Class 6 Kannada textbook row: NCERT says ‘Krishna’ is named after river, rejects charge of ‘saffronisation’
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has responded to concerns raised about its new Kannada Class 6 textbook, Krishna, after a Karnataka-based education rights group accused it of promoting religious themes and abandoning the state’s cultural identity.In a statement, NCERT said that all its language books are named after the rivers of…