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Karnataka dissolves textbook review committee, agrees to revisit chapter o
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 4 (ANI): Karnataka state government has announced the dissolution of the state textbook review committee. The move comes amid a controversy over textbook revisions.
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Decision on textbook review to be taken after comprehensive report, says K
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Udupi (Karnataka) [India], June 1 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the decision on textbook review would be taken soon after getting a comprehensive report on the issue.
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Akshay Kumar urges for inclusion of more info on Indian kings, culture in
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New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, whose upcoming film 'Samrat Prithviraj', is all set to hit the theatres, has appealed to the union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to include in history textbooks stories related to Indian kings like Prithivi Raj and Mahara
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Action on textbook review controversy to be based on education minister's
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 1 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that further action on the textbook review controversy would be taken based on the report of the education minister.
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Education Minister is set to submit a report: CM Bommai on Textbook review
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 31 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the Education Minister is set to submit a report after considering all aspects of the issue related to the textbook review controversy.
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Karnataka: KS Eshwarappa says RSS flag will become national flag one day
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], May 30 (ANI): Former Karnataka Minister and BJP MLA KS Eshwarappa on Sunday alluded that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) flag would become the national flag some day and opined that the saffron colour had been followed for thousands of years.
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China orders probe into children's textbook after 'ugly illustration' row
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): A nationwide probe into problematic press houses have been launched in China after illustrations in a national publisher's textbooks sparked controversy for being "ugly", "racist" and "pornographic," state media reports said on Sunday.
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Indian knowledge system panacea to world's challenges, says Dharmendra Pra
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday launched a textbook on 'Introduction to Indian Knowledge Systems: Concepts and Applications'.
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Nursing textbook that listed 'merits of dowry' to be withdrawn after row
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The publishers of a college sociology textbook, which listed the merits of the dowry system, said that they have decided to withdraw the book from the market with immediate effect. The announcement came on Tuesday after a severe backlash on social media.
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'Undermines women empowerment': NCW seeks remedial action against textbook
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Tuesday wrote to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and sought his intervention and remedial action against the sociology textbook for nurses which listed the merits of dowry.
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Top child rights body seeks reply from NCERT over chapter by Harsh Mander
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written to the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over the inclusion of a chapter authored by social rights activist Harsh Mander, who is currently under probe by t
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Indian Nursing Council strongly condemns 'derogatory content' in Sociology
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New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Indian Nursing Council on Monday condemned the "derogatory content" in the Sociology textbook for nurses wherein merits of dowry are listed, adding that it does not endorse any author or publication nor has it allowed any author to use the name of Indian
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