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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicNEP 2020

Topic: NEP 2020

After beef ban & land use patterns, language is new friction point in idyllic Lakshadweep

Though Kerala HC has deferred order to implement three-language policy, residents point at growing frictions involving controversial policy changes & regulations in past few years.

Charaka Samhita to Arthashastra, new NCERT Class 7 science book highlights India’s scientific heritage

New textbook, Curiosity, is among the latest set of books released by NCERT under NEP 2020 & new National Curriculum Framework.

Mughals out, Magadha empire makes pages of new NCERT Class 7 textbook ‘rooted in Indian ethos’

New Class 7 social science textbook is latest in NCERT’s revamped series under NEP 2020 and new NCF, which stresses content ‘rooted in the Indian and local context and ethos’.

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, the brain behind NEP 2020, dies at 84

Kasturirangan also served as secy of Dept of Space and was pioneer of India’s remote sensing satellites. He passed away at 10.43 am at his home in Bengaluru after a prolonged illness.

House panel says Centre withholding funds because states not adopting PM SHRI is unjustifiable

Panel recommends immediate release of pending Samagra Shiksha scheme funds to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal. The states have refused to sign MoU with Centre to implement PM-SHRI.

61.6% of India’s schools in 3-language club. Gujarat & Punjab lead, TN & Arunachal rank among lowest

Amid Tamil Nadu-Centre row over NEP's three-language formula, the Union Education Ministry presented state-wise data in Parliament, responding to a query by DMK MP Kanimozhi.

Language row spills into Andhra Pradesh as BJP ally Kalyan, DMK’s Kanimozhi trade barbs

Andhra Pradesh Dy CM Kalyan was speaking at rally at Pithapuram. DMK MP Kanimozhi suggests Jana Sena Party chief shifted stance on 'Hindi imposition' after joining BJP-led NDA.

DMK should wake up. Anti-Hindi politics isn’t working on Tamil Nadu voters anymore

The three-language formula suggested by NEP 2020 has become a face-saver for the DMK government to sweep all its failures under the carpet.

As NEP row escalates, Dharmendra Pradhan writes to MK Stalin, slams Tamil Nadu’s ‘myopic vision’

Tamil Nadu govt has been refusing to sign an MoU with Centre to implement PM-Shri, citing objections to the 'imposition of the three-language formula'.

1st batch of DU’s 4-yr undergrad on cusp of final yr, concerns over infra, info & faculty loom

Space & resource shortages will impact ability to give adequate support services, like mentoring & research supervision, flag staff & students. DU admin says colleges equipped for now.

On Camera

The speech PM Modi should deliver this Independence Day

For the last 11 years, Nehru has been constantly blocking my efforts and causing the fiascos that are my many yojanas and abhiyans. He is the reason most of my initiatives turn into disasters.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.