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Government and Policy

Centre forms expert committee to rewrite NCERT chapter on judiciary after class 8 book and its authors were banned by the Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 20 March, 2026

The Central Government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has constituted a three-member expert committee to redraft the chapter on the judiciary...

Government and Policy

NCERT removes map from class 8 textbook after BJP leaders protested against the inclusion of areas of Rajasthan in the Maratha Empire

OpIndia Staff - 19 March, 2026

The controversial map depicted Bikaner, Bundi and Jaisalmer as part of the Maratha Empire.

News Reports

Debunked Aryan Invasion Theory, Identified Vedic Saraswati River: Who is Padma Shri Michel Danino, the French-born scholar banned by Supreme Court for chapter on...

Raju Das - 11 March, 2026

Prof. Michel Danino is a prominent French-born Indian author and scholar, known for debunking Aryan Invation Theory.

News Reports

Supreme Court bans NCERT textbook over chapter on judicial corruption: Read how the serious issues plaguing Indian courts are not allowed to be discussed

Rukma Rathore - 26 February, 2026

The Supreme Court declared, "They fired gunshot, judiciary is bleeding today," while adopting a firm stance against the NCERT.

Supreme Court bans NCERT textbook with chapter on judicial corruption, issues contempt notice, orders removal of people who authored and defended the chapter

OpIndia Staff - 26 February, 2026

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday imposed a complete blanket ban on the publication, reprinting, and digital dissemination of the newly released NCERT...

Opinions

NCERT textbook discussing corruption in the judiciary and case backlogs: Why it is important perspective, not political goal-scoring as Kapil Sibal implies

Sanghamitra - 24 February, 2026

The book doesn’t paint a one-sided picture. It emphasizes accountability mechanisms, such as judges being bound by a code of conduct, internal complaint systems like the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), which handled over 1,600 complaints between 2017 and 2021, and informs about parliamentary impeachment for serious allegations.

Corruption, backlogs of cases and more: New class 8 NCERT social science book introduces fresh chapters on the Indian judiciary

OpIndia Staff - 24 February, 2026

"In cases where the allegations are serious, the Parliament can take action and remove a judge by passing a motion of impeachment, it reads.

Government and Policy

NCERT removes ‘the great’ epithet from the names of tyrants Akbar and Tipu Sultan, Assam CM says throw ‘them in the sea’

OpIndia Staff - 23 November, 2025

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma welcomed NCERT’s decision to remove the "great" epithet from Akbar and Tipu Sultan.

News Reports

Chapters on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Brigadier Mohammad Usman and Major Somnath Sharma added to NCERT Urdu and English syllabus

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2025

Chapters on the lives and sacrifices of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Brigadier Mohammad Usman, and Major Somnath Sharma have been added to the NCERT syllabus in this academic year, in Class VIII (Urdu), Class VII (Urdu), and Class VIII (English), respectively.

News Reports

While left liberals have a problem with Akbar being called a brutal conqueror in NCERT books, read how the Mughal King massacred 30000 Hindus...

Aditi - 19 July, 2025

The remaining Rajput soldiers put up a final resistance before the Mughal armies and laid down their lives, before the fort was finally captured on February 23-24, 1568.

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