Investors' desire for companies to prioritise returning cash to shareholders through share buybacks, dividends or mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is at the highest level since July 2015, said a survey by BofA Securities (BofA). Nearly 30 per cent of respondents wanted companies to do so. As many as 226 respondents with $572 billion worth of assets under management (AUM) participated in the March fund manager survey (FMS), said BofA.
Bhola Kaushika came to Kota as a 17-year-old with a dream in his eyes to become an engineer. Instead, he became an outlaw.
Super 30 coaches Praveen Kumar and Amit Kumar give tips on how to crack one of India's most prestigious competitive exam.
Tamannaah Bhatia is on a roll and we just can't look away.
Come April 11 and lakhs of Indian students who aspire to study at premier Indian Institutes of Technology will be appearing for their joint entrance exam, popularly known as the IIT JEE. Here are some basic tips that JEE aspirants must keep in mind while preparing for physics.
The IIT JEE is coming up on April 11 and we asked readers who have taken the test in previous years to share their tips on how to score well in the exam. Here we publish some of the responses we received.
'The film released when I was in Class 8. Most of the characters in it inspired me' says Sarvesh Mehtani.
Systematic preparation and understanding the basics is the only route to success for this very competitive examination. A step-by-step guide on how to prepare.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh get together on Karan Johar's couch for the first time in Koffee With Karan Season 8.
Instead of a separate screening and a main examination, JEE will now be a single test with objective or multiple choice type questions stressing on the 10+2 level syllabus.
Tomorrow is IIT JEE. Here are some tips that will help you solve some last minute issues.
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While Arpit Aggarwal never attended a social gathering for two years, he says it is important to manage your time and take short breaks while preparing for a competitive exam.
Nearly 40 per cent of IITians sitting for placements in 2024 are yet to receive job offers, showing a doubling of the 'unplaced' in the last three years from 19 per cent in 2021-2022 to 38 per cent in 2023-2024.
Announcing the results, Director of IIT Kanpur Prof Sanjay Govind Dhande said that IIT Madras zone aspirant Immadi Purudhavi Tej topped the prestigious examination followed by Shubham Mehta of IIT Bombay zone who got the second rank.
'Sometimes I remind myself to take that moment and think and appreciate that I've been given so much and I've earned it as well.'
Worried by a spate of suicides by hanging, the authorities in the coaching hub of Kota have taken a desperate measure -- ordering hostels to install a spring device on ceiling fans to stop students from taking their lives.
Some sections are portraying this victory as reflective of a change in the situation in the Valley and it is being depicted as a move towards 'normalcy'. Projection of this victory as a picture of communal harmony and brotherhood in the entire Valley would be naive. Some sections are interpreting this victory as signs of a conducive situation for the return of Pandits to the Valley.
The suicides have involved more NEET aspirants than JEE. 'It's a make-or-mar situation.' 'Either you get into a government medical college, where the fee is much lower than in private institutes, or you don't make it.'
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The exams sprang few surprises for the well-prepared student. Here's why.
The best method of revision would be to strengthen the areas you are strong in and brush up the areas you are weak in.
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Results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for admissions into prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) were declared this morning. Arpit Agarwal from Faridabad, Bijoy Kochar from Chandigarh and Nishant Kaushik from Bhilai secured the first, second and third places respectively.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the box office verdict for the week.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey is a clumsily structured, unevenly paced film, with very few good moments.
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As the CBI continues to probe into the NEET-UG paper leak case, career experts help us understand what the future holds for undergraduate medical aspirants.
From mothers on sabbatical to grandparents and homemakers, many people are choosing to shift to the coaching hub Kota with their children to ensure they are not stressed while preparing for entrance exams and do not take any extreme step.
The IIT-JEE reforms introduced by the human resources development ministry have sparked a national debate in India.
The petitioner sought a direction from the court for his registration form to be accepted and to permit him to appear for JEE-Advanced scheduled to be held on June 4.
In an online chat with readers, Dr Sanjeev Verma and Dr Gaurav Gaurav Sharma, experts, Vidya Mandir Classes addressed queries related to cracking the IIT-JEE.
The results for IIT-JEE exam held on April 8, will be announced on May 18. Read on for details.
Pradhan, who is also the skill development minister, said he has received positive feedback from students on the plan to conduct board exams twice a year.
25 student suicides in 2023 at India's coaching hub Kota have revealed the mindboggling stress children confront every day, reports Prakash Bhandari.
The son of cobbler, a daily-wage labourer, a landless farmer and nearly two dozen other students from poverty-stricken families have cracked the IIT entrance examination in Bihar.
Thirty students of Bihar's Super 30 have passed the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year. It is first time that Super 30 achieved 100 percent result .The results were declared on Friday.
'Nobody is telling you, 'Oh, my God, you are 30 and you are not married!'.'
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