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Obvious damage control: Jairam Ramesh accuses PM Modi of showcasing "fake
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In an 'X' post, Ramesh further called the controversy not an accidental mistake but a part of "systematic indoctrination campaign." He further accused the Prime Minister of leading a false network consisting of academically false people, which have damage by "grave damage" to textbooks wi
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NCERT to identify officials behind "error of judgment" over inclusion of "
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Director, NCERT, is ascertaining the process of making of the textbooks, which has led to this error of judgment and also identifying the persons/processes responsible for the same. This would also ensure that this kind of inappropriateness is completely avoided in future. This shall
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"Supreme Court has justified what it has done": Karnataka Minister Priyank
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The political row over an NCERT textbook chapter on judicial corruption escalated on Thursday after the Supreme Court imposed a "complete blanket ban" on the Class 8 NCERT book.
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Education Ministry writes to MeitY, I&B to halt digital circulation of ban
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Education Ministry on Thursday wrote to the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), and the Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), seeking immediate steps to halt the dissemination of the withdrawn textbook through dig
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"We respect judiciary, action will be taken": Education Minister over NCER
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
NCERT had earlier issued an apology and stated that it would review and revise the chapter following proper consultation, acknowledging that the reference to corruption was inappropriate.
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Karnataka Minister accuses BJP of creating "RSS and Hindu ideology-based
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"There are many things happening where history has been distorted by the BJP government. They want to create a new history of India based not on facts but on their RSS ideology, their Hindutva ideology, and the BJP ideology, and that is being pushed into textbooks. I hope the same rules w
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SC issues notices to Education Secy, NCERT director for "corruption in jud
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a complete blanket ban on both the reprinting and online circulation of NCERT's latest Class 8 Social Science textbook, addressing the issue of "corruption within the judiciary".
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Advocates back SC's show cause notice to NCERT over 'corruption in judicia
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Senior Advocate Pinky Anand backed the court's move, saying the content appeared deliberate. "It (NCERT book's content) is surely calculated and targeted... You have picked one institution then there cannot be a good reason behind that, it automatically goes in the wrong direction and tha
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Congress' Jairam Ramesh backs Supreme Court's "outrage" over NCERT textboo
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh backed the Supreme Court's outrage over critical references to the judiciary in NCERT textbooks, and called for an investigation into what he termed as the RSS's "vile and malice-driven work" over the past decade.
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SC bans NCERT class 8 chapter on 'corruption in judiciary'; issues show ca
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi refused to halt suo motu proceedings despite NCERT's apology over the controversial inclusion and imposed a blanket ban on the textbook section. The court warned that any attempt t
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NCERT withdraws Class 8 Social Science textbook over inappropriate content
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has issued an apology and withdrawn the distribution of its newly released Class 8 Social Science textbook after an inappropriate textual material and errors of judgement were found in a chapter on the judiciary.
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NCERT 'trying' to retrieve 38 sold copies of now-withdrawn Class 8 Social
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is attempting to retrieve the 38 copies of the now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science Part 2 textbook that were sold, sources in the Education Ministry told ANI on Wednesday.
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