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Sunday, November 9, 2025
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Topic: NCERT

Our take on NTA exams, heatwave deaths and Priyanka Gandhi in Parliament—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Troubling revisions in textbooks—NCERT must remind itself of its autonomy

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

‘Drop our names from textbooks or we’ll take legal action’ — Yogendra Yadav, Suhas Palshikar to NCERT

Palshikar & Yadav, who were chief advisers for political science textbooks, asked NCERT to take their names off last year too, but council refused citing its status as copyright owner.

Textbook use of ‘convenient truths’ & ‘biological’ woes of EVM

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

NCERT an ‘affiliate of RSS’ — Congress slams textbook revisions on secularism, vote bank politics

Congress’s Jairam Ramesh says NCERT ‘not Nagpur or Narendra’ Council for Educational Research and Training, and that NTA is blaming NCERT to draw attention away from own failures.

‘Deletions attempt at creating positive citizens, not saffronisation,’ says NCERT chief Saklani

In the revised NCERT books, Babri Masjid has been termed 'three-domed structure' & several topics have been deleted, including 'rath yatra' and communal violence after demolition.

NCERT introduces ‘criticism of secularism’ in textbook: Parties disregard equality, prioritise minority

NCERT says that without these revisions, made in the Class XI political science textbook, the chapter on secularism came across as a 'justification of vote bank politics'.

Education Ministry discusses objectives of early childhood & care

It was also suggested that NCERT should collaborate with the Ministry of Women & Child Development (MoWCD) for the standardization of branding of educational programs.

‘Real unity will only be seen when parties support each other at booth level’ — Urdu press on Oppn

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Muizzu’s ‘India Out’ stance & Maldives’ warmth to China cannot be ignored

ThePrint view on the most important issues

On Camera

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Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.