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- Time of India
School Assembly news headlines for today June 29, 2025: From sports to education, check 20+ national & international news
School Assembly news headlines for today June 29, 2025: Welcome to the School Assembly news headlines for June 29, 2025. Today's top stories cover national and international events. Prime Minister Modi has launched the centenary celebrations of Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj. This honours his spiritual work and reform efforts. India has revised its Waste-to-Energy rules to boost bioenergy. The UN praised India for reducing zero-dose children to 0.06% in 2024. In Delhi, Amit Shah will chair the Manthan Baithak to support the cooperative sector. Meghalaya's CM Conrad Sangma is urging youth in the Northeast to take up entrepreneurship. On the global front, India will host the 2029 World Police and Fire Games in Ahmedabad. It's a big event for the country. In sports, there are key updates in cricket and football. Other updates include business, start-ups, and the weather. These headlines give a full picture of today's important news. Today's national news headlines in English for school assembly, June 29, 2025 PM Modi launches centenary celebrations of Acharya Vidyanand Ji Maharaj, honoring his spiritual legacy and reformist contributions. MNRE revises Waste-to-Energy guidelines to accelerate bioenergy growth and support MSMEs. India reduces zero-dose children to 0.06% in 2024, receiving praise from the United Nations for immunisation success. Parag Jain appointed new R&AW chief, set to begin tenure from July 1, succeeding Ravi Sinha. India to host the 2029 World Police and Fire Games in Ahmedabad, marking the first global event of its kind on Indian soil. Today's international news headlines in English for school assembly, June 29, 2025 UN summit in Spain proceeds without U.S. participation, focusing on bridging a $4 trillion global development gap. Japan condemns controversial Iran airstrike-Hiroshima comparison by former U.S. President, calling it dangerous. UN report warns about risks of AI misuse in terrorism, urging urgent global regulatory measures. FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16 confirmed as Real Madrid and Al Hilal advance after group stages. India calls for permanent border solution with China at SCO meeting, emphasizing peace and trust-building post-2020 standoff. Today's sports news headlines in English for school assembly, June 29, 2025 ICC introduces new powerplay rules for shortened T20 matches, adjusting fielding restrictions based on overs played to ensure fair gameplay. FIFA Club World Cup Round of 16 confirmed as Real Madrid and Al Hilal advance after final group stage matches. Neeraj Chopra wins Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 title with an 85.29m throw. Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa beats leader Abdusattarov at Prague Masters, moving closer to the top spot with three rounds remaining. Team India begins practice for the second Test against England at Edgbaston; Jasprit Bumrah present but skips on-field activity. Today's education news headlines in English for school assembly, June 29, 2025 Department of Education launches Mission Mathematics program expansion to include Classes 6 and 7, aiming to strengthen foundational math skills. Delhi government launches 100 electric buses to promote green public transport, indirectly supporting environmental education initiatives. Punjab government signs MoU to create Data Intelligence Unit for anti-drug campaigns, focusing on rehabilitation and technical training for staff. DU panel drops proposed PG papers on Islam, Pakistan, and China after controversy, reflecting ongoing debates on curriculum content. KCET 2025: Karnataka Examinations Authority to hold UGCET seat allotment interaction to simplify admission process for students. 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Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
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'The administration is bullish on India' is how a senior US official put it to me last week in Washington D.C. This sentiment would seem at odds with the broader reporting on the US-India relationship. In a Financial Times newsletter on India, one writer argued that the Indian Prime Minister (PM) 'made the mistake of counting on his warm personal connection with Trump'. The general assertion being that the Indian government has mortgaged this crucial relationship to 'personal friendships' alone. Others suggest that the US President's recent luncheon with Asim Munir, the recently decorated Pakistani Field Marshal, and his 'sneaky attempt' to bring PM Narendra Modi and Munir into the same room in the White House is 'threatening the future of US-India partnership'. Structures like TRUST were created for top political leaders to monitor progress on crucial initiatives. (REUTERS) Between social media and popular reporting, it would seem as though this relationship has been iced. Yet, in meetings with over 30 officials, experts, think tankers, and industry representatives last week, the story that emerged was diametrically opposed to the one that has been paraphrased above. Modi's engagements with Trump matter more than it is perhaps realised. It clearly provides a political basis of what can be achieved between the two countries, even at this time of shrinking administrative capacities in the US, and the many unplanned shifts in the bureaucratic body politic. To be sure, you could start the week with a meeting with official X and end up receiving a phone call from his/her successor the next day. Yet, what was clear to me was that the vision laid out by the two leaders in a lengthy joint statement following PM Modi's meeting with President Trump in February, guides the different contours of the relationship at the functional level. Notwithstanding the game of political catch between outlandish tweets and measured official responses, the guidelines for those moving the relationship across government and the private sector are more or less clear. First, there is a concerted effort to realise outcomes in the strategic technology partnership between the two sides. Under the banner of TRUST (Transforming the Relationship Utilising Strategic Technology), the administrative State and technology companies between the two countries are working towards outcomes to do more on pharmaceuticals with the view to de-risk the production of key ingredients from China; fuse infrastructure partnerships between firms invested in the present and the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI); and actively looking for ways to cooperate on extracting and processing critical minerals. The latter needs work, but the zest to find the right compact is real. Second, American private sector actors are preparing the ground to sell different kinds of reactors to meet India's nuclear energy needs. They are, at this time, hoping that the proposed legislative changes to the Indian Civil Nuclear Liability Act 2010 streamline liability clauses in consonance with global standards — delinking liabilities on suppliers and operators. Further, they remain hopeful that changes to India's Atomic Energy Act would allow private sector participation to meet India's nuclear energy needs. This is a top priority for the White House and the US President. This was made clear in several exchanges. This is 'unfinished business' following the conclusion of the 2008 US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, as one Washington insider put it. My own sense is that progress on this front is almost as important as the conclusion of the first tranche of the trade deal between the two countries. The first tranche of this deal needs to be completed by July 9, when the US President's 90-day pause on 'reciprocal tariffs' ends. Officials suggested that there is a fair chance that the first tranche of the deal with India will be completed by this deadline. 'The trickier parts will come later,' they made plain. Third, efforts across bureaucracies in Washington D.C. that deal with India are almost uniformly focussed on the Quad Leader's Summit in October or November, which provides an opportunity for another bilateral between the two leaders. 'Deliverables' is the name of the game. Yet, at least some of the deliverables need to be real. The ongoing process is less about padding a joint statement and more about searching for right-sized deals. There is a fire in the system to make something happen by the time the leaders meet, including a considerable push to realise new AI infrastructure partnerships. 'India and Brazil are the two most important countries for the US when it comes to data centres,' as one technocrat stated. 'We need to get this right on both sides', the official made plain. In the US, this would mean producing revised rules for export controls that make it easier to access chips from the US into India. In turn, India will possibly need to negotiate certain guarantees to make sure that the chips are not off-shored. Moreover, there is a significant push to deregulate the data centre market in India, and streamline processes to encourage the expansion of AI infrastructure in India. None of this will be easy. Deregulation takes time. Negotiating guarantees can be cumbersome and is a process that cuts across several administrative buildings in and across New Delhi and other Indian states. If Indian officials conclude that data centre investments are an advantage for India, this is the bureaucratic work that will be required to realise this unique moment. It is exactly why structures like TRUST were created, for top political leaders to monitor progress on crucial initiatives. The enthusiasm for investments and partnerships will not last long. This also might be kept in mind. This is a zero-sum play. In sum, while there is little doubt that Munir, Pakistan, Twitter exchanges, and the politics that shape these expressions and incidents to an extent inform the current state of US-India ties, at times exercising officials on both sides, it is also plainly clear that the functional relationship — which produces material results — is one that is working to produce outcomes, and not without the direction of the political leadership. Rudra Chaudhuri is director, Carnegie India. The views expressed are personal.
Time of India
8 hours ago
- Time of India
Making sense of Donald Trump's world view
Robin David is resident editor of The Times of India's Hyderabad edition. His first book, City of Fear, was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2007. To understand why US President Donald Trump doesn't think twice before causing upheaval, like attempting to bar Harvard University from admitting foreign students or arm twisting Apple into not manufacturing iPhones in India, one has to understand his worldview. In his piece in the Financial Times on April 18, historian-philosopher Yuval Noah Harir does just that, saying that Trump's understanding of how the world works is diametrically opposite to the liberal order. Liberals believe that cooperation between countries is a win-win strategy, Hariri says. They also believe that people may live in different countries and cultures but have shared experiences and interests, which form the basis for universal values, global organisations and international laws. By contrast, Trump sees winners and losers in all human transactions and, therefore, views the movement of ideas, goods and people with suspicion. He sees the world as a 'mosaic of fortresses' where countries feel safe behind high walls. Hariri says such an ordering of the world would collapse because smaller countries would be overrun by bigger, more powerful ones. Also, all countries would have to invest heavily in defence, eating into welfare expenditure. Finally, Trump would like weaker countries to be subservient to stronger ones, but the history of the Vietnam War and other such conflicts has shown that the strong don't always prevail. There is, however, one key aspect that Hariri missed out on why this mosaic of fortresses doesn't work. The economic and military powerhouses of the West – the US and much of Western Europe – are fast becoming countries of old men (and women). They are seeing declining birth rates and longer life expectancy, which, in the next few years, will create a growing shortage of young working-age people who can keep their economic wheels turning. Populists may have come to power in many Western countries by pushing an anti-migrant agenda. But if they start running out of young people, they will have no option but to let migrants in to ensure that their economies don't implode. Projections of the United Nations population division and the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, give a clear picture of where populations are dipping and what jobs will be available in different parts of the world in the next 15 to 25 years. By UN estimates, Central and Southern Asia are expected to become the most populous regions in the world by 2037 even as the population of Eastern and South-Eastern Asia could start declining by the mid-2030s. If the projections are correct, Southeast Asia and Africa will also see growing populations. 'Between 2022 and 2050, the population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to almost double, surpassing 2 billion inhabitants by the late 2040s, and is projected to account for more than half of the growth of the world's population between 2022 and 2050,' the UN projections say. These regions with high population growth rates will, simultaneously, see comparatively slower job creation. The World Bank said in its jobs and growth overview in March that developing countries will see 1.2 billion young people reach working age over the next decade but will be able to create only 420 million jobs at current growth rates. 'Among those youth who will get a job, few will find good jobs, where workers can be more productive and earn more,' the outlook said. 'Without immediate action, millions of young people could be left behind, deprived of opportunity and hope—with wider impacts for social stability and economic growth.' The answer may lie in preparing the youth of countries like India and those in other parts of Asia and African to fill that hole in the West created by missing young workers. According to the UN numbers, Europe and Northern America are projected to reach peak population size and begin experiencing population decline in the late 2030s. That is barely a decade away. The Future of Work Report 2025, which surveyed more than 1,000 employers 'representing more than 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies', echoed these numbers. Some 40% of its respondents believe that shifting demographics would shape how and where people will find work in the next few years. 'In higher-income nations, aging populations are increasing dependency ratios, potentially putting greater pressure on a smaller pool of working-age individuals and raising concerns about long-term labour availability,' it says. 'In contrast, lower-income economies may benefit from a demographic dividend. These demographic shifts have a direct impact on global labour supply.' According to the WEF report, employers facing the effects of an aging population are more pessimistic about talent availability and expect facing bigger challenges in attracting talent. It is, of course, difficult to predict how this labour shortage in one corner of the world, and a spike in another corner, will play out in the next few years; how Western countries that see a cultural threat in growing migrant populations will reconcile and welcome back the same people they are pushing away now. But the possibility of the developed world looking for skilled manpower in the future is high. If projections by the UN and others are correct, the drawbridges will come down. And, if countries like India play their cards right, their youth would be the first to storm these fortresses. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
