NCERT module blames Jinnah, Congress for Partition, triggers row | India News

NEW DELHI: NCERT’s newly released Partition Horrors Remembrance Day modules have triggered a political storm by explicitly naming Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Congress and then Viceroy Lord Mountbatten as “culprits” behind India’s division in 1947.The supplementary modules – separate versions for classes VI-VIII and IX-XII – are not part of regular textbooks but designed for discussions,…

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SC’s interference in Prez-guv powers will destabilise power balance: Govt | India News

NEW DELHI: In a blazing response to Supreme Court‘s judgment fixing deadlines for President and governors in granting or withholding assent to bills passed by assemblies, Centre on Saturday warned impermissible invasion of constitutionally conferred high plenary zone on the top constitutional post holders by SC in the garb of judicial review powers would destabilise…

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Don’t contest nearly every AFT ruling, HC tells Centre | India News

CHANDIGARH: Delhi HC has cautioned the Centre against its persistent practice of contesting nearly every Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) ruling that grants pensionary relief to soldiers, saying the government should in appropriate cases “graciously” accept the tribunal’s decision rather than prolong needless litigation.“Not every perceived dispute must be turned into an adversarial battle in the…

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‘Saam, daam, dand, bhed…’: Sisodia poll plan remarks trigger row; BJP goes to EC | India News

Manish Sisodia (File photo/PTI) CHANDIGARH: Opposition parties in Punjab have urged the Election Commission to take action against AAP and its Punjab in-charge, Manish Sisodia, over a social media video where he allegedly tells party workers that AAP would resort to “saam, daam, dand, bhed… ladai, jhagda” to win the 2027 assembly election. Punjab BJP…

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on how AI has changed hiring for engineering and programming jobs: We are making sure …

Google is bringing back in-person interviews after AI-powered cheating has made virtual hiring unreliable, CEO Sundar Pichai announced. “We are making sure we’ll introduce at least one round of in-person interviews for people, just to make sure the fundamentals are there,” Pichai said on the Lex Fridman podcast in June.The problem has become so widespread…

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