• Views and statements on NEP

1. AMU faculty delivers lecture on NEP 2020

Key points:

1. “The National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 will bring sweeping changes and address key issues such as easy access for the students, ease of participation, quality of courses offered, equity, system efficiency, governance and management, facilities of research and development, and financial commitment involved,” said Prof M Shakeel Ahmed Samdani, Dean, Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
2. He was delivering a lecture in the webinar on ‘A Discourse on the National Educational Policy-2020′ organised by All India Urdu Teachers’ Association, New Delhi.
3. Prof Samdani added: The NEP will bring positive changes to strengthen the Indian education system.
4. Emphasising how the NEP will eradicate inequalities, Prof Samdani pointed out that earlier children from the lower socio-economic strata were not able to get proper education due to the shortcomings in the structure implemented as a result of earlier policies.

(India Education Diary, 28 October 2020) News Link

1. Uniform Civil Code should be implemented in India, says Sanjay Raut

Key points:

1. Shiv Sena has mentioned it earlier as well that Uniform Civil Code should be implemented in India, said party leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday while adding that if the Centre brings something like that, then his party will take a decision about it.
2. “We have said it before also that Uniform Civil Code should be implemented in the country. If the government brings something like that, then we will take a decision about it,” said Raut on being asked whether the Central Government should bring a Uniform Civil Code.

(Times of India, 28 October 2020) News Link

1. Telangana Secretariat demolition: SC dismisses petition filed by Congress MP Revanth Reddy

(new indian express, 28 October 2020) News Link

• AASU forms human chain, demands scrapping of CAA and EIA Draft
  (sentinel assam, 28 October 2020) News Link

• POJK

1. PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan removed from Pakistan’s map by Saudi Arabia, says activist, adds ‘Diwali gift to India’

(india tv news,28 October 2020) News Link

1. LG Inaugurates IPFC Centre at Jammu; Sub-Centre at Srinagar

(kashmir observer, 28 October 2020) News Link

• Jammu and Kashmir Panchayats to get computers, internet connectivity

(india education diary, 28 October 2020) News Link

• Enforce Polythene Ban Strictly: HC

(kashmir observer, 28 October 2020) News Link

• Lt Governor inaugurates Water Sports Centre at Nehru Park

(daily excelsior, 28 October 2020) News Link

• District Development Commissioner Kathua Gives away loan assistance orders to 20 young entrepreneurs

(india education diary, 28 October 2020) News Link

1. Rajasthan to become the 1st Indian state to legalise wearing face masks

(knocksense, 28 October 2020) News Link