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Topic: textbooks

Law student says university wants him to delete post on SC NCERT row—‘ready to face action, court not god’

Law student Rishi Kumar says Tamil Nadu National Law University asked him to take down Substack titled ‘The Supreme Court of India Has No Spine’ citing ‘calls from advocates & a few judges’.

‘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’.

Plagiarism, fake information riddle DU School of Open Learning study materials. ‘Cruel joke’

Historical and factual errors have long marred the study materials of the DU School of Open Learning despite calls for reform. ‘A major procedural lapse,’ said Maya John, DU Academic Council member.

Self-censorship on demand & botched experiments in the history lab

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China tightens ideological grip with new textbooks teaching Xi’s doctrine, wars with India & Vietnam

With more focus on traditional culture & national security, new textbooks will be rolled out next week and by 2026 will be taught to all grades in primary classes and junior high.

Book launch takes on education crisis. ‘It’s now about what can be read and what cannot’

The Delhi launch of ‘The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India’ by Prof R Govinda was a layered discussion on historical failures and troubling trends in education.

When reincarnation is on IIT syllabus — Modi govt’s ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ & why it’s facing flak

In 2020, education ministry launched IKS division called Bhāratīya Jñāna Paramparā Vibhāga, aiming to promote interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary research on indigenous knowledge.

‘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.

‘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'.

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India needs to learn from US-Iran conflict, just like Tehran took lessons from Iraq war

India did not choose to move away from Iran for oil; it was forced to. The fact that India managed the costs of this transition efficiently does not convert them into gains.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.