School Assembly Headlines for October 5: Top national, international, sports and business updates

School Assembly News Headlines: From Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Satyagraha’ launch and the escalating Iran conflict to India’s Asian Games performance, key GST changes and new education initiatives, here are the top news headlines for today’s school assembly

National News

• Rahul Gandhi launches ‘Satyagraha’ digital platform to help citizens register issue-based protests
• BJP accuses Congress of remaining silent over Captain Smit Machchhar’s actions during the flydubai cockpit attack, escalating a political row over the incident
• Cockroach Janata Party alleges Delhi Police refused to register an FIR against an ACP over a molestation complaint; police say related complaints have been registered and referred to the Crime Branch
• Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Mohammad Asif, alias Hashim Moosa, allegedly used honey to treat bullet wounds while hiding in Jammu and Kashmir forests before he was killed in an Army operation

World News

• US deploys third aircraft carrier and up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East as the Iran war enters its eighth month
• Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until its conditions are addressed
• Pakistan faces fresh political tensions after talks between the government and Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf fail to resolve demands over access to the jailed former prime minister

Sports News

• India finishes fourth at the Asian Games 2026 with 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze
• Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games declared closed

Business News

• Centre likely to remove arrest powers under the GST regime; GST Council to consider proposal on October 7
• Amazon pledges $1 billion over five years for workforce development at US centres

Education News

• Ministry of Education approves five Centres of Excellence for classical Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit
• Delhi University introduces one-time exemption from the 28-credit promotion rule for 2025–26 batch students