School Assembly News Headlines For January 22: Top National, International & Other News

News Headlines for School Assembly, January 22nd: From Ashwini Vaishnaw stating that India belongs “clearly in the first group” of artificial intelligence (AI) powers to a renewed and recalibrated strategy by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), here are the day’s top news highlights.

Top National News:

– The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken strong exception to the West Bengal government’s handling of disciplinary proceedings against four election-related officials. The poll body stated that mandatory procedures were violated and the Commission was not consulted before final decisions were taken.

– Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday firmly maintained that India belongs “clearly in the first group” of artificial

intelligence (AI) powers, pushing back against any suggestion that the country should be seen as a second-tier player in the global AI ecosystem.

Top International News:

– A renewed and recalibrated strategy by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is blending overt political activity with covert militant mobilisation, top intelligence sources have told CNN-News18.

– US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he had helped stop last year’s conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating his assertion that he had “stopped eight wars, including India and Pakistan”.

– Europe is once again confronting an unorthodox geopolitical challenge: a revived American push to acquire Greenland, now tied directly to sweeping tariff threats against some of the continent’s largest economies.

Top Sports News:

– While the world’s elite grind it out at Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura were busy doing something far more unusual — playing each other blindfolded.

Top Business News:

– Deepinder Goyal has resigned as the chief executive officer of Eternal, with his resignation set to take effect from February 1, the company said on Wednesday. Albinder Dhindsa (Albi) will be Eternal’s new Group CEO.

– Indian equity markets remained highly volatile on Wednesday, January 21, as benchmark indices swung sharply between gains and losses before ending in the red for a third straight session. Escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic concerns continued to weigh heavily on investor sentiment.

Top Education News:

– The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur on Tuesday confirmed the death of a PhD student on its campus and said a fact-finding committee has been constituted to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident.

– Indian institutions have a limited representation in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject 2026, released today, January 21. The Indian Institute of Science Bangalore is the sole Indian institution ranked under 100 in the Computer Science category while in the Engineering category, IISc falls within the 101-125 range.