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Online registration process for admissions will be glitch-free: DU
The Delhi University administration is making all efforts to avoid any technical glitches during the online registration process for admission to various courses in its affiliated colleges, beginning tomorrow. Last year, technical glitches in the online portal surfaced right from day one of the admission process. The website's server went down and many aspirants failed to access the portal. "We have opened all tabs and ensuring zero technical glitches," Officer on Special Duty (Admission) Ashutosh Bharadwaj said. While the registration for undergraduate programmes will commence tomorrow from 6 pm onwards, postgraduate programmes and postgraduate diploma in cyber security and law registrations will begin on May 18. Registration for Ph.D and M.Phil programmes will begin on May 20. Meanwhile, Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) president Rocky Tuseed said the union would set up a centre on North Campus to help aspirants in the registration process. Admissions to Ph.D, M.Phil, ...
Gurgaon students top ICSE, ISC exams in Delhi-NCR
Gurgaon students Jivansh Kakkar and Manavi Kapoor topped the ICSE class 10 examinations while Antra Kapoor bagged the top position in the class 12 exams, the results of which were declared today. The top scorers in the class 10 exams, both from The Shri Ram School in Gurgaon, scored 98.80 per cent. The second position was bagged by Nishka Arora (98.40 per cent) from the same school. The third position was shared by Shreya Singhal, Ayesha Dhall and Kabir Oberio from The Shri Ram School, Dintyala Rahul Bhardwaj from Golden Heights School in Gurgaon and Prashati Sarraf from Sophia Girl's School in Meerut Cantonment. They have all scored 98.20 per cent. Similarly in the class 12 examinations, the top scorer from The Shri Ram School bagged 99.25 per cent. The second position was shared by Tanushree Pendharkar and Sanjana Hira, both from the same school. They both scored 99 per cent. Khushank Tyagi from St Mary's Academy in Meerut Cantonment secured the third position with 98.75 per cent. A
No moderation or spiking of marks in this year's result: CICSE
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), which declared the class 10 and 12 results today, did not follow any moderation policy this year, a top board official said. "We did not follow any moderation policy. Also, there was no spiking of marks. Despite that the number of students scoring above 99 per cent has increased this year," Gerry Arathoon, the CEO of the Council, told reporters. "Last year also, we had waited for the Delhi High Court order and then for CBSE's stand on the issue as the in-principle decision to scrap moderation policy was taken unanimously by 32 boards," he added. While 49 students got more than 99 per cent in the Class 12 exam, 15 students scored more than 99 per cent in the Class 10 exam. In Class 12, the top score was 99.5 per cent, bagged by seven students from across the country. The second position of 99.25 per cent was shared by 17 students. The third highest score was 99 per cent, bagged by 25 people. Mumbai boy Swayam Das ...
ICSE, ISC results declared, 64 students get more than 99 pc
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) today declared results for the Class 12 and Class 10 exams with girls once again bettering boys in overall scores and 64 students getting more than 99 per cent. While 49 students got more than 99 per cent in the Class 12 exam, 15 students scored more than 99 per cent in the Class 10 exam. In Class 12, the top score was 99.5 per cent, bagged by seven students from across the country. The second position of 99.25 per cent was shared by 17 students. The third highest score was 99 per cent, bagged by 25 people. Mumbai boy Swayam Das emerged the Class 10 all India topper with 99.4 per cent. Jalandhar's Jasmin Kaur Chahal and Mumbai's Anokhi Amit Mehta jointly bagged the second position with 99.2 per cent each. The third position was shared by 12 students who scored 99 per cent each. "Class 12 saw a pass percentage of 96.21 recording a slight dip from last year's 96.47 per cent, while 98.51 per cent students passed Class 10,"
Kalpataru wins CREDAI-MCHI Golden Pillar Award for its CSR initiatives
Kalpataru Limited, India's leading premium and luxury real estate developer won the prestigious CREDAI-MCHI Golden Pillar Award for the Best CSR Programme of the Year.The award recognises Kalpataru's contribution to further educational opportunities for children from society's less privileged sections, and its signature employee volunteering initiative - 'Sparsh' - which provides a platform for employees to contribute their time, skills and resources towards various community development activities.To support education of less privileged first generation learners, Kalpataru has set up Community Learning Centres and Study Classes which augment teaching at school, and Computer Learning Centres which provide access to basic computer education for free at their doorstep.These learning hubs provide safe and enabling environment for gaining knowledge, as well as holistic development through co-curricular activities.Kalpataru has helped create nine Mini Science Centres in various schools to .
Class 10, 12 results out in MP
The Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education on Monday announced the results of the examinations held for Class 10 and 12.
MP Board results for class 10, 12 announced
The result for Madhya Pradesh board exams for Class 10 and Class 12 has been declared.68.54 percent students passed the Class 12 exams, while 66 percent of students passed the Class 10 exams.The results were declared on the official website of the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE Board).The Board conducted the Class 10 and Class 12 exams for academic session 2017-18 in the month of March-April 2018.
AIIMS Bhopal: Duo on protest march seeking full-time director
Two medical students of the premier AIIMS Bhopal, who embarked on a foot march on May 3 to protest against the institute functioning without a director since 2015, have covered 300 kilometres and have reached Shivpuri district in the state, they told PTI today. Sant Guru Prasad, former president of the AIIMS Students Union, Bhopal and fellow medical student Chandan Aryan plan to walk all the way till New Delhi to force the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry to appoint a full-time director as well as fill up other vacancies. Prasad told PTI that he and Aryan plan to reach Delhi by the end of this month or the first week of June. "AIIMS Bhopal does not have a permanent director since 2015. In order to draw the attention of the authorities, we have decided to walk all that way to Delhi. We started this march on May 3." Prasad told PTI over phone from Dinara in Shivpuri district. He alleged that the absence of a full-time director was hampering the progress of the ...
Educational exchange with India vital: US envoy
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs at the United States (US) Department of State, Ambassador Jennifer Zimdahl Galt's visit to the U.S.-India Education Foundation (USIEF) this weekend was aimed at underlining the importance on promoting educational exchanges between the world's two largest democracies."The United States welcomes Indian students to take advantage of the diversity of higher education institutions, as well as the world-class research at U.S. universities across the country," Ambassador Galt said."We encourage Indian students to be in touch with our EducationUSA advisors to find the U.S. college or university that meets their educational needs," she added.The Ambassador toured USIEF met Education USA staff, who provided guidance and information to Indian students looking to pursue higher education in the U.S.The EducationUSA advising center at USIEF, Delhi provides accurate, current, and comprehensive information on U.S. higher ...
Female candidates' sleeves snipped off before exam in Bihar
Female candidates appearing for Paramedical exam in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district were left in shock, when the sleeves of their clothes were torn off, before the exam.The invigilator snipped off the sleeves of the girls before letting them enter into the examination hall for giving the paper.Talking to ANI, one of the officers said that a notice was circulated earlier about the disciplinary measure to be followed during the exam, which included the type of cloth to carry.Where the girls claimed that the sleeves of their clothes were snipped off forcefully, the Muzaffarpur District Education Office claimed that the girls willingly did it."The guidelines were circulated earlier, but they did not follow it. The invigilators did not do it forcefully, but the girls willingly snipped off their sleeves," District Education Office said.Following the incident, the family members of the girls staged a massive protest outside the centre.
AMU students meet district officials to end campus logjam
Leaders of the Aligarh Muslim University Students Union (AMUSU) held a meeting with senior district officials today over the ongoing two-week-long protests on the campus. AMU sources confirmed that the leaders of the AMUSU met senior district officials in a bid to end the logjam on the campus. The students are reported to have reiterated their demands pertaining to action against those who had barged into the campus on May 2, seeking removal of a portrait of Pakistan founder M A Jinnah that had been adorning a wall of the union office for decades. They also demanded action against those policemen who were responsible for the lathicharge on protesting AMU students the same evening. Meanwhile, AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor visited the site of the dharna and urged the protesting leaders to call off their agitation to help restore normalcy on campus as admission tests and annual examinations are underway. Prof. Mansoor said that if the health of any student deteriorated during the ...
AMU Jinnah portrait row: BJP MP criticises ex-VP Hamid Ansari
BJP MP Satish Kumar Gautam, who triggered a row when he demanded that a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah be removed from Aligarh Muslim University, has criticised former vice president Hamid Ansari for supporting students over the issue. Ansari had backed the students' demand for action against intruders who created a ruckus on the varsity campus over the portrait on May 2, when he was to have been conferred with life membership of the AMU Students' Union. The event was cancelled because of violent protests allegedly led by right-wing Hindu activists over the removal of the portrait of the Muslim League leader and founder of Pakistan. "Ansari, who had held the senior post of the country's vice president, should have refrained from supporting the students and issuing such a statement," Gautam told PTI on the phone today. The former vice president and diplomat, who had also studied at AMU, said the disruption, its precise timing and the "excuse manufactured for justifying it" raised ...
Nine out of ten students concerned about online privacy: Ireland Survey
Alarmed over the recent data breach incidents like the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica, nine out of 10 Irish students are worried about their online privacy, a survey suggests.
AMU sports instructor suspended for 'felicitating' Hindutva leader
The Aligarh Muslim University administration has suspended its sports instructor Mazharul Qamar for felicitating a Hindutva group leader at a function in D.S. College here, an official said here on Monday.
ICSE, ISC results declared; girls outperform boys yet again
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) today declared the results for Classes 10 and 12, with girls once again outshining boys. Class 10 results recorded a pass percentage of 98.5 per cent, while 96.21 per cent of the students passed Class 12 exam, said Gerry Arathoon, CEO of the Council. Mumbai's Swayam Das was the Class 10 all-India topper with a score 99.4 per cent. Seven students have topped the Class 12 exam with an identical score of 99.5 per cent, he said.
TNAU counselling to go online from this year
Counselling for under-graduate courses in agriculture and science and technology offered by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) will go online from this academic year. Of the 3,422 seats, being offered by TNAU, its 14 constituent colleges and 26 affiliated privates colleges across the State, 65 per cent will be filled through state quota, TNAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr K Ramasamy told reporters here today. The rest of the seats would be filled by colleges from the list of students who apply online on the TNAU portal, he added. The university had been receiving application online for the past four years, he said adding from this year counselling would go online. This would be beneficial for students, as they would not need to come here from various parts of the state to participate in the counselling process, the vice-chancellor added. The online application process will begin from May 18 and go on till June 17 and verification of documents for special reservation will .
Be fearless: Apple CEO Tim Cook tells graduates
Addressing the class of 2018 at Duke University, Apple CEO Tim Cook encouraged students to follow their vision and learn from the example set by late Apple founder Steve Jobs.He encouraged students to try something different and dare to think different, Mashable reports.In his tweet following the commencement ceremony, Cook congratulated the students and encouraged them to be fearless.Cook also used the opportunity to touch upon issues including user privacy, climate change, social inequality, and gun violence.
Standard of education in TN improved after vacancies filled:CM
Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami today said the standard of education in the state has improved after government filled up vacancies of teachers. He stated this at a function at a school here today. the chief minister said upgradation of elementary schools to high schools and the latter to higher secondary schools has reduced the number of dropouts in the district. The chief minister said the number of state highways in the district would be converted to four-lane roads. Among them were the Mettupalayam-Sathyamangalam, Gobichettipalayam-Chitode, Bhavani Mettur-Thoppur, Erode-Karur; and Erode- Tiruchengodu roads, he said. He also said the ruling AIADMK has been giving a lot of importance to agriculture. A total of 1,519 tanks and ponds would be desilted so water could be stored for irrigation. The Chief Minister announced the birth anniversary of Kongu leader Kalingarayan would be observed every year as he was instrumental in developing 20,000 acres of dry land to ..
AMU alumni brave rough weather to protest against attack on varsity
Braving the dust storm and rain that hit the national capital today, the alumni of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) gathered here in the evening to protest the attack on the students of the institute, allegedly by members of the right-wing Hindu Yuva Vahini group. Despite the rain and strong winds, close to 100 former students of the university staged a sit-in in a lane opposite the FICCI auditorium at Barakhamba Road. Members of the alumni association of the Jamia Millia Islamia as well as the Jawaharlal Nehru Unversity (JNU) also joined the "silent protest". Holding placardsm, denouncing the attack on the university and its students, the AMU Old Boys' Association (AMUOBA) and others alleged that the incident was politically motivated to disrupt communal harmony. AMUOBA president Irshad Ahmed, while speaking to mediapersons, sought a judicial enquiry into the attack earlier this month over a portrait of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah on the university campus. They also ...
Rs 4 cr grant for Centre of Excellence at AMU
The Central government has approved a grant of Rs 4 crore to establish a "Centre of Excellence" for research on Bioinspired Nanomaterials and Drugs at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
