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Pakistan: Nuclear scientist accuses Imran Khan govt of Talibanising education, forcing burqa upon women, TV host wears hijab in protest

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Pakistani nuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy slammed Imran Khan govt over 'Talibanisation' of education under new Single National Curriculum
World

Pakistan: School textbooks showing Malala Yousafzai as ‘important personality’ seized, documentary to ‘expose’ her among youth

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Authorities in Pakistan have seized textbooks that listed Malala Yousafzai as an 'important personality' for controversial views on Islam.
News Reports

Overemphasis on Mughals, caste issues, no mention of Hindu kings, saints: Think-tank flags distortion in NCERT books before Parliamentary panel

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Think-tank tells parliamentary committee on education that NCERT books pay disproportionately high attention to Mughal rulers.
News Reports

Netizens storm Twitter for a separate chapter on North East India in NCERT textbooks: Here is what triggered the trend

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Netizens used hashtags 'A Chapter for NE' and 'Northeast Matters' on Twitter demanding separate chapter non North East in NCERT textbooks
Crime

Jaipur: Islamic fundamentalists vandalise office of publication house after it had apologised for mentioning Islamic terrorism in a book

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The book said that self-sacrifice and unlimited barbarism in the name of religion or Allah has become the characteristic of Islamic terrorism
News Reports

Kerala state board Class 9 textbook distorts history, claims Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahwari was the ‘Father of Surgery’ instead of Sushrutha

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Indian physician Sushrutha, who lived much earlier than Al-Zahwari, is considered to be the 'father of surgery'
News Reports

British school book compares Dharma to terrorism, withdrawn after outrage amongst the Indian diaspora

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Giving example of the Kshatriya Arjuna, the textbook stated that some Hindus have turned to terrorism to protect Hindu beliefs.
News Reports

Karnataka govt decides to drop Class VI lesson that mocked Hindu religious beliefs

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A lesson in the Class VI textbooks in Karnataka that had mocked the Hindu traditions of 'yaga' removed by govt after protests
News Reports

Pakistan enacts law to supervise Islamic material in textbooks, Ulema Board approval to be mandatory for Islam-related content

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Pakistan passes law mandated that no material related to Islam can be published in the textbooks without prior approval
News Reports

Congress govt in Rajasthan removes Deendayal Upadhyay’s name from the name of scholarship test

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Rajasthan govt says that the name of Deendayal Upadhyay was added to the talent search test for no reasons, therefore the name has now been dropped
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