Новости за 19.06.2015

An engineering classroom in IIT Madras is usually a melting pot of different cultures as this premier institute plays host to students from across the country.

Students of state board schools have put up a poor show in the JEE (Advanced) this year, with only 33 clearing the test — the fewest among all southern states. Educators are worried.

The court on June 15 cancelled this year's AIPMT finding it rigged by tech-savvy students and directed the CBSE to conduct a fresh exam within four weeks but a bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre extended the deadline by one month after the CBSE expressed its inability to conduct the exam by July 15.

The first phase of counselling for MBBS admissions began on Friday even as the Madras high court gave a directive asking the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) to go ahead with the selection process but not to allot seats until Monday.

With the medical admissions in the state on hold, aspirants are keeping engineering admissions coordinated by Anna University as a backup. On Friday, after the university released its rank list for single-window counselling, at least eight of the 23 toppers with a cutoff mark of 200 in engineering said they would pursue medicine if they get through.

The MBBS admission process is likely to be delayed this year with the Madras high court on Friday making it clear that though counselling could go on as scheduled, no allotment of seat could be made to students till Monday.

It’s a double bonanza for Sheshansh Agrawal. The student of Mahaveer Public School, Jaipur has achieved a rare feat by emerging as probably the first student to represent the country in international Olympiads since last four consecutive years.

Kota is a popular coaching hub for students seeking admissions in IITs, IIMs and medical colleges. Students from across the country come to prepare for the engineering and medical competitions.

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The world's largest book, a giant atlas weighing 150 kg, has been put on display at the State Library.

‘We catch infections and suffer from diseases when we step out of our house.’ Majority of us hold this stereotypical belief.

A Palestinian opened fire on two Israeli men near a West Bank settlement on Friday, killing one and wounding the other before fleeing, authorities said.

Manav Thakkar of Surat defeated his Indian counterpart Parth Virmani 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 to win the cadet boy's title in the South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on Friday. In the semifinal Manav defeated Santoo Shreshtra of Nepal 11-5, 11-8, 13-11.

While one Indian-American Republican governor sought to lay a healing salve after the horrific mass shooting at a historic American church, another chose to take cheap political pot shots at President Barack Obama.

An Italian couple ran out onto the tarmac of Malta's international airport to stop a Ryanair jet from leaving for Italy without them.

The Vadodara district administration and the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) have made elaborate plans for the celebrations of the International Yoga Day in the city on Sunday. The official yoga workshop on the day in the city will take place at the Sama Indoor Sports Complex.

The Admission Committee for Professional Courses has decided that in the vacant seats in Master of Business Administration and Master of Computer Application.