The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has asked schools, booksellers and members of the public to return copies of its newly released Class 8 Social Science textbook after the Supreme Court of India ordered an immediate halt to its printing, sale and circulation. The court took suo motu cognisance of a chapter titled “The Role of Judiciary in Our Society”, which referred to concerns such as corruption and case backlogs, and directed that distribution stop pending revi

𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐔𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐯–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟎–𝟐𝟑 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. From elegant rhythms to powerful expressions, India’s classical dances narrate timeless stories of devotion on the grand national platform