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The National Testing Agency announced that the JEE (Main) will be held from September 1 to 6 and NEET (UG) on September 13 after the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking the postponement of the NEET and JEE.
rediffGURU Mayank Chandel offers advice to students interested in a careers in science or engineering after class 10 and 12.
Spooky spirits, identical twins, camping beagles, Game of Thrones spin-offs and the mad, MAD world of Bollywood, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can catch on OTT this week.
'The makers don't shoot in chunks, it is all in one go with all the characters visible in the frame. This set-up is different from the general shooting style.' 'To execute this, everyone needs to be well prepared.'
While class 12 exams will be conducted across the country, the class 10 exams are only pending in North East Delhi where they were affected due to the law and order situation.
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Medal layenge, medal layenge yeh baat tum dimaag se nikal do (a medal will never come if you chase after a medal, just focus on the processes)
There was also no fresh incident of violence and there is a heavy deployment of security personnel
A special bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, which posed tough questions to the Andhra Pradesh government on its decision to hold Class 12 board examinations, asked the standing counsel for the state Mahfooz A Nazki to place before the court the "snapshot of the file" giving reasons to hold the test.
'In Krrish, I was playing Hrithik's child version.' 'I also did Ishq Vishk with Shahid Kapoor.' 'In Aetbaar, I remember doing scenes with Amitabh Bachchan.'
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from now.' 'For instance, how can we deal with climate change and global warming, right now?' 'The effects of it may not be felt now; in fact, we may pay a price for it today, but it will help the generations to follow.'
Last week, India asked its students in Bishkek to stay indoors following the incidents of violence.
The CBSE on Sunday said any further delay may hamper chances of students in securing admission to professional courses like medical and engineering, though it is ready to conduct fresh exams for students who are not able to appear.
rediffGURU Mayank Chandel, founder, CareerStreets, offers advice on what students can do after cracking the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah said if any State/Union Territory in exercise of their jurisdiction under the Disaster Management Act (DMA) has taken a decision that it is not possible to conduct the final year/terminal semester examination by September 30, then they can make an application to the UGC for extending the deadline.
To pass that time, some candidates preferred to stay with the party workers, others decided to take some rest after the heat and dust of electioneering, while some others took timeout to meet parents before the results were announced.
Probationary Indian Administrative Service officer Puja Khedkar, who is in the eye of a storm for alleged misuse of power and manipulating disability and OBC quotas, sidestepped questions related to the ongoing probe against her on Monday, saying the truth will eventually prevail, while the Pune police searched for her parents in a separate criminal case.
The exam postponement announcement by the CBSE came for the third time this week due to communal violence in northeast Delhi over the amended citizenship law which has claimed 34 lives so far and left over 200 people injured. "The next date for the affected students will be notified shortly," CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi said.
The HRD minister also clarified to the students of North East Delhi that there is no need to reappear in these examinations if you have already appeared.
Chowdhury said the schedule of the yatra was submitted to the state administration long ago.
Interacting with students, parents and teachers during his annual 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' programme, the prime minister suggested that students should compete with themselves and not others and parents should never sow the seeds of competition and rivalry between siblings.
The examinees of Class XII of CBSE Board will however have the option of either taking the exams later or to move ahead with the assessment based on their performance in the last three internal exams.
Stay calm. Be helpful. Steer clear of arguments. Encourage them to eat well, sleep and rest adequately.
In compliance with the apex court's interim direction, the UPSC has decided to open the application on upsconline.nic.in for this exam to enable 'unmarried women candidates only' who are otherwise eligible in terms of nationality, age, educational qualification etc., the statement said.
A lot has been written about Gukesh but have you wondered about how it is to be the parents of a genius and budding World Champion.
Over two lakh students move to Kota annually to prepare for competitive exams such as the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for engineering and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to medical colleges.
Despite failing to secure a simple majority in Parliament, we will continue to see him on TV, newspapers, magazines, bill boards, vaccination certificates, railway stations, bus shelters, airports, sea ports, on the highway and on rural roads, sighs A Ganesh Nadar.
Rediff reader Prashant Panwalkar from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh tells us what he learned from his father.
A few students were detained after they staged a protest in Old Rajinder Nagar in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding action against those responsible for the deaths of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre in the area, and compensation for their families.
'There is uncertainty regarding job opportunities for our children after they serve for just four years under the Agnipath scheme.'
Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said, "Six lakh children in Delhi are going to write CBSE exams. Nearly 1 lakh teachers will be a part of it. These can become major hotspots leading to large-scale spreading of Corona. Children's lives & health is very important to us. I request Centre to cancel CBSE exams."
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'Training was incredible and thrilling, be it firing weapons, drill or 10 km runs and push-ups. It gave us unforgettable memories and inculcated soldier like qualities.'
The party's national executive meeting chaired by its president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged price rise and unemployment as "burning issues"
'It's taken me very long to get my foot into the door. But the kind of work or central roles that I want are still few.'
He asked if DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, "who speaks of Tamil culture, such a serious allegation has been made--will DMK snap ties with Congress, for Tamil pride and the Tamil people."
Umesh Keelu said he would be motivating other youngsters from Dharavi slums to join the armed forces.
Forty Muslim girl students from Udupi district of Karnataka abstained from appearing for the first pre-university examination on Tuesday as they were apparently hurt by the recent high court verdict against wearing of hijab inside classrooms.
The police identified the driver and the vehicle through the CCTV footage of the area.
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