Author: Loknath Das

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday told the Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) that Hindu college authorities have to resolve on their own the issue of charging of higher fee at the girls hostel. According to a DCW statement, the Executive Secretary of the UGC, PK Thakore, on Monday appeared before the DCW following summons issued by the latter on the issue. Thakore told commission chairperson Swati Maliwal that the issue is related to the college authorities and they will have to solve it on their own as “UGC has no role in this matter”, the statement said. Maliwal…

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The National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) would work upon certain courses about history of India’s tradition and culture, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said in New Delhi on Monday. He was speaking while inaugurating a lecture series on Bharat Bodh (Idea of India) at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). “Bharat’s (India’s) education system became such that we kept on forgetting Bharat’s culture and insisted on remembering the rest of the world’s. “It is necessary to know and remember the world but this does not imply that we can forget Bharat. It is necessary to understand the Bharat…

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Cancelling minority status of two universities will do little to help regulate institutions or improve the quality of higher education in India, when the problem lies with the regulatory system–consisting of at least eight central-level bodies, some of which are inefficient while others have been investigated for corruption. The Union government is opposing the minority status of two universities funded by the taxpayer: It indicated it will soon withdraw its support for Jamia Millia Islamia’s minority status (the case is ongoing in the Delhi High Court), as it did for Aligarh Muslim University(AMU) in the Supreme Court in July 2016, arguing that…

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The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) on Monday released the admit cards of officers Scale I preliminary examination 2017 for recruitment in participating regional rural banks (RRBs). The admit cards will be available for download until September 16, 2017. The online preliminary examination for officer scale I will be held on September 9, September 10 and September 16, 2017 (if required). Steps to download the call letter/admit card for officer scale I exam: 1) Go to official website of IBPS 2) Click on the link to download preliminary exam call letter for CRP RRBs-VI officers scale I running on the top of the…

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A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK has got the highest possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, placing him in the top one per cent people in the world who achieved this feat. Dhruv Garg, from Wokingham in south east England, was looking for something to occupy his time during the summer holidays and decided to try out for the intellectual society. The schoolboy achieved 162 in his entry IQ test – the maximum possible, which places him in the top one per cent of people in the world, the Daily Mirror reported. He also scored in…

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Chennai The DMK has lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre and the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) issue, charging them with “betraying” scores of medical aspirants in the state, especially those from rural areas. The party led an agitation which was attended by a number of other parties, on the issue here on Thursday, two days after the Centre told the Supreme Court that it was not in favour of the recent ordinance passed by Tamil Nadu to exempt it from NEET, for admissions to medical and dental colleges this…

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The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the final result of the Combined Defence Services examination (CDS II) 2016 (Officers Training Academy (OTA) course on its official website. Candidates can check their results by clicking here. A Pdf file containing the name of qualified candidates with their roll numbers and a write-up about the results will be displayed. A list of 328 (258 + 70) candidates has been released in order of their merit. They have been selected on the basis of the results of the CDS Exam (II), 2016 conducted by the UPSC and interviews held by the Services Selection…

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The results of the executive and professional programmes of the company secretaries examinations held in June 2017 were declared today, on August 25. The results are available with subject wise breakup of marks on the website of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (www.icsi.edu). ICSI is providing the facility of downloading of e-result-cum-marks statement by the examinees of the executive programmes. Results are also being sent through emails to students who had registered their requests with their email IDs on the institute’s website. Steps to check your results 1.Click on the website of the Institute of Company Secretaries of…

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Leaked prior to the Xbox at Gamescom 2017 event, Microsoft has officially announced the Xbox One S Minecraft Limited Edition console bundle. Pre-orders for the console begin today and it will be available on the store shelves from October 3 for $399 (around Rs. 25,500). The console is expected in all markets including India. Reason being, Microsoft’s Xbox website states it “will be launching in all markets except China and Brazil, on October 3, 2017.” Could this mean India finally gets the Xbox One S on October 3? We’ve emailed Microsoft India for comment and will update this post when we hear from the company. Some notable aesthetic…

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Leaked prior to the Xbox at Gamescom 2017 live stream, Microsoft has officially revealed the Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition. This special edition Xbox One X console will cost $499 (around Rs. 32,000), the same as a standard Xbox One X. The difference between the two in terms of aesthetic include a “dynamic graphic pattern” on the shell and packaging that’s familiar to fans of the original Xbox console. The green used for the Project Scorpio name is the same colour reminiscent of 2001’s Xbox too. While there doesn’t seem to be any other differences from the standard Xbox One X at…

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