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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
TopicNational Education Policy

Topic: National Education Policy

Linguistics politics: PM’s I-Day push for language unity amid row over three-language policy

Chennai: At a time when states including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and West Bengal are up against the three-language policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

‘Diluting education’—launch of report on NEP becomes grievance forum for students, profs

The launch of a report on five years of the National Education Policy saw students and professors criticise it for multiple reasons.

Stalin doubles down on his defiance of NEP with 2-language state education policy—only Tamil & English

Chennai: Only two languages, Tamil and English—that's the upshot of the Tamil Nadu State Education policy released on Friday. It reaffirms the state’s commitment...

Aryabhata to Ayurveda, how NEP’s driving ‘academic revival’ through India’s ancient knowledge systems

This is the concluding part of a four-part series. You can read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. New Delhi: In...

NEP meets reality, DU to Motihari: Godown campus, research without labs, no space for 4-yr degrees

This is Part 3 of a four-part series. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Motihari/New Delhi: When a 21-year-old, first-generation student...

How UGC’s new rating system for higher institutions sets stage for flashpoint with non-NDA states

If implemented, institutions’ commitment to NEP will become main factor in securing benefits along with NAAC accreditation. In the past, states like Tamil Nadu have opposed NEP.

Question paper guidelines soon to help align India’s 69 school boards, says CEO of regulator PARAKH

PARAKH, a body under NCERT notified last year following NEP recommendations, also working on sample question bank to help bring equivalence among boards, says CEO Indrani Bhaduri.

Earth nearing ‘tipping point’, pseudoscience ‘dangerous’ — experts at Delhi’s India March for Science

Focus of this year’s march was on promoting scientific temper, advocating the importance of scientific research, spreading awareness about climate change, and fighting pseudoscience.

States with English-medium schools have higher wages. Look at Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab

What is the point of the National Education Policy’s insistence on Sanskrit and Hindi? Marathis and Gujaratis need their own Annadurai.

Panel on new NCERT social science curriculum wants ‘Bharat’, not India, in books — ‘unanimous view’

Panel chairman Prof C.I. Issac (Retd), a historian and RSS ideologue, says committee has also suggested toning down the focus on ‘Hindu defeats’ in social sciences curriculum.

On Camera

Floundering PM Internship Scheme has seen 44% drop out since 2024 launch. Budget deals drastic blow

Only 21 percent of interns complete programme as Centre slashes budget by over 50% after poor joining and high attrition.

CDS Gen Chauhan in Armenia, focus on deeper defence ties including new deals

Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.