top Maoist leader of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty on his head, was killed with around nine others in an encounter between security forces and Maoist cadres in the Saranda forest area of West Singhbhum district on Thursday, officials said.

At a time when erratic weather patterns and environmental degradation in the Himalayas are under the spotlight, the Centre has said it approved the felling of 17,625 trees on the Gangotri and Yamunotri stretch and is monitoring over 2,800 glacial lakes and water bodies.

International

Speaking at a Board of Peace charter announcement, US President Donald Trump said the Middle East is now at peace, reiterating his claim of having resolved eight conflicts before hinting that another settlement could be imminent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country could send US $1 billion to his US counterpart Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ aimed at overseeing the Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan from the frozen assets.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced the much-awaited nominations for the 2026 Oscars. The nominees for the 98th Academy Awards were revealed by actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman during a live-streamed event.

Sports

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has told the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) that if they don’t agree to send its team to India for the T20 World Cup, it will be replaced by Scotland for the tournament starting next month.

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has said Pakistan should consider boycotting the T20 World Cup in protest after the International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected Bangladesh’s request to move its matches out of India.

Business

The Indian rupee tumbled 72 paise to close at a record low of 91.70 against the dollar, on rising geopolitical tensions, uncertainty over India-US trade deal and continued outflows from foreign investors from domestic equities.

In its response to the government’s stern notice over Grok AI generating objectionable images of women without consent, Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has told the IT Ministry that it was open to permanently disabling accounts which engaged in such activity on the platform

Education

The Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) BTech, BE paper held on the second day of the January 2025 session comprised mathematics, physics and chemistry papers of 300 marks. Shift 1 paper of JEE Main 2026 was concept-focused and NCERT-driven and easy to moderate in overall difficulty.

IIT Kanpur has expanded the Centre for Mental Health Wellbeing through the appointment of 10 full-time professional psychologists. These psychologists are trained to manage serious and complex mental health concerns.