social science

HSLC results show progress among marginalized students, says Ranoj PeguAssam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu has described the performance of students from tea garden and Scheduled Caste communities in the 2026 HSLC examination as encouraging, with a pass percentage of 59.82%.Addressing the...

New Delhi, March 12 A committee at IIT-Gandhinagar will review Michel Danino's role as a guest professor following a directive from the Supreme Court, which directed the government and public institutions to disassociate from him due to a controversy surrounding a chapter on judicial corruption...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has withdrawn the social science textbook "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" for Grade 8 (Part -II), which included a chapter titled "The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society."In a public apology issued this morning, the...

New Delhi, March 10 The NCERT issued a public apology on Tuesday for including a chapter on judicial corruption in a recent book that had earned the ire of the Supreme Court, and said the entire textbook has been withdrawn.The social science textbook for Class 8 stated that corruption, a...

Ballari (Karnataka), March 8 A ninth-grade student is alleged to have caused a violent incident at a private residential school here, killing one and injuring others with a sharp object and an iron rod, police said on Sunday.The incident took place at the school hostel on Saturday night, they...

New Delhi, February 26 The BJP on Thursday termed the controversial chapter in an NCERT textbook discussing judicial corruption as a "sensitive matter", and said it respects the country's judiciary and takes pride in its impartial functioning.The comments came after the Supreme Court imposed a...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case over references to "corruption within the judiciary" in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).According to...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a suo motu case on Thursday concerning "objectionable" statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will hear the case titled 'In Re...