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Ukraine has suggested India to recognise the dangers of not stopping those who prefer to push their agenda with "impunity" in what was seen as alluding to India's two big neighbours - Pakistan and China.

Emine Dzhaparova, the First Deputy Minister of Ukraine's foreign ministry, told the diplomatic corps, former envoys and reporters at the ICWA that the events preceding the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine last year could serve as an example of how to handle "difficult neighbours".

Launching a scathing attack on the negative western “perceptions being built” about India, finance minister Nirmala Sithraman has said the Muslim population in India has been growing since Independence and the country has the second-largest Muslim population in the world while in Pakistan religious minorities have been decimated.

"Those talking about perception should know that Muslim population in India has not dwindled between 2014 and 2023,” said the FM while taking part in a discussion.

Students will be able to earn credits for specialised knowledge in Puranas, Vedas and the Indian Knowledge System, according to the final report on the new National Credit Framework (NCrF) released by the University Grants Commission on Monday.

Credits are essentially a “recognition that a learner has completed a prior course of learning, corresponding to a qualification at a given level”. In other words, it is a way of quantifying learning outcomes.

The NCrF is a set of guidelines to be followed by schools, colleges and universities in adopting the credit system. It also brings the entire school education system under the ambit of credits for the first time. So far, only the National Institute of Open Schooling followed a credit system. The NCrF also covers skill and vocational education.

The Election Commission on Monday granted national party status to Aam Aadmi Party and withdrew the tag from Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI). The Commission said the AAP has been named as a national party based on its electoral performance in four states -- Delhi, Goa, Punjab and Gujarat.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has a government in Delhi and Punjab and has two members of legislative assembly (MLAs) in Goa. In Gujarat assembly polls, the party won 5 seats with 12.9% vote share.

Despite the Congress's Monday night warning, Sachin Pilot seems to be firm on holding a fast on Tuesday against his own party-led government in Rajasthan, under chief minister Ashok Gehlot, to press for action against corruption in the state.

On Sunday, Pilot opened a fresh front against Gehlot, his old political rival within the party, alleging that the state government failed to investigate cases of alleged corruption during the Bharatiya Janata Party rule in Rajasthan and announced his plan to hold a day-long fast on April 11 to demand action.