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Friday, July 18, 2025
TopicIndian knowledge systems

Topic: Indian knowledge systems

Centre’s Indian Knowledge System division set to broaden scope to include fashion, edutainment

Moving away from traditional topics, such as ayurveda and astronomy, the Union Ministry of Education division has called for research proposals in modern fields.

Govt rolls out Gyan Bharatam Mission to conserve 1 crore manuscripts

In Union Budget, FM Sitharaman also announced plans to set up a national digital repository of Indian knowledge systems (IKS) for knowledge sharing.

Modi govt set to bring in ‘neglected’ scholars to study rare ‘non-spiritual’ Indian manuscripts

Through new scheme, Indian Knowledge Systems division seeks to involve experts ‘ignored’ by mainstream academia to study, edit and publish texts in areas like science, agriculture etc.

Ayurveda, Angula & shlokas find mention in new NEP-inspired NCERT Class 6 science textbook

New Class 6 science book—Curiosity—was written keeping in mind NEP 2020 & NCF-SE 2023, which emphasise school curriculum should be ‘rooted in the Indian & local context and ethos’.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.