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All about 3-language formula, the bone of contention between Centre & southern states

The new National Education Policy says the freedom to choose the two Indian languages as part of the formula should be left to the states, regions or students.

NEP plans to integrate AYUSH & modern medicine, allopaths say it’ll produce ‘official quacks’

While AYUSH practitioners have welcomed the plan and said it will benefit allopaths too, health experts say plan must be based on scientific evidence.

Even China dropped English phobia for economic future. NEP policy needs to learn this

The New Education Policy introduced by the Modi govt has brought some welcome changes, but it has rekindled the language wars that have been on since the 1950s.

India’s New Education Policy takes the bullet out of the old, Russian roulette-like system

In episode 535 of 'Cut The Clutter', Shekhar Gupta dissects the new policy to see how it solves the problems of the existing, exam-centric system.

After furore over dropping Tipu Sultan from textbooks, Karnataka govt puts decision on hold

Govt had pared down syllabus due to shortened Covid-hit academic year, removed chapters on the teachings of Jesus and Muhammad, as well as the Constitution.

A second shot at boards, no MPhil, a blow to rote-learning — what Modi govt’s NEP brings

The new National Education Policy aims to make Indian education system more holistic and skill-oriented, and addresses a long-cited complaint that it encourages rote-learning.

HRD to be renamed Ministry of Education as new National Education Policy is approved

The new National Education Policy has been drafted by a committee headed by former ISRO chief Kasturirangan, and replaces the one formulated in 1986.

90 lakh govt college students can’t access online lessons, report states, urges aid

The report has been prepared by a professor at National Institute of Educational Planning & Administration, a central govt institute involved in research on education.

AIIMS Delhi — India’s best medical college that’s home to many leaders of Covid battle

Year after year, AIIMS has been adjudged the best medical institution in a country that has over 540 medical colleges. Doctors & students tell us why.

Pakistan Punjab bans 100 books as some show PoK in India, quote Mahatma Gandhi

The provincial Punjab govt, led by Imran Khan’s PTI, has described the books as having ‘blasphemous and anti-Pakistan content’. 

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?