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Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Next stop, revisionist central & Donald reporting for Putin duty

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Parsis to Tibetans, India ‘safe haven’ for ‘persecuted communities’ for centuries—new Class 7 NCERT book

Previous NCERT social science textbooks didn't have such a chapter. No connection to CAA controversy, says NCERT director.

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'.

History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

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’.

‘What about Rajput valour?’ Battle of identity in Rajasthan BJP over NCERT’s ‘glorification’ of Marathas

A map in the third chapter, 'The Rise of the Marathas', of the revised NCERT social science book for Class 8 students has particularly riled them.

NEP turns 5: Gains, gaps & ground realities, a report card on India’s biggest education reform

Many of the schemes recommended under the policy are now in place, but implementation is uneven. Stakeholders say it's too early to expect widespread results.

Next chapter, India’s military might. NCERT preparing module on Op Sindoor for classes 3-12

NCERT, it is learnt, is also preparing modules on Mission LiFE, and India’s rise as a space power.

Long before Op Sindoor, Marathas first carried out ‘surgical strike’. NCERT Class 8 book is proof

NCERT introduces the Delhi Sultanate, Marathas & Mughals in Class 8 Social Science textbook, highlighting differences between Shivaji and Babur or Akbar.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.