Amaravati, March 12 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday emphasized the need for periodic curriculum reforms and restructuring of skill development programs to improve education standards and employment opportunities.Reviewing the Education Department and Skill...
New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its concern that the NCERT believes the controversial chapter in the 8th grade social science textbook, which contains "offensive" content about corruption in the judiciary, has been "properly rewritten".The Supreme Court cited the...
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New Delhi, February 26 The Union Ministry of Education wrote to the ministries of information and broadcasting, and electronics on Thursday, asking them to stop the dissemination of a controversial NCERT textbook through digital platforms and electronic media, officials said.This directive...
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New Delhi/Jamshedpur, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a "complete ban" on any further publication, reprint, or digital dissemination of the NCERT's Class 8 social science book, as it contains "offensive" content regarding corruption in the judiciary. The court stated that this...
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New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday praised the media for bringing the issue of NCERT's Class 8 social science textbook, which contained "inappropriate" content about corruption in the judiciary, to light, stating that without this, the situation could have become "completely...
Mumbai, February 26 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday that if history were taught accurately in schools over the last 70 years, no Muslim would have considered Mughal emperor Aurangzeb a "hero".He also criticized attempts to draw parallels between Maratha king...
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New Delhi, February 26 – The air quality in Delhi remained in the ‘poor’ category for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday. According to data recorded at 8 a.m., the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Anand Vihar stood at 299, indicating very poor air quality.On Wednesday, Delhi’s overall air quality...
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New Delhi, February 25 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class 8 social science curriculum, prompting the syllabus-setting body to remove the contentious textbook from its website.A three-judge bench, comprising the CJI and...
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New Delhi, February 25 The NCERT has removed a Class 8 textbook from its website after facing criticism from the Supreme Court over a chapter discussing judicial corruption, with sources saying the government has not taken kindly to the inclusion of the controversial topic in the book.The...
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New Delhi, February 25 – Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressed strong disapproval on Wednesday regarding references to "corruption in the judiciary" in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)...
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