Delhi Confidential: Ayodhya Attendance

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) had declared a half-day leave on January 22 on account of the inauguration of the Ram Mandir. The tribunal chairperson, Justice Ashok Bhushan — one of the five Supreme Court judges who authored the 2019 Ayodhya judgment — attended the event. Even on Tuesday the tribunal saw limited functioning since Justice Bhushan was unavailable.

Limited Edition

NEW NCERT textbooks were expected to be out for all classes before the new academic session, but now it has been learnt that the updated books will be out for only select classes. Given the mammoth task at hand, as per sources, textbooks for classes 3, 6, 9 and 11 will be made available before others. The new NCERT textbooks are being prepared based on the National Curriculum Framework. The NCERT had constituted a 19-member panel entrusted with the responsibility to align school curriculum, textbooks, teaching-learning materials with the NCF for school education.

Special Guests

The Ministry of Cooperation has invited chairpersons of around 250 beneficiary Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) and their spouses as “special guests” to witness the Republic Day parade on Kartavyapath. These guests are coming from 24 states and 2 Union Territories across the country. During their stay in the Capital, these special guests will interact with the Minister of State for Cooperation, B L Verma, who has also planned a dinner for them on January 25.