School Assembly News Headlines: 2 July 2025 

National News

1. PM Modi marks 10 years of Digital India, calling it a decade of transformation, citizen empowerment, and digital governance progress.

2. FM Sitharaman congratulates SBI on 70 years, praising its wide reach, digital progress, and support for farmers, MSMEs, and welfare schemes.

3. GST completes 8 years. Launched in 2017, it simplified taxes, reduced business costs, and improved compliance and inter-state trade.

4. Cabinet approves ₹1,853 crore four-lane upgrade of NH-87 in Tamil Nadu to ease congestion and improve connectivity to key towns.

State News

1. CM Revanth Reddy announces ₹1 crore for victims’ families and ₹10 lakh aid for seriously injured in Pashamylaram plant blast.

2. Cabinet approves ₹1,853 crore project to upgrade NH-87 Paramakudi–Ramanathapuram section, aiming to ease traffic and improve town connectivity.

International News

1. Thailand’s PM Paetongtarn suspended by court over ethics case. Deputy PM Suriya appointed caretaker while she responds within 15 days.

2. Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Yunus confirms 2026 elections. Discusses reforms, democracy, and Rohingya aid with US Secretary Marco Rubio in phone call.

Sports News

1. Smriti Mandhana hits career-best T20I rating after century vs England, rises to No.3 as No.1 spot nears.

2. Kishore Jena withdraws from Neeraj Chopra Classic due to ankle injury. Yashvir Singh replaces him with 82.57m personal best.

1. PM Modi marks 10 years of Digital India, calling it a transformative journey that empowered citizens and advanced digital governance.
PM Modi celebrated 10 years of Digital India, highlighting its role in transforming governance, empowering citizens, and making India a global digital leader. He called it a decade of empowerment.

2. FM Sitharaman congratulates SBI on 70 years. Highlights its vast reach, digital growth, and key role in nation-building.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated SBI on completing 70 years. She praised its wide network, digital progress, and support to farmers, women, MSMEs, and beneficiaries of major government welfare schemes.

3. GST completes 8 years. Introduced in 2017, it unified taxes, eased compliance, lowered business costs, and boosted economic integration.
GST marks 8 years today. Launched in 2017, it replaced multiple indirect taxes, simplified compliance, reduced business costs, enabled smooth inter-state trade, and played a key role in tax reform.

4. Cabinet clears ₹1,853 crore NH-87 four-laning in Tamil Nadu to improve connectivity between Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram, Rameshwaram, and nearby towns.
The Union Cabinet has approved the four-laning of NH-87’s Paramakudi–Ramanathapuram section in Tamil Nadu. The project will cost ₹1,853 crore. It aims to ease traffic and improve connectivity to key towns.

5. PM Modi to visit Ghana on July 2, marking first Indian PM visit in over three decades
PM Modi’s two-day visit to Ghana is his first bilateral engagement with the country. The visit aims to boost ties in trade, development, capacity building, and cultural exchange.

6. Indian Navy commissions INS Tamal, last foreign-built missile frigate, in Russia under push for indigenisation
INS Tamal (F71), a stealth guided missile frigate, was commissioned in Kaliningrad. It marks the final foreign-built warship as India shifts focus to domestic naval production.

7. Indian Navy commissions INS Tamal, last foreign-built missile frigate, in Russia under push for indigenisation
INS Tamal was commissioned in Kaliningrad, Russia. It is the last foreign-built major warship for India. The move supports Aatmanirbhar Bharat and the Make in India initiative.

8. Cabinet approves National Sports Policy 2025 to transform India’s sports ecosystem and promote citizen empowerment through sports
The new policy aims to strengthen India’s sports framework. It focuses on infrastructure, talent development, and mass participation, aiming to build a healthier, more active, and globally competitive sporting nation.

1. Which molecule in the human body contains the genetic blueprint for building proteins?
Answer: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
Amazing Fact: If unwound and linked together, the strands of DNA in just one human cell would stretch about 2 meters, yet all of it fits in a cell nucleus smaller than a speck of dust.

2. What is the name of the theoretical boundary surrounding a black hole beyond which nothing can escape?
Answer: Event Horizon
Amazing Fact: The event horizon marks the point of no return. Even light can’t escape from beyond it. This is why black holes appear black, they absorb all energy and light.

3. Which ancient civilisation is credited with creating the first known system of democracy?
Answer: Ancient Athens (Greece)
Amazing Fact: Athenian democracy (5th century BCE) was a direct democracy, meaning citizens voted personally on laws, unlike the representative democracy we see in most countries today.

4. Who developed the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics, and what does it state?
Answer: Werner Heisenberg. The principle states that one cannot simultaneously know the exact position and momentum of a particle.
Amazing Fact: Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle introduced a revolution in physics, showing that at quantum levels, certainty is an illusion, and only probabilities can be calculated.

5. What is the name of the supercontinent that existed about 300 million years ago?
Answer: Pangaea
Amazing Fact: Pangaea began breaking apart about 175 million years ago, eventually forming the seven continents we have today. Fossils of the same species found on different continents support this theory of continental drift.