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Five Rafale jets arrive at Ambala air force station

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The first batch of Rafale fighter jets that took off from France on Monday lands at the Ambala airbase

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Rafale fighter jets were given ceremonial welcome by IAF Su-30MKIs

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BREAKING: Five Rafale fighter jets arrive in Ambala from France

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First batch of five Rafale combat jets to land at Ambala airbase shortly

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First batch of five Rafale combat jets have entered the Indian air space on its way to Ambala airbase from France

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JUST IN: Five Rafale fighter jets arriving at Haryana's Ambala airbase

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Five Rafale jets in the Indian airspace, flanked by two Su-30MKIs

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Indian Navy deploys large number of frontline warships and submarines in Indian Ocean Region

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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot meets Governor Kalraj Mishra amid impasse over calling a session of state assembly

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Indian Rafale contingent establishes contact with Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata deployed in Western Arabian Sea

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Cabinet approves new National Education Policy, HRD Ministry renamed as Education Ministry

According to a PTI report, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry, officials said.

 

A panel led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan had submitted the draft of the new NEP to Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' when he took charge last year. The draft was then put in public domain to seek feedback from various stakeholders and over two lakh suggestions were received by the HRD Ministry about the same.

 

"The policy draft has been approved. The Ministry has been renamed as Education Ministry," a senior HRD Ministry official said.

 

The existing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised in 1992. A new education policy was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto ahead of the 2014 general election. The drafting experts also took into account the report of a panel headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian and formed by the HRD Ministry when it was being headed by Union Minister Smriti Irani.

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Section 144 imposed in Ambala; first batch of five Rafale jets to arrive in Haryana's Ambala airbase at 2 pm

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India, Nepal district officials to hold talks over encroachment in Tanakpur

District officials of Champawat in India and Nepal's Kanchanpur will hold talks to resolve allegations that Nepalese citizens have encroached on "no man's land" near the border in Tanakpur, said an Indian police officer on Wednesday.
 

Lokeshwar Singh, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Champawat, said Nepalese officials had carried out a survey of the pillar number 811, the location in question.

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Rajasthan Governor has returned proposal for calling assembly session for third time. I am going to meet him to know what he wants: CM Gehlot