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CBSE responds to backlash, confirms Punjabi will continue in Board Exams

Following massive backlash over the alleged removal of Punjabi as a language option in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) draft scheme for the biannual exam format for Class 10, the board has issued a clarification, reassuring that the language will continue to be offered.

Noted Tamil writer Rajanarayanan dies at 98

His first short story 'Mayamaana' was published in 1959. His writings on the lives of 'Karisal Bhoomi' (dry and hot land) of southern Tamil Nadu caught the reader's fancy.

I always have a story to complete: Ruskin Bond

Talking about the heavily illustrated book, Bond says that they are vital for a children's storybook. "I have always been fortunate to have excellent illustrators." The illustrations in the latest one are by Kashmira Sarode.

With humour and heart, quelling curiosity about periods

Told with a lot of humour and heart, this conversation starter, "What's the Big Secret" (Puffin), a full-colour illustrated book on periods, helps everyone, especially boys, understand the bodily process and quell their curiosity.

Time to sharpen your inner black box (Book Review)

"Time to meet your inner black box," writes Gupta, who, in 2009, at the beginning of the Barack Obama administration, withdrew himself from consideration as the US Surgeon General for professional and personal reasons.