Gujarat, Karnataka lead 2022 secondary school dropout rankings

Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, Assam and Punjab are among seven states where the school dropout rate at the secondary level was higher than the national average of 12.6 per cent in 2021-22, according......

UP revises Class 12 textbooks; Gujarat riots, Mughals out

Uttar Pradesh government schools will adopt from this academic session the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT's) new Class 12 history textbooks in which portions about......

New law makes Gujarati compulsory in CBSE, ICSE, IB board schools too

The Gujarat assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill which makes teaching Gujarati language compulsory in all primary schools in the state, including those affiliated with CBSE, ICSE and IB......

Portions on 2002 riots, Emergency, Mughals removed from Class 12 books

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has removed portions about the 2002 Gujarat riots, Emergency, Cold War, Naxalite movement and Mughal courts from its class 12......

Pranab Mukherjee's Interim Budget speech

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also managing the finance ministry, presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday. Following is the text of the entire Budget......

Chidambaram's Budget speech

Speech of P. Chidambaram Minister of Finance PART A Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2005-06. 2. Last year, while presenting the Budget, I had suggested that the vote in......