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'Re-educate yourself': SC rejects PIL challenging Darwin, Einstein theories

The petitioner contended that Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Einstein's mass-energy equivalence (E=MC²) equation were incorrect and should not be taught

'Re-educate yourself': SC rejects PIL challenging Darwin, Einstein theories
Updated On : 13 Oct 2023 | 3:22 PM IST

Nothing of this kind happened: Pradhan on 'deletion' of Darwin theory

Pradhan also mentioned that he reached out to the NCERT an autonomous body responsible for curriculum development, to gather detailed information on the matter

Nothing of this kind happened: Pradhan on 'deletion' of Darwin theory
Updated On : 21 Jun 2023 | 8:09 AM IST

Misleading propaganda: MoS Education on removing Darwin's theory from NCERT

As part of its curriculum rationalisation exercise, the NCERT had last year announced that the chapter 'Heredity and Evolution' will be replaced with 'Heredity' in the Class 10 science textbook

Misleading propaganda: MoS Education on removing Darwin's theory from NCERT
Updated On : 29 Apr 2023 | 7:16 PM IST

Survival of the friendliest: One of India's transformations under Modi

The concept is relevant in an India where hate speech flourishes, where legislated and street violence can be unleashed against a chosen community, or those too weak to resist, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2021 | 10:53 PM IST

Survival of the friendliest: One of India's transformations under Modi

The concept is relevant in an India where hate speech flourishes, where legislated and street violence can be unleashed against a chosen community, or those too weak to resist, writes T N Ninan

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Updated On : 19 Nov 2021 | 7:07 PM IST

Explained: How human beings lost their tails

Charles Darwin first recognised this change in our ancient anatomy. But how and why it happened has remained a mystery

Explained: How human beings lost their tails
Updated On : 24 Sep 2021 | 12:55 AM IST

Charles Darwin's notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge library

The notebooks, estimated to be worth millions of pounds, include the 19th-century scientist''s famous "Tree of Life" sketch

Charles Darwin's notebooks reported stolen from Cambridge library
Updated On : 24 Nov 2020 | 10:19 PM IST

Survival of the prettiest

For readers, Charles Darwin, born in 1809, apparently never gets old

Survival of the prettiest
Updated On : 22 Sep 2017 | 10:18 PM IST