NCERT textbooks: Why some Indian scholars are disowning books they wrote
A group of Indian academics want their names to be removed from textbooks they helped write – why?
Day: June 20, 2023
Missing submarine ‘could be stuck in Titanic’s wreckage’ in difficult ongoing search
Mr Parry said that there was just one hope for the missing crew, among them British businessman Hamish Harding, and that would be if the mother ship had a spare submarine.
Tweets Of The Day
From Ukraine saying it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive to a crucial meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, here’s a look at the top 5⃣ stories of the day pic.twitter.com/N9m6UlCp8p
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2023
• US Secretary of State is in Beijing
• Israeli Prime Minister goes ahead with judicial reforms
• Swiss voters back net zero carbon emissions planToday’s top stories in 1 minute: pic.twitter.com/0NJHNRrWF8
— DW News (@dwnews) June 19, 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting could pave the way for a summit between Xi and US President Joe Biden https://t.co/YQ5GEUAf9T pic.twitter.com/359MNi2R8f
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2023
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken told reporters he had raised contentious issues such as Taiwan, the democratic island Beijing claims as its own, during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping https://t.co/r9eah3QRf2 pic.twitter.com/NRI6m53Yyr
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 19, 2023
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has welcomed Chinese Premier Li Qiang, calling for more communication between Beijing and Washington. https://t.co/fG1CYQTE6G
— DW News (@dwnews) June 19, 2023
#UPDATE Sudan is descending into death and destruction at an unprecedented speed, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday as he urged donors to step in and curb the unfolding catastrophe.https://t.co/o7B7CMhFyX
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 19, 2023
A bereaved Ugandan border town is preparing to bury victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels on a school that left 42 dead, most of them students, as security forces stepped up patrols along the frontier with volatile eastern Congo. https://t.co/AImnSNPlXc pic.twitter.com/6DiGGEtLVX
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2023
North Korea has vowed to launch a second space rocket after calling last month’s botched attempt at launching a satellite the “gravest failure.” Pyongyang “bitterly criticized” those responsible for it.https://t.co/NBE0M6XGsY
— DW News (@dwnews) June 19, 2023