New Delhi, April 11 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday released a new Class 9 science textbook, to be introduced from the 2026-27 academic session, integrating contemporary science with India's traditional knowledge systems and highlighting contributions of Indian scientists and institutions such as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. The 13-chapter textbook, titled Exploration, replaces the earlier book first published in 2006, that had 15 chapters and was reduced to 12 after rationalisation in 2022. Aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023, the n...