Mumbai: India’s economic growth is expected to pick up in the coming two quarters with an increase in government spending, even as private investment lags, according to Monetary Policy Committee member Nagesh Kumar. Kumar was one of the two external members of the Reserve Bank of India’s MPC who had voted for a 25-basis-point rate cut to help revive growth, …
For Sangh, anything pertaining to Islam is “religious” but anything to do with Hinduism is “cultural/moral”, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi tweeted following Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh’s remarks on the inclusion of the Bhagvad Gita in school syllabus. On Monday, BC Nagesh announced that the Bhagavad Gita will be taught as part of the moral education syllabus in schools and …
A controversy surrounding school textbooks is raging in Karnataka with scholars, writers, politicians and seers all up in arms against the government. THE ORIGIN The Karnataka government set up a textbook revision committee in 2020, after it received complaints that some chapters or sections in Kannada textbooks were against the Brahmin community. OLD SOCIAL MEDIA POST, NEW OUTRAGE Amidst all …
Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh on Friday hinted at the possibility of introducing Bhagavad Gita in school syllabus, a day after the Gujarat government introduced a circular in this regard. The Gujarat government on March 17 decided to include Shrimad Bhagavad Gita in the school syllabus for classes 6-12, to "cultivate a sense of pride and connection to traditions". READ …
New Delhi: Amid hijab controversy in Karnataka, when a lone girl donning the hijab, has arrived at PES College in Mandya was heckled by some students by chanting "Jai Shri Ram". While talking to the media on this issue on Wednesday, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister BC Nagesh according to ANI said, "The students didn't want to gherao the …