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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: NEP

RSS-backed body says no need for sex education, doesn’t want it in New Education Policy

RSS affiliate Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas doesn’t want sex education to be mandatory for all students. Instead, it is advocating need-based counselling.

To inspire love for Maths, govt plans new curriculum & teaching methods for classes 1-5

Redesigned curriculum, part of the draft national education policy, will include workbooks, practicals and a 3-month preparation module before students enter Class 1.

Sanskrit a casualty of 3-language formula, make it compulsory till Class 8: RSS-affiliate

Need to impart engineering, medical education in Indian languages, RSS-backed Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal writes in note to govt

Teach Sanskrit in schools, make English optional, says RSS-linked body

Samskrita Bharati, founded by RSS members in the 1980s, wants this change included in the New Education Policy.

Playschools to be made mandatory as Modi govt wants no child ‘left behind’

The proposal is among the guidelines being devised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development for education aimed at the 0-6-year age group.

HRD Minister Pokhriyal extends deadline for comments on National Education Policy draft

Public inputs have been sought on four categories — school education, higher education, additional key focus areas & transforming education.

Dainik Bhaskar calls Congress a ‘directionless’ party as Dainik Jagran rakes up ‘hullabaloo over Hindi’

Round-up of opinion pages in Hindi and Tamil newspapers to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues.

Modi govt’s new education policy draft wants separate body for research & innovation

Draft NEP proposes establishment of National Research Foundation under act of Parliament to competitively fund research in all disciplines.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.