- By Ritesh Kumar
- Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:23 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
School Assembly News Headlines For August 22: For the morning school assembly, we have compiled some latest news updates on many sectors, including national, sports, and international news, to keep every student updated. Today’s major events are: Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the moon on Wednesday. The lander module of India's lunar mission will touch down on the southern pole of moon on August 23 at 6.04 pm; BRICS Summit leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will be holding a meet in South Africa's Johannesburg on Tuesday; India grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is taking on World no. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the FIDE Chess World Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday.
National News Headline For School Assembly
- Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the moon on Wednesday. The lander module of India's lunar mission will touch down on the southern pole of moon on August 23 at 6.04 pm.
- If Chandrayaan-3 lands successfully, it is expected to remain functional for two weeks. The Indian moon mission will run a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface
- UGC has asked higher education institutions to organise special assemblies on Wednesday evening and live stream the event for students
- A man, who is an accused in Haryana's Nuh violence, has been arrested after being shot in a police encounter on Monday night. After the violence, that took place on August 21, about 260 accused have been arrested so far by the police
- Samba district administration on Tuesday imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) around Jammu and Kashmir's Sarore Toll Plaza following a protest held by activists of the Yuva Rajput Sabha (YRS).
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a four-day visit to South Africa and Greece on Tuesday. In South Africa, PM Modi will attend the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg from August 22 to 24 at the invitation of President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa.
- Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) students to visit Rashtrapati Bhavan & meet President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday as part of educational tour organized by Ministry of Tribal Affairs & NESTS at New Delhi
- Kashmir’s tulip garden listed as Asia's largest by the World Book of Records
International News Headline For School Assembly
- BRICS Summit leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will be holding a meet in South Africa's Johannesburg on Tuesday
- Pakistani authorities on Monday lodged a fresh case against jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and opened a criminal investigation on charges of leaking state secrets
- The US approved the sale of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Poland on Monday
- North Korea's first international commercial flight lands in Beijing on Tuesday after 3-year COVID-19
- Cambodia's parliament on Tuesday elected long-time ruler Hun Sen's eldest son as the country's new prime minister
Sports News Headline For School Assembly
- India grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is taking on World no. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the FIDE Chess World Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday
- Lakshya Sen successfully reached the second round of the 2023 BWF World Championships after beating Mauritius's Georges Julien Paul on Monday.
- Afghanistan vs Pakistan 1st ODI (D/N), at Hambantota on Tuesday