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24 Aug

AESL to conduct NEET Mock Test 2021

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Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) along with BYJU’S has announced India’s largest All-India NEET Mock Test 2021. The Mock Test will be conducted online on August 22, 29 and September 5. Mr. Aakash Chaudhry, Managing Director, Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) said, “Honoring our commitment to the ‘students first’ approach, we are conducting India’s largest online All-India NEET Mock Test 2021. To courage more student participation for fulfilling their dreams, we have kept the registration free of cost.” The registration for the mock test is open and is free of cost. The online mock test has been prepared keeping in…

12 Aug

Applications open for IIT Madras’ Online Data Science Program

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras is calling for applications for the next batch of the Online Data Science Program, the first-of-its-kind initiative launched in 2020. The program aims to make a Data Scientist out of anyone who has cleared Class XII and studied English and Maths in Class X, regardless of their geographic location, academic background, and profession. The classes for the next qualifier batch will commence in September 2021.Highlighting the unique aspects of this program, Prof. Andrew Thangaraj, Professor In-Charge, Data Science Program, IIT Madras, said, “With this program, IIT Madras is delivering the highest quality learning opportunity to…

13 Jul

UETR inaugurated in Roorkee

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The University of Engineering and Technology Roorkee (UETR) opens its gates to welcome students post its launch on 11 July 2021. The premier institute was inaugurated by Shri J.C. Jain, Chancellor, UETR in the presence of Smt. Baby Rani Maurya, Governor of Uttarakhand along with other chief guests Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, Former CM of Uttarakhand, Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat, Minister of Higher Education, Govt. of Uttarakhand, and Swami Yatishwaranand, Minister of Sugarcane Development & Sugarcane Industry, Govt. of Uttarakhand. With a multitude of courses from domains such as Computing, Business Studies, and Social Sciences, Smart Agricultural Sciences as well as Creative Arts & Design under the UETR umbrella, the…

12 Jun

Concern rises in students across India, as majority of the exams get cancelled

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Earlier this month, PM Narendra Modi announced the cancellation of key school-leaving examinations. "We were glued to our phones, waiting for the announcement on Twitter," said 18-year-old Vishwas Dubey. The Boards examinations are crucial for students hoping to secure admission in some of India's most prestigious public universities. Vishwas was among millions of students who were due to take the exams. The exams, originally planned for May, were postponed to July, with the authorities saying they would do a review on 1 June. The cancellation came as a huge relief to many who were anxious about writing exams at a…

08 Jun

CM Mamata Banerjee holds press conference: Cancels West Bengal Madhyamik and Uchha Madhyamik board exams

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CM Mamata Banerjee during a press conference on Tuesday, cancelled West Bengal Class 10 Madhyamik board exams and the Class 12 Uchha Madhyamik board exams. Earlier, CM Banerjee had said that the Class 12 board exams would be conducted in the last week of July and Madhyamik or Class 10 board exams would be held in the second week of August. The decision to cancel the exams came after the public had given a stand against the conduction of board exams amidst the pandemic. The CM said that 79% of the 24000 emails that were received from the public were…

03 Jun

CBSE Class 12 exams cancelled, student tweets farewell-day request to PM Modi. Viral story

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After months of suspense, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 board exams were cancelled on Tuesday, leaving students jubilant. PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter to announce the decision. "Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth," his tweet read. Soon after the announcement, social media platforms were flooded with hilarious memes and jokes, and many lauded the Prime Minister's decision. However, one tweet took away the cake and…

07 May

Here are 8 interesting locations that you could visit while visiting Mars in the future.

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Mars is a planet of vast contrasts — huge volcanoes, deep canyons, and craters that may or may not host running water. It will be an amazing location for future tourists to explore, once we put the first Red Planet colonies into motion. The landing sites for these future missions will likely need to be flat plains for safety and practical reasons, but perhaps they could land within a few days' drive of some more interesting geology. Here are some locations that future Martians could visit. Olympus Mons NASA/MOLA Science Team/ O. de Goursac, Adrian Lark Olympus Mons is the…

03 May

Here’s a list of 8 strangest objects in the universe for the science lovers out there.

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There's no questioning the fact that the universe is weird. Just look outside and you'll see all manner of strange, self-reproducing flora and fauna, crawling upon a blue ball of semimolten rock covered in a thin, hard shell and blanketed by a tenuous film of gases. Yet our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and every day astronomers turn up new surprises. In this gallery, we take a look at some of the most outlandish objects in space. Mysterious Radio Signals Since 2007, researchers have been receiving ultrastrong,…

30 Apr

Love science and have some free time? Here are the Five best YouTube channels for science lovers

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YouTube is the most popular video-sharing site in the world. It is to video-sharing what Google is to web search. Nearly everybody who is internet literate knows about it, and uses it. Due to the sheer number of daily users and content creators, the Google-owned site is a microcosm for internet as a whole. One can learn anything, entertain themselves, engage with creators or other users, watch latest music videos and trailers, and so on. The ways to use YouTube are practically endless. Love science and have some free time? Then you are going to love these YouTube channels. VSauce VSauce is…

12 Apr

Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi ask Centre to reconsider holding CBSE exam in May due to the “massive and uncontrolled” rise in Covid-19 cases.

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said lakhs of children and parents have expressed “fears and apprehensions” about assembling at exam centres in the middle of the second wave of Covid-19. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday wrote to Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal urging him to intervene and direct the CBSE to reconsider its decision to go ahead with Board examinations in May despite the “massive and uncontrolled” rise in Covid-19 cases. She said lakhs of children and parents have expressed “fears and apprehensions” about assembling at exam centres in the middle of the second wave of Covid-19. Senior Congress leader Rahul…