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UPSC topper thanks girlfriend, family for moral support

Jaipur: Kanishak Kataria, a B-Tech graduate from IIT Bombay who topped the civil services examination 2018, thanked his parents, sister and girlfriend for the help and moral support. “It’s a very surprising moment. I never expected to get the 1st rank. I thank my parents, sister and my girlfriend for the help and moral support,” […]

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CBSE Academic Session 2019-20: Board Plans 'New' to Avoid Rote Learning

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently said that ‘Experiential learning’ will be the punch line for the board in the academic session of 2019-20. Anurag Tripathi, CBSE secretary, said that the board will have a punch line from now on every year. According to PTI, “Students should learn from what they […]

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NIRF rankings: 5 Odisha colleges among top 100 educational institutions

New Delhi: Five educational institutions and deemed universities of Odisha made it to the top 100 list of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD). The rankings were announced at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela has secured 38th rank […]

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UGC approves IGNOU's proposal for new online courses; know details

New Delhi: IGNOU is likely to start four online courses from July even as the varsity has identified 85 online programmes. The varsity will start MA in Hindi and three certificate programmes after receiving approval from the University Grants Commission, Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) vice-chancellor Professor Nageshwar Rao said. The open university has […]

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CBSE Class 10, 12 Results 2019: Important Notification On Paper Re-evaluation, Obtaining of Photocopy

The Central Board and Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a notification related to the schedule and processing fees for applying for verification of marks, obtaining of photocopy of evaluated answer books and applying for re-evaluation of marks after the declaration of Class 10 and Class 12 results, 2019 CBSE, in the release, said: “Immediately after declaration of […]

CBSE Class 10 Results 2019: Revisit 'Changed' Passing Criteria of Matric Exam

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 10 and 12 examinations are over and the evaluation process of the answer sheets are reportedly underway. The results are likely to be published in the third week of May, said a CBSE official recently to a national newspaper. The Class 12 result is likely to be […]

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CBSE Academic Session 2019: New Mandatory Subject for Betterment of Learning

New Delhi: The CBSE has mandated introduction of Arts subject for all classes from the upcoming academic session and advised schools to introduce few cooking classes as part of “culinary art” for classes 6 to 8. According to a senior official, every school shall compulsorily reserve a minimum of two periods per week for art […]

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SSC Exam Paper Leak: Students get question paper before exam; five arrested

Five persons have so far been arrested in a SSC paper leak in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said Sunday. Among those arrested are two private coaching class owners while two others involved in the racker are on the run, an official said. “The Algebra, Geometry, Science I and II and History papers of […]

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NIRF Rankings 2019: Odisha govt raps BPUT, 7 tech institutes for not making it to the list

Bhubaneswar: Five educational institutions and deemed universities of Odisha made it to the top 100 list of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (HRD) two weeks ago. However, with no government technical institutions finding place in the NIRF Rankings 2019, the Skill Development and Technical Education Department […]

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UGC Introduces New Scholarship Scheme For Students, Check Now

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) today issued a notification to all varsities mentioning that the National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC) has initiated an Internship Scheme for the students and young professionals in the field of chemical safety and security. The details of the scheme are available on the website of NACWC. […]

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CBSE Class X, XII Exams: Board To Introduce New Norms From 2020 Session

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has always been sensitive to the needs of disabled students. The Board, through an official notification, has stated that it is extending several exemptions/concessions to candidates with benchmark disabilities (for Class X & XII Examinations conducted by the CBSE) as defined in The Rights of Persons […]

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CBSE Class 10, 12 Exams 2019: Here's Report On Paper Evaluation

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) recently concluded the CBSE Class 10 and Class 12 exams 2019, and the result of the same is expected to be released in the month of May. According to reports, the evaluation work of the answer papers of CBS Class 10 is presently going on at various examination […]

CBSE Class 10 Academic Session 2019-20: Board's New Decision Tagged 'Unhealthy'

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In a major step by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), chapters on democracy and diversity from Class 10 Social Science Syllabus for the current 2019-2020 academic session have been dropped. As per reports, three chapters from the Democratic Politics Book 1 – ‘Democracy and Diversity’, ‘Popular Struggle and Movements’ and ‘Challenges […]

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CBSE Class 10, 12 Exams 2019: Board Dismisses Speculative Result Dates

The CBSE Class 10 examination concluded on March 29, and CBSE Class 12 examination ended on April 4… Since then, speculations are rife related to the dates of the release of results of both the exams. However, putting an end to all these speculations, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has strongly dismissed all […]

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CBSE Class 10 Academic Session 2019-20: Board's Clarification Amid Speculations

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has put the speculations to rest by clarifying the news making rounds one several websites and newspapers related to the alleged change and dropped of some chapters of CBSE Class 10 Academic Session 2019-20. Rejecting all the claims, CBSE recently issued a statement clarifying that no chapters have […]

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