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......

CBSE cuts chapters on citizenship, DeMo, secularism to reduce syllabus

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has rationalised by up to 30 per cent the syllabus for classes 9 to 12 for the academic year 2020-21 to reduce course load on students amid the......

The Aadhaar Nightmare

In a reputed school in Delhi, two sets of parents rushed to get Aadhaar cards made on being told that without them their children would not be allowed to appear for the final Board examination.In......

Lessons from the CBSE paper leak

Incidents like these are a wake-up call, says School Education Secretary Anil Swarup.'Today, if a particular problem has been found, technology allows solutions to address it,' he says, suggesting......

Finance Minister P Chidambaram's speech

Mr. Speaker, Sir It is my privilege to present the Budget for 2007-08. I. A MID-TERM REPORT CARD ON THE ECONOMY 2. In November 2006, the UPA Government crossed the midpoint of its term of office. A......

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......