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The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day

The Hindu · May 31, 2023

NCERT removes Khalistan reference from textbook

The lines which refer to a plea for a separate Sikh nation referring to the creation of Khalistan have been dropped by the National Council of Educational Research and Training from the political science textbook of Class 12, officials from the NCERT said on May 30

The Hindu · May 30, 2023

Plea to NCERT to reinsert Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in textbooks

Mr. Murthy alleged that the Union government was trying to destroy academics with its hidden agenda.

The Hindu · May 14, 2023

History deletions: Here's what students would never learn about history from textbooks

NCERT has dropped key history developments from textbooks

The Times of India · Apr 10, 2023

TV Newsance 208: Rewriting history, and removing Mughals, in NCERT textbooks

This week, we saw Arnab Goswami cheer as we found that the NCERT has made key changes to political science and history textbooks, a story broken by the ‘Innndian’ Express. Certain chapters and parts related to Mughal history were removed from these books, which led Arnab to ask why anybody…

Newslaundry · Apr 8, 2023

Indian government accused of rewriting history after edits to schoolbooks

References to Muslim rulers, deadly riots connected to PM and Gandhi’s dislike of Hindu nationalism removed

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

Indian opposition decries new schoolbook's omission of Hindu rage at Mahatma Gandhi

Indian opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the removal from some schoolbooks of references to how independence hero Mahatma Gandhi's pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity angered some Hindu extremists and led to his assassination.

Reuters · Apr 5, 2023

Edit-E-Azam: Editorial cartoons take on NCERT’s ‘revisions’ to textbooks

The Indian Express has a very impactful front page this morning – perhaps one of its most impactful pages since the Emergency.

Newslaundry · Apr 5, 2023

Factory printing fake NCERT books busted in UP’s Bareilly, over 16k books recovered

BAREILLY: The officials of NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) from Delhi along with local police busted a fake book printing unit in Bhojipura area of Bareilly on Friday night and seized around 16,580 textbooks.

The Times of India · Mar 25, 2023

Delhi child rights panel flags 'violent masculinity' in textbook, asks NCERT to modify or replace it

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights has asked NCERT to modify or replace a chapter in Class IX English textbook, claiming that it normalises "violent masculinity, depicts women in "stereotypical ways and teaches children to accept violence at home".

The Times of India · Nov 23, 2022