Adopting British education system was blunder: Satyapal Singh
New Delhi, June 30: Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development Satyapal Singh on Saturday said the country's intellectual class was "corrupt" which is unfortunate and adoption of the British education system was a "grave mistake".
"Those who were to lead in the field of intellectuality, academia got corrupted," Singh told a gathering after launching book "Politics Of A New India" here.
He said four mistakes were committed in the country -- first, people were divided on lines of religion; second, states were created on the basis of language; and third, society was divided into castes.
"But the fourth mistake was grave. We adopted British education system and the school of thought."
Saying the Indian culture was misinterpreted by the western world, Singh said there was need to bring a new education system.
He also said that he was still "firm" on his past statement on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution of man was "scientifically wrong".
"I had given a statement on monkey. I think well before I speak. I am a science student. Nobody gave a thought to it," he said.
"Ancestors of those who believe (Darwin's theory) may have been monkey. But not of mine."
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Indian national stabbed to death in Canada
Ottawa, (PTI): An Indian national was stabbed to death near Canada's Ottawa city and police have taken one suspect in custody, the Indian mission in the country said.
The High Commission of India in Ottawa, the capital of Canada, said the incident happened in Rockland. It did not identify the victim.
"We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of an Indian national in Rockland near Ottawa due to a stabbing. Police have stated a suspect has been taken into custody," The High Commission posted on X on Friday.
"We are in close contact through a local community association to provide all possible assistance to the bereaved kin," it said.
According to CTV News, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said a shooting incident happened near Lalonde Street in Rockland just before 3 pm on Friday.
The site is roughly 40 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.
Police have not yet said what charges the person in custody faces, the report said.
OPP said there is no concern for public safety.
“As we are just in the early stages of the investigation, there is no further information that can be provided,” the CTV News quoted OPP as saying.
