School Assembly News Headlines for 12 August 2023: Top Stories, National, International, Sports

School Assembly News Headlines for 12 August 2023 are listed here. Find all the recent and major happenings from the national, international, and sports sectors here and prepare well for the news reading. 

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School Assembly News Headlines for 12 August 2023

National News Headlines for School Assembly 12 August 2023

• CPP Chairperson Sonia Gandhi chaired a meeting on August 11 to discuss the suspension of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the leader of the opposition (LoP). The resolution was made after Chowdhury made certain remarks about the Prime Minister during his no-confidence motion address.
• PM Modi's Independence Day speech is likely to focus on the Make in India initiative. For the first time, an Indian helicopter, ALH Dhruv, will be used to shower petals at the event.
• The Central GST (Amendment) Bill is to be tabled in Lok Sabha on August 11, 2023.
• Chandigarh civic body has commissioned the use of robots to clean sewers. 
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, declared that the first runway of Noida International Airport will be ready by the end of this year.
• For the third time this week, a 17-year-old student in Kota, Rajasthan commits suicide.
• Meitei MLAs sought the removal of Assam Rifles in a letter to the PM while Kuki made the opposite demand.
• Shimla-Kalka Highway has now been closed in Solan after the landslide late night Thursday.
• Air India unveils the new logo for ‘The Vista’, meant to signify ‘limitless possibilities’. The iconic ‘Maharaja’ will continue to be a part of Air India.

International News Headlines for School Assembly 12 August 2023

• WHO declares 'Eris' or EG.5 coronavirus strain as a 'Variant Of Interest’ as Eris cases rise in the United States and China. The variant has also been detected in South Korea, Japan, and Canada.
• UK security minister is to discuss the issue of Khalistani extremism with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval during his 3-day India visit. A funding of GBP 95,000 was also allotted for the same.
• Hawaii wildfire kills 53 people; United States President, Joe Biden, calls it a major disaster.
• As per a report by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, suggests that the US suicide rate hit an all-time high in 2022 since World War II.
• After severe floods in China's Hebei, the death toll rises to 33 while 18 people are still missing.
• 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Japan’s Hokkaido.
• Iraq bans the media from using the term ‘homosexuality’. Instead, they must use the term ‘sexual deviance’.

Sports News Headlines for School Assembly 12 August 2023

• CAB president, Snehasish Ganguly, confirmed that a fire broke out in Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Wednesday, just hours after the announcement of the revised World Cup 2023 schedule.
• “The Indian Super League (ISL) has helped the national football team take giant strides on the world stage,” says Rohit Sharma.
• Cristiano Ronaldo had earlier said that the Saudi league will overtake the Dutch and Turkish leagues. It now threatens to be true as the oil money of the Saudi Pro League puts the future of the European league in peril.
• Cristiano Ronaldo was named Instagram's top earner for the third year in a row at 600M followers.
• Lionel Messi’s MLS debut for Inter Miami has been postponed due to the Leagues Cup run.

GK Questions of the Day

Students may refer to some of the GK Questions as listed here to learn something new: 

1. Which is India’s first super-computer?

Answer:- Param8000

2. Who was the inventor of electricity?

Answer :- Benjamin Franklin

3.  Who was the first Indian woman to become a pilot?

Answer :- Captain Prem Mathur

4. How many kilometres are there in a light-year?

Answer:- 94,60,73,00,00,000 kilometres or 9.46073 trillion kilometres.

5. Which Indian airport uses only solar power to run its operations?

Answer:-  Cochin International Airport

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