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UPSC withdraws mandatory English norm in mains exam

Amid a nation-wide controversy, the Union Public Service Commission has withdrawn changes suggested by it in civil services mains examination, dropping mandatory English language paper requirement.......

I have written enough about India: V S Naipaul

Nobel laureate and India-origin author V S Naipual, known for his caustic writings on the country of his parentage, has said he has written enough about India and will not be writing anything more......

We too have made many mistakes, admits Kejriwal

Prominent Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal admitted to a group of journalists on Wednesday that they too have made many mistakes during the course of Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement. "I......

Interview/Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research

In New Delhi's shrinking world of intellectuals, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, president, Centre for Policy Research, stands out with his lucid thinking on a wide range of subjects that includes State......

US Senate youth award for Indian origin student

Neel Mandavilli, a senior at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, has been selected as one of the two North Carolina awardees for the United States Senate Youth......

How will media companies make money

Is Google making us dumb?" About two years ago Nicholas Carr had asked this question in an Atlantic Monthly essay. It struck such a chord that I immediately quoted it to my class of students at......

How to hire and get hired in a recession

Unemployment in the US is going to race past 10 per centin the coming months and probably peak at 11 per centor 12 per cent, according to the smart folks with whom I'm privileged enough to spend......

Big bucks? Authors too are getting them

Authors have finally started making news in India, with the size of their book advances and not just their books themselves. Ramachandra Guha had publishers vying to offer him upwards of a crore of......

Class war: MySpace versus Facebook

A flurry of recent articles have observed that young people are leaving MySpace for Facebook in droves, setting off speculation that MySpace is becoming the latest victim of fickle teens following......

Hunger is quiet violence: Amartya Sen

Nobel Laureate, an eminent welfare economist and author of The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen is a down-to-earth man. All his success has not left him feeling giddy and with his head in the......

Thank you, Mr Ebert, for taking us on this journey

We will always remember Roger Ebert at the movies, says Arthur J Pais, in his tribute to the prolific movie critic, who passed away on April 4.Roger Ebert, the prolific movie critic, author of half......

Arya: Settai will be a trendsetter in Tamil cinema

An engineer by profession, Arya entered the Tamil film industry in 2005 with the late Jeeva's Ullam Ketkume, with Asin and Pooja as his co-stars. Arya's latest release is Settai, the Tamil remake......

Jeremy Renner: A star is 'bourne'?

Is it time to welcome a new action hero? With the solid opening of The Bourne Legacy, well known actor and two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker and The Town)has suddenly become a......

Review: Dangerous Ishhq is regressive on many levels

Dangerous Ishhq is a reminder of an era in Bollywood when filmmakers could grossly underestimate their audiences' thinking capacity and get away with it, writes Puja Banta.Before the release of......

'Guru Duttji was miscast in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Fifty years after it released in theatres, Guru Dutt's Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam continues to charm audiences.The film has not only stood the test of time but continues to grow. Directed by the......

Ballack's agent brands some German players 'gay'

Injured German skipper Michael Ballack's agent has sparked a controversy by reportedly launching a bizarre attack on the national team by branding some unnamed players a "bunch of gays".Michael......

Wisden commemorates Bradman phenomenon

A golf ball, a cricket stump, a brick stand supporting a large water tank, bats fashioned from gum trees and plain dirt pitches.From these primitive beginnings Australian Don Bradman fashioned a......

Small-town boy Das eyes the big league

Simplicity is a virtue. And is some cases, a pleasant surprise. In the case of Haladhar Das, it is both.Ranji Trophy: Complete CoverageThe 21-year-old wicketkeeper-batsman from Orissa/East Zone has......

'Pak, Australia series are crucial for my career'

When it comes to the serious business of Test cricket, Wasim Jaffer is one of the quiet but consistent performers in a star-studded Team India. Since staging a successful comeback to the team in......

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Q. What message does Agra's TAJ MAHEL give?
: A. Taj Mahal is the poignant love story of Shahjahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. There have been numerous tales that talk of this famous era that...... more

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Q. what is meant by journalism? what is the advantage of it.
Rukhsana.Siddiqui: A. Journalism is the timely reporting of events at the local, provincial, national and international levels. Reporting involves the gathering of...... more

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Q. How to prepare in the best way for IAS exams?
Venkat: A. The below information was found on www. imahal.com, Delta course, the reply is detailed and hope will be useful to you..The essential ingredient of...... more

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Q. electrical coaching for ias prepration in delhi??
Sanjeevani Bhattacharya: A. S Nagarajan Interview (UPSC TOPPER) S Nagarajan (UPSC Rank-1) Que : To whom would you like to attribute your success? Ans : I attribute my success...... more

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Q. for civil services test how many subjects student have to choose?
SANCHIT MALIK: A. prelimnary has one GS and a subject,, mains has two subjects , GS, essay and then interview --i m talking of some yrs back ,, hope its same still more

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