Big changes could be coming to school textbooks in our country. A high-level committee made by the NCERT has given some new advice.  The NCERT panels said that we should use ‘Bharat’ instead of ‘India’ in textbooks. Why? Well, ‘Bharat’ is the ancient and original name for our country. It’s mentioned in old texts like ...

A political storm is brewing in India as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to officially rename the country Bharat. The opposition has accused the ruling party of one-upmanship as President Droupadi Murmu’s invite to G20 foreign leaders read “President of Bharat” instead of “President of India”. The invite shows that the Narendra Modi-led government ...