23rd April 2021 New Delhi, India: The French Institute in India , along with the Embassy of France and the network of Alliances Françaises in India, has organized a series of events to encourage gender equality and women’s rights . The events have started from March 2021 and go on till June 2021 on the occasion of International Women’s day and Generation Equality Forum 2021 . The Generation Equality Forum 2021 began in Mexico City on 29th March is scheduled to conclude in Paris from 30th June 2021 - 2nd July 2021. The Generation Equality Forum , summoned by U.N. Women and co-hosted by the Mexico and France governments, is a global gathering providing opportunities for the world to make concrete and sustainable allegiance towards achieving gender equality. While announcing the activities of Gender Equality Festival 2021 , H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain, Ambassador of France to India, said, “Gender parity and diversity are the cornerstones of civil society and are vital criteria...
It’s time the government does something for issues that have been distressing the publishing community for so long… Especially in the wake of Covid-19, these issues have been a constant source of turmoil and disturbance for publishers, authors. Not to mention, the huge losses that the industry bears for major concerns like these to go unnoticed. Here I’ll be talking about the terrible two, that have caused a lot of upset on my part as well. NCERT Textbooks Only The compulsory enforcement on NCERT books by the government in schools is a huge problem for academic publishers. Excessive emphasis on highly subsidized NCERT/SCERT textbooks is justified by saying that the ‘student must be relieved of the extra burden of reference materials’ and should be ideally refrained from. However, this course of action kills the business of private academic publishers and authors whose books have readily equipped students with necessary study material. The primary mandate of NCER...