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AIPMT 2015: Result analysis; Haryana boy Vipul Garg tops

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The Central Board of Secondary Education declared the result of the All India AIPMT 2015: Result Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT) 2015 yesterday i.e August 16.

Vipul Garg of Haryana, topped the examination with 695 marks out of 720. Khushi Tiwari came a close second with 688 marks. A slot of 3722 seats has been arranged against the 15 percent All-India Quota. A wait list of four times the seats has also been prepared and provided to the Directorate General of Health Services for the purpose of counseling.  According to that, a total of 18,610 candidates have been selected for the merit and wait list.

The candidates belonging to the State of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and Delhi will also have an additional quota of 15 percent. The candidates will be granted admissions in AFMC, Pune, Banaras, Hindu University and Jamia Hamdard University.

This examination was conducted in 50 cities at 1065 centres. A total number of 3,74,386 candidates appeared in the examination out of which, 1,80,957 were boys and 1,93,429 were girls. The candidates, on the day of the exam, had to undergo strict frisking measures before the exam commenced. The invigilators were instructed to check the ears of all the candidates with the help of torchlight and communications jammers were also installed at the centres to ensure that no communication device be used inside the centre.

 

 

 

 

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ARWU 2015: Indian Universities stand nowhere in global rankings

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What came as a national disappointment, only a single university was included IISc the only university to have a global ranking in 2015. in the top 500 university rankings released by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University under the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, being the only university to make it to the list, ranks as low as post 300.

Maintaining the stance, IISc in the rankings of 2003-2004 was still the only entry from India. However, it ranked much higher at 200. According to the list, eight universities out of the top 10 belong to the UK and US alone and also constitute more than 51 in the total survey. ARWU ranks more than 1,200 universities out of which the top-most 500 are published.

Harvard University emerged as the number one globally, for the 13th consecutive year. It was followed by Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Cambridge, Princeton, Caltech, Columbia, Chicago and Oxford. Denmark saw the rise of University of Copenhagen as it overpowered the Pierre & Marie Curie in France as the second best university in this region.

University of Tokyo at the position 21 and Kyoto University at rank 26, emerged as the leading universities in Asia. University of Melbourne topped other universities in Oceania, with rank 44.

The universities that made appearance for the first time in the top 500 are University of Warwick, Queensland University of Technology in Australia and Sharif University of Technology in Iran.

The reason for India lagging behind is apparently below-average contribution in the global research output, which accounted to a mere 3.5 percent. India’s share of world output stood at around 2 percent in 2010, while it was 17 percent for China. The Academic Ranking of World Universities judges on the basic concept of the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes, along with the number of stories published in journals of Science and Nature. India, sadly, fails miserably in all respects.

 

 

 

 

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UPSC Combined Medical Services Written Exam 2015: Results declared

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UPSC CMS Written Exam results

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)  has declared the results for the Combined Medical Services 2015. This result has been announced for the written examination, and the candidates who have cleared this exam are eligible to appear for the interview round/personality test. The candidates can now check their result at the official website, www.upsc.gov.in.

The candidature of the candidates mentioned in the list is provisional as of now, it is subject to them being eligible in all respects. It shall be confirmed only once they submit original certificates of age, physical disability, community, educational qualifications, etc. for the interview round.

The qualified candidates are required to fill up the Detailed Application Form (DAF) and submit it online. The DAF will be available online form August 18 up till August 27. Once the candidates have submitted the DAF, they are required to take a printout of the same and send a duly signed hard copy of the DAF along with all necessary documents to the Commission’s office, ‘The Under Secretary (CMS), Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi?110069’. The envelope containing all the documents should be superscribed ‘Detailed Application Form (DAF) for Combined Medical Services Examination, 2015’. The candidates can submit the Detailed Application Form up till August 31.

The interview round/personality test is likely to commence from September 21. The commission will inform the candidates about the date and time of their personality test through e-mail. UPSC will release the marksheets of the candidates within 15 days from the date of declaration of the final result, i.e. after the personality tests conclude. These will be made available online at the official site of the commission, and will be accessible for a period of 60 days.

 

 

 

 

 

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VP Hamid Ansari says “Society should create rather than just consume knowledge”

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VP Hamid Ansari spoke on a creating a society that creates rather than just consume knowledgeOn August 15, Vice President Hamid Ansari spoke for popularising science and technology among people, and favoured making a society that progresses, builds and creates rather than one that becomes mere consumers of knowledge.

The VP was speaking at a function, where this year’s Gujar Mal Modi Science Foundation award was given to former director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mustansir Barma. “To be a society that progresses, builds, creates rather than one that being passively contemplates such progress, it is essential to make science and technology an essential part of the culture of the people,” he said.

Ansari added that knowledge should be one effectively addressing cultural, social and human resource. Popularisation of science and technology must make such knowledge a central component of culture of social awareness and of collective intelligence. “The world is increasingly being divided into societies that produce knowledge and those essentially are consumers of knowledge,” he said.

Aso, he said that the matter has arisen due to a number of historical, cultural and political, social and economic situation over the times and strategies should be developed in this respect. He felt that the technical possibilities of gaining access to information are changing people’s vision of the world, transforming relationship between human beings and dissemination of knowledge.

Ansari described Barma a distinguished professor and former Director of TIFR, who made immense contribution in the field of statistical science in India. Barma was conferred the Padma Shri in 2013.

 

 

 

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Law Minister says legal education in country gets a raw deal

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Union Law Minister, Sadananda Gowda talks about legal education in IndiaOn August 16, the Union Law Minister, D.V. Sadananda Gowda said legal education in India always got a raw deal compared to other courses. Legal education and teaching in colleges should be on par with that of National Law Schools and it should be more practical-oriented, Gowda said while addressing the 13th Annual Convocation of NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad.

He added, “Legal education being such an important field, I doubt whether we did attach the importance and attention it deserves. I am of the impression that the legal education in India always got a raw deal and to a large extent it continues even today.” First of all, there has to be an immediate change in the way law is taught in law colleges other than the National Law Schools across the country and bring them on par with the National Law Schools,” the minister said. He also advised law graduates “not to run away” from practising it by opting for corporate career.

Further, Gowda said that, “If you people run away from practising law, this would have negative impact on anything we do to improve the way law is practised in India, though we produce best products.” The legal education, besides becoming more-practical oriented, should be social research-based and focus on study of comparative law and international law so as to provide legal services across the globe, he opined.

He also said that the Centre wrote a letter to Andhra Pradesh government for necessary infrastructure to set up a high court. He, however, refused to elaborate citing that matter as being sub judice as it is currently pending in court. Meanwhile, when asked about the special status issue for Andhra Pradesh, the Minister promptly said, “We are committed.”

Telangana housing, law and endowments minister Indra Karan Reddy, Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale, acting chief justice, high court of judicature at Hyderabad and Chancellor, NALSAR University of Law were among those present at the convocation.

 

 

 

 

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AIPMT Re-Test result 2015: Declared

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AIPMT Results declared! The Central Board of Secondary Education has declared the AIPMT results 2015 on the official website www.aipmt.nic.in. The exam, which was scheduled to be conducted on May 3, finally took place on July 25. The test was canned due to the leak of question paper and circulation of the answer keys through electronic devices across 10 states in the country.

As many as 6.23 lakh students registered for this examination, out of which only 4,22,859 candidates downloaded the admit card. The candidates had access to the answer keys from 10 am on August 12 till midnight on August 13. The Board allowed them to challenge the same or find any discrepancy up till August 13.

The candidates who appeared for the exam can check their results by following the given guidelines:

  • Visit the official website www.aipmt.nic.in/www.cbseresults.nic.in
  • Enter the required details (Registration number/Date of Birth)
  • Click on ‘Submit’

The result will be displayed on the screen. The candidates are advised to keep the print out of the same for future reference.

The exam had 180 objective questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The students were seen complaining about the Physics paper since it involved long formulas and very complicated calculations. Biology exam was a favourite among them as it was apparently heavily drawn from the NCERT books.

 

 

 

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Delhi government to introduce eight vocational streams in 200 schools

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Delhi schools may soon have vocational coursesThe Delhi government is planning to introduce eight vocational streams, including beauty and wellness, automobile and travel and tourism, in 200 schools. The government intends to make school education skill-oriented by doing so.

These new streams are likely to be introduced in schools from October this year. The eight streams will also include retail, financial marketing management, general duty assistant in health care, information technology, and security. These streams, to be offered to students from class 9 to 12, will have four levels A,B,C and D.

The Director of Education, Padmini Singhla said that, “We have recently signed an MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to offer these streams and are now in process of finalising training partners. Though this will take another month we are trying to squeeze as much a possible so that we can do substantial teaching this year.”

Further, she added, “After we finalise the training partners, we will enter into tripartite agreement with Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), sector skill council and the training partner. The project is being carried under the RMSA and state government is providing substantial budgeting. Earlier the funding used to come from RMSA only.”

The training partners will start the recruitment of teachers and trainers once the agreement is finalised. “We will start the classes by mid-October and simultaneously we will work on establishment of labs in these schools because not all schools have the infrastructure needed for teaching of streams as beauty and wellness and automobile,” Singhla said. “The streams will be graded and, after the students have completed the D level by class XII, the courses will be integrated with ITIs enabling them to pursue the area in full fledged manner,” she added.

As per the proposal, the National Skill Qualification Framework will be divided into four levels. “In the initial stage, there will be two vocational streams in each school for the students to choose as per their interest in the area. For now, the project will be carried out in 200 schools and we will expand it to more schools from next year,” Singhla said.

The National Capital has 1,007 government-run schools. The idea to introduce vocational courses in Delhi government schools was suggested by former President APJ Abdul Kalam to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia during a meeting on June 7. Addressing a gathering of teachers, educationists and government officers at the Delhi secretariat on July 2, Kalam had said that 25 percent of school time, for students between class 9 to class 12, should be devoted to skill development. He had also suggested Sisodia to provide two certificates to the students passing out from Delhi government schools- academic certificate to pursue further academic education and vocational certificate to choose the vocation as per his area of interest.a

 

 

 

 

 

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DU, JNU and IITs can now accept foreign funds without registration

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Foreign funds in domestic universitiesTaking a big leap towards international collaborations, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gujarat National Law University and Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are among a category of some 300-odd institutions in the country that are free to accept foreign donations without registration under Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA).

A Home Ministry official, as reported to PTI, has clarified that no restriction has been imposed on such institutions in accepting donations from abroad even though they are no longer registered under the FCRA. The registration of these institutions under FCRA was cancelled about two months back as they were deemed to not require the same.

According to the new rules, an institution created through the Act of Parliament/State Legislature or audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), would not be required to register under FCRA for accepting foreign contributions.Apart from DU, JNU and Gujarat National Law University, other institutions eligible to accept foreign contributions without the FCRA approval include the IITs, Panjab University and School of Planning and Architecture.

The FCRA registration of more than 16,000 organisations was cancelled by the Union Home Ministry over the last one year for violating various provisions of the law, including non-filing of annual returns. As many as 16 foreign donors, including US-based Ford Foundation and Greenpeace International, have been put on ‘prior permission’ category for defying FCRA rules.

 

 

 

 

 

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Right to Education may extend school education from nursery to Class 10

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RTE Act may extend from nursery to Class 10The children’s Right to Education, and the right to free and compulsory education may soon encompass school education from nursery to Class 10. This may happen if CABE, a top body advising the Centre and states on education sector reforms, accepts a proposal in this regard.

The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) will consider the report of its sub-committee on extension of the RTE Act and the controversial no-detention policy at a meeting to be chaired by human resource development minister Smriti Irani on August 19, official sources said.

Education ministers from states, academicians and distinguished people from several fields will attend this meeting. It will engage in an “exhaustive deliberation” on the two issues mentioned above.
RTE Act currently applies to children between six and 14 years studying from Class 1 to 8. The CABE sub-committee in its report submitted in 2012, when UPA was in power, had identified issues such as entry age for pre-school under the extended framework, qualification and capacity building of teachers at the pre-primary level, age of children in secondary education and duration of secondary education.

The then HRD minister M M Pallam Raju had chaired the last CABE meeting on the issue, Raju had said it needed comprehensive discussion before a decision on extending RTE’s purview was arrived at. On its extension to the pre-primary level, the panel had suggested ensuring child-centered pedagogy, play-way method and holistic development as critical elements of pre-school education and stressed on the need for effective coordination with Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

The sub-committee had suggested assessment of existing infrastructure, appointment of additional teachers and recommended consultations with all stakeholders including the state governments, for extending RTE up to the secondary level. The role and regulatory mechanism of the private sector and sharing of financial responsibility between the Centre and states were some of the other issues highlighted by the panel for detailed discussion.

The board would also deliberate on the report of another sub-committee on no-detention policy up to class 8. The committee headed by the then education minister of Haryana, Geeta Bukkal had recommended doing away with it as automatic promotion affected learning outcomes. A few states have already repealed the policy, which had come into effect with the implementation of RTE by bringing in necessary amendments to the state rules.

The RTE Act, which makes education a fundamental right of every child between the age of 6 and 14, came into effect on April 1, 2010. It requires all private schools, except for minority institutions, to reserve 25 percent of seats for underprivileged children.

 

 

 

 

 

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Facebook cancels Indian-origin Harvard student’s internship after he reveals privacy flaw

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An Indian-origin Harvard student's internship at Facebook was cancelled after he developed an app that pointed out the privacy flaws in the popular social media's messenger serviceAn Indian-origin Harvard student’s internship at Facebook was cancelled after he developed an app that pointed out the privacy flaws in the popular social media’s messenger service, a media report has said.

Aran Khanna was preparing to start the coveted internship at Facebook three months ago when he launched a browser application called Marauder’s Map that used data from Facebook Messenger to map where users were when they sent  messages. The app “capitalised on a privacy flaw that Facebook had been aware of for about three years: the Facebook Messenger app automatically shared users’ locations with anyone who they messaged,” the report said.

Mr Khanna tweeted about the app on May 26 and soon it went viral. However, within three days, Facebook asked Mr Khanna to disable the app and then withdrew its internship offer to him. The company also deactivated location sharing from desktops, which meant Mr Khanna’s app wouldn’t work even if he hadn’t taken it down. Before it was disabled, the extension was downloaded more than 85,000 times, Khanna said.

Khanna detailed the experience in a case study published this week for the Harvard Journal of Technology Science. He said that he created the app to show the consequences of unintentionally sharing data so that users could decide for themselves whether or not it was a violation of their privacy.

Mr Khanna also received a call from Facebook’s global communications lead for privacy and public policy, who reiterated that Mr Khanna shouldn’t talk to the press because the story had become damaging, the report added.Mr Khanna complied, redirecting all press inquiries back to Facebook but Facebook still asked him to deactivate the extension, which he did.

Mr Khanna however also updated an online post in which he said that Facebook asked him to disable the map. Further, he said that he was told that he violated the Facebook user agreement when he scraped the site for data.

However, Mr Khanna told Boston.com that the data was from his own messages, which meant he used information accessible to all Facebook users, not just to employees. The report said Mr Khanna also received an email from Facebook’s head of global human resources and recruiting, who told him that his online post didn’t meet the high ethical standards expected of interns.

Matt Steinfeld, a Facebook spokesman, said that the mapping tool scraped Facebook data in a way that violated its terms, and those terms exist to protect people’s privacy and safety.

“Despite being asked repeatedly to remove the code, the creator of this tool left it up. This is wrong and it’s inconsistent with how we think about serving our community,” Mr Steinfeld said. Mr Khanna maintains that the app was aimed at showing users how their data was being used. “I didn’t write the programme to be malicious,” he said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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