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Today News Headlines for School Assembly, October 1, 2026: Netanyahu and Modi hail Indian flydubai pilot as hero
Today News Headlines for School Assembly, October 1, 2026: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) declaration from the finalised states. In the Asian Games 2026, India has bagged a total of 60 medals, including 10 gold medals.
Today News Headlines for School Assembly, October 1, 2026
School Assembly News Headlines for Today, October 1, 2026: Key highlights include ECI dropping changes in Form 6 from finalised states, Iran’s Foreign Ministry warning the UAE of “highly dangerous consequences”, India climbing to seventh position with a total of 60 medals, Apple launching its flagship payment services in India, IISc Bengaluru becoming the highest-ranked institution of India in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027, and more.
National News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Indian Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, who reportedly fought off a co-pilot who allegedly attempted to crash Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) declaration added to the statutory voter enrolment form, Form 6, that the two Election Commissioners, namely Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, had called ‘illegal’, from finalised states.
A Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant, identified as Mohammad Asif alias Hashim Moosa, has been neutralised in an overnight encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam.
World News
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has warned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of “highly dangerous consequences” following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit. Dismissing Iran’s claim, a senior Saudi official has denied reports of any meeting with Israel.
The United States (US) forces announced that it has withdrawn all American troops from Iraq, terminating its 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group. The last troop left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal signed between Baghdad and Washington.
Sports News
Indian archers have bagged three gold medals in the men’s, women’s and mixed compound team events at the 2026 Asian Games. The women’s team comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Thaniparthi routed China with a score of 238-234.
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In mixed compound, Chikitha Thaniparthi and Sahil Jadhav defeated South Korea in a shoot-off in the final.
Shooter Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai also won clinched a gold medal in mixed trap.
India, on the day 12 of the Asian Games 2026, sits on the seventh position in the table with a total of 60 medals, including 10 gold, 21 silver and 29 bronze.
Business News
Apple has launched its payment service, Apple Pay in India, allowing users to make contactless payments on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Initially, the service supports Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cards, with Mac support coming soon.
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The price of gold in India, as of September 30, is reported to be at Rs 14,957 per gram for 24 carat gold, Rs 13,710 per gram for 22 carat gold and Rs 11,218 per gram for 18 carat gold, as per Good Returns.
Education News
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru has become India’s highest-ranked institution in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027, securing 254th place globally. The rankings has covered a total of 2,297 universities across 118 countries. India has the highest representation in Asia with a total of 143 universities.
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT) Madras and the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani have signed a five-year agreement to promote academic and research partnership between the two institutions.
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