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Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Topic: NCERT

New courses, own degrees, hostels—how NCERT is preparing for new ‘deemed university’ status

NCERT officials said existing courses will also be enhanced but will mostly continue as is, while the new master’s and doctoral programmes will be introduced as additional offerings.

‘Corruption in judiciary’ textbook row: Blacklisted authors contradict NCERT director’s stance in SC

In separate affidavits, academics told SC that the idea behind including chapter on judiciary in Class 8 NCERT social science textbook was to engage students in critical thinking, it is learnt.

Supreme Court’s NCERT textbook order punishes the messenger, doesn’t answer the message

The portion of the NCERT Class 8 textbook that the Supreme Court deemed objectionable included remarks made by the outgoing CJI BR Gavai in June 2025.

NCERT textbook row: Priyanka Chaturvedi flags ‘judicial dictatorship’ in RS after SC bar on authors

Chaturvedi voices concern about what she calls ‘judicial overreach’ in SC’s direction to Centre, states to ‘dissociate’ from academics, who drafted the judiciary chapter.

Your sambar’s stuck in Hormuz

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‘Heads must roll’—SC’s ban on textbook with judiciary chapter; notice to education secy, NCERT director

Slamming NCERT textbook reference to ‘corruption in judiciary’, SC says ‘it seems there is a calculated move to demean judiciary’.

‘Won’t allow anyone on Earth to taint’—CJI on row over NCERT textbook chapter calling judiciary ‘corrupt’

Class 8 Social Science textbook lists 'corruption at various levels of judiciary' as a challenge; CJI says bar and bench 'perturbed', takes suo moto cognisance of the matter

Why NCERT’s teacher training manual on gender has sparked a controversy

The manual came into the spotlight after founder of Garuda Prakashan, an international publishing venture focused on Indic narratives, shared a page from it on X.

Next stop, revisionist central & Donald reporting for Putin duty

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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.

On Camera

India has 291 homoeopathic colleges in 2026, says Minister of Ayush Prataprao Jadhav

The World Homoeopathy Day 2026 is an opportunity to reassure that traditional medical systems remain accessible, and integral to a resilient, inclusive, and future-ready healthcare system.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation in play: Air Headquarters to control strategic assets  

Exclusive: Theaterisation proposal has been stuck over how limited air assets would be divided. Consensus reached on division of air assets among 3 theatres, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.