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Weeks after SC rap, NCERT reconstitutes textbook committee. Here are the new members
April 08, 2026 7:23 am
The NCERT notification expands the textbook committee to 20 members and introduces heavyweights from law, history, and technology.
'Not fly-by-night academics': Scholars at centre of NCERT textbook row move Supreme Court against 'blacklisting' order
April 06, 2026 4:42 pm
Academics Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar, and Alok Prasanna Kumar sought to vacate an order that directed institutions to "dissociate" from them after the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of a Class 8 textbook chapter discussing "corruption" in the judiciary.
NCERT Director: New books being reviewed as much as possible to limit possibility of explosion
April 05, 2026 11:41 am
A panel comprising ex-attorney general K K Venugopal and former SC judges, Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Aniruddha Bose, will now review the chapter.
NCERT can now run its own courses: Centre gives nod for deemed university status
April 03, 2026 10:15 am
The new status significantly expands NCERT’s mandate beyond school curriculum design and brings it under the regulatory ambit of the UGC.
AI & Computational Thinking now part of school curriculum for Classes 3 to 8
April 03, 2026 10:15 am
The curriculum is supported by detailed modules, comprehensive teacher handbooks, and robust student assessment frameworks.
Ex-AG, 2 former SC judges on panel to review NCERT chapter on judiciary, Centre tells SC
March 21, 2026 3:45 am
The apex court had taken suo motu cognizance of the matter following a report in The Indian Express on February 24 and ordered a ban on “further publication, reprinting or digital dissemination of the book”.
Textbook row: NCERT needs to look within — judiciary, too
March 19, 2026 7:15 am
By attempting to paint the judiciary in black hues, NCERT was not only running down the judiciary as an institution but also doing a disservice to young minds
No new textbooks for Classes 10th, 11th in the current academic session: NCERT
March 19, 2026 10:09 am
In the notice, it apprised the students of Classes 10 and 11 that new textbooks will be introduced from the academic session 2027-28 onwards, rather than the current academic session.
NCERT lists late Bibek Debroy among 19 members in its SC affidavit over 'corruption in judiciary' chapter
March 17, 2026 4:49 pm
The fact that Debroy’s name still figures in the list indicates that the committee has not been reconstituted at least since his death in Nov 2024.
NCERT must heed the lesson in the Court's rebuke
March 16, 2026 12:20 am
It must play its role with reassured professional competence and confidence. Let it help prepare the best minds, including those who may serve at every level of the judiciary
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