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UGC wants undergrads to learn ancient Bharatiya maths—tell time through Sun & Moon, study muhūrtas

UGC proposes draft mathematics curriculum for undergrads featuring Indian concepts like sutra-based arithmetic & algebra, ‘kala ganana’. It has invited feedback from stakeholders.

Jindal University suspends classes citing ‘AC issues’, students say it’s breakdown of infra

The registrar, in a letter, said Jindal university was suspending classes for a week to fix air-conditioning issues, but students say the problems run deeper.

What’s fuelling resistance to IIT Madras’ proposed ‘sustainability campus’ in Auroville township

Auroville Governing Board signed MoU with IIT Madras 8 July to establish a campus focussed on sustainability & aimed at achieving global excellence in sustainable technologies. 

Op Sindoor, now in NCERT classrooms—‘mission of honour’ to counter terror ‘ordered by Pakistan leadership’

ThePrint Exclusive: NCERT releases supplementary reading material on Op Sindoor for classes 3 to 12, which says Indian Muslims 'wore black armbands and openly denounced the attack'.

Mumbai gets India’s 1st private maths research institute, Indian Fields Medalist on advisory board

Lodha Mathematical Sciences Institute is envisaged as a pure mathematics research institute, bringing together a core group of mathematicians across the world.

Why CBSE making APAAR mandatory for board exam registration has sparked privacy debate

Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry or APAAR contains a student’s academic record from pre-primary to higher education level. It is part of NEP 2020.

Parliament panel flags nearly 10 lakh teaching vacancies in schools, asks to stop contractual hiring

Panel recommends withholding teachers' salary component of SSA funds of states not complying with directions to fill up vacancies with regular/permanent appointments.

Auroville drew Michel Danino to India. He now leads NCERT team drafting new social science textbooks

New Delhi: Long before he became a prominent voice in Indian civilisation studies, academic Michel Danino was a curious teenager in France, immersed in...

‘Injustice or conspiracy’—Deepender Hooda questions NCERT map showing Haryana as part of Maratha empire

There have been calls for ‘correction’ in map in the Class 8 social science textbook. The Congress MP termed the map ‘utterly false’.

‘Bharatiya Ganit Parampara’ document in the offing, CBSE to revise legal curriculum for Classes 11 & 12

These proposals were approved during the CBSE governing body meeting held in June, the minutes of which were released last week.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.