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- India
India had its own prime meridian passing through Ujjain: New NCERT textbook
New Delhi: India had a prime meridian of its own, much ahead of the Greenwich meridian, and it was called “madhya rekha,” which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh,…
- India
Oppn slams BJP over NCERT panel’s idea to replace ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in textbooks
New Delhi: Leaders of several opposition parties on Wednesday opposed an NCERT panel’s recommendation to replace “India” with “Bharat” in school textbooks, and alleged that the ruling BJP wanted to change history…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police register two cases in blasphemous textbook row
Hyderabad: Kalapather police have registered two cases in connection with protests against blasphemous content found in a textbook prescribed by St. Mark’s Boys Town School. The first case has been filed against…
- India
Kerala CM releases supplementary textbooks; attacks NCERT over removal of portions
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday strongly criticised the NCERT for its recent omission of key portions from school textbooks and said that the move was with the political intention…
- India
‘New textbooks to be based on Indian knowledge system, 21st Century requirements’
New Delhi: Efforts are on to make new textbooks for Classes 3 to 12 available by the next academic year, which will be aligned with ethos of the Indian knowledge system and…
- India
NCERT drops references to Khalistan demand from class 12 pol-sci textbook
New Delhi: The NCERT has dropped references to the demand for a separate Sikh nation Khalistan from the class 12 political science textbook following objections from the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC),…
- India
Textbooks not revised to please or offend anyone: NCERT chief
New Delhi: The recent changes in textbooks have not been made to please or offend anyone, rather these are purely based on the recommendations made by experts, said NCERT Director Dinesh Prasad…
- Bangalore
Exaggeration of Veer Savarkar in Karnataka school books questioned
Bengaluru: After violence over the removal of Veer Savarkar’s flexes in Shivamogga and opposition to placing his picture next to Lord Ganesh’s idols during Vinayak Chaturthi, the social media is discussing exaggeration…
- India
Tales of valour of soldiers to be included in school curriculum: Pradhan
New Delhi: The education ministry will work with the defence ministry to include tales of valour of India’s soldiers in the last 75 years into school curriculum and textbooks, Union Minister Dharmendra…
- Opinions
NCERT’s manipulation of school textbooks to negatively impact minds
There is a bright young nine-year-old boy Karam who has recently come to live in my house. Every morning his mother takes him to the bus stop for the school bus. The…
- Telangana
Telangana: Cost of textbooks for private schools have doubled
Hyderbad: Purchasing textbooks of the state syllabus will be costly for parents of private school students from this year as the prices have raised up. While comparing it to previous year, the…
- Bangalore
‘Cong doesn’t want Hindu gods’, BJP hits back on textbook revision row
Bengaluru: Adopting a defiant posture, the ruling BJP in Karnataka on Thursday hit back at the Congress saying the previous Congress governments changed the syllabus of the textbook to “please minorities”. Ever…
- Bangalore
Textbook controversy: “Will respectfully respond to Deve Gowda,” says Bommai
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said he will hold discussion with Education Minister and officials regarding the revised school textbook controversy, decide on possible measures and “respectfully respond” to…
- Bangalore
Textbook row: Karnataka Min orders to drop Dalit writer’s poem
Bengaluru: Amid the controversy over revision of textbooks in Karnataka, the ruling BJP has ordered to drop a poem by a famous Dalit writer which says that the sun and moon are…
- News
Karnataka: AISEC criticises textbook revision celebrating RSS
Last month, a debate erupted over the textbook revisions in Karnataka state’s official curriculum. Rohith Chakratirtha, the head of the review committee, to be fired. The new curiculum, in keeping with saffronisation…
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