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NCERT introduces section on Emergency in Class IX textbook for first time, flags it as 'Challenge to Democracy'For the first time, NCERT has introduced the Emergency of 1975-77 in a Class 9 textbook, labeling it a significant challenge to Indian demo...
CBSE's three-language policy sparks concerns over timing, logisticsNew CBSE guidelines for Class 9 language learning have caused concern. Educationists and parents question the timing of the three-language ...
Emergency made part of school syllabus during UPA rule, 3 decades after impositionThe Emergency, a controversial period in Indian history, entered NCERT political science textbooks in 2007 under the UPA government, detail...
Congress raises dropping of Preamble from NCERT textbooks, Nadda says govt committed to ConstitutionCongress leaders in the Rajya Sabha expressed their discontent over NCERT's removal of the Constitution's Preamble from textbooks, alleging...
NCERT books tweaks: References to Babri Masjid, Gujarat riots, Hindutva droppedNCERT revises textbooks, omitting references to sensitive topics like Babri Masjid demolition, Gujarat riots, and Hindutva. Changes include...
AI offers unlimited possibilities, but important to address 'ethical dilemmas': President Droupadi MurmuThe President said that change is the law of nature and everyone is witnessing the beginning of a fourth Industrial Revolution.
Why India should adopt key principles of US economy to reach its full potentialThe US government does not run any business. There are no public sector enterprises whose lethargy or preferential treatment by government ...
Collective effort in jeopardy, drop our names from textbooks: Academicians to NCERTTheir collective creative effort is in jeopardy and their names should be dropped from textbooks, 33 academicians have told the NCERT, days...
Development of curriculum for school education huge decentralised consultation exercise: NCERT"The development of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) for School Education is a huge consultative exercise, not limited in any way, to th...
CBSE not to reduce syllabus for students of classes 9-12 for academic year 2021-22According to the new syllabus released by the CBSE, the chapters and topics that were slashed in the last academic year have been restored ...
NCERT adds scrapping of Article 370 to Class 12 textbook, drops J&K separatist politics portionThe National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the chapter in the textbook "Politics in India since Independ...
View: History is distorted by every group; setting that right is tougher than toppling statuesPulling down a statue is relatively easy. What’s far more difficult is presenting a historical counter-narrative to the one that has been f...
View: 1.1 million BJP workers trained to lure electorsThe trained cadres have fanned out across the country to contact voters and educate them about Modi’s policies.
Programme launched to connect Indian descent high school students to homelandEight high school students will receive fully funded scholarships from Indiaspora to participate in the program with the theme "India' Hist...
Pakistan now host to ivy league of terrorism: IndiaOfficials said foreign minister Sushma Swaraj will give a detailed rebuttal to Sharif on September 26, including evidence of Pakistan’s rol...
US students keen to continue post graduate programs in India: James StavridisThe former NATO commander and US Navy Admiral said the career opportunities, modern infrastructure, fat salaries are incentives enough for ...
Human rights lessons in spotlight at B-SchoolsNYU Stern School of Business, which has opened world’s first human rights centre at a B-School, is keen to learn from faculty in India.
- The uproar over textbook cartoons shows up the political class’s insecurity
A day after the 60th anniversary of the Indian Parliament, celebrated on Sunday with much solemnity, we were witness to a sad spectacle.
- Corruption in India is a total contradiction: Dalai Lama
Spiritual leader and Nobel peace prize winner, the Dalai Lama , exemplifies how religious belief can steer a political movement using non-v...
- Nepal's transition to democracy in NCERT book
The turbulent history of Nepal and the erstwhile Himalayan Kingdom's decision to dump the 240-year-old monarchy and embrace democracy have ...