Rush Hour: NCERT adds 1975 Emergency to Class 9 text, Kolkata warehouse collapse toll at 9 and more

A section on the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi between 1975 and 1977 has been introduced for the first time in the National Council of Educational Research and Training's Class 9 social science textbook. The section has been added to the textbook Understanding Society: India and Beyond as part of a chapter on the strengths and challenges of democracy in the country.

Until now, the Emergency was covered in detail only in the Class 12 political science curriculum, which includes extracts on the political, constitutional and democratic implications of the period. The Emergency had been imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Congress and involved a suspension of fundamental rights. Read on.

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The toll in the warehouse collapse in Kolkata has risen to nine, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said in the Assembly. The under-construction warehouse near Brace Bridge in the Taratala area had collapsed a day earlier, trapping several persons under the rubble.

At least 20 persons were injured in the incident, said the chief minister. Five persons have been arrested in the case. Read on.

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