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15k students from T appear for JEE (Adv)2020-09-28
The Times of India: Hyderabad: About 15,000 students from the state appeared for the Joint Entrance ExaminationJEE (Advanced) on Sunday. Faculty working in various colleges in the state said that about 30% of the registered candidates might have skipped the exam. “Most of the...
Engineering student bags global research internship offers amid Covid crisis2020-09-27
The Siasat Daily: By Ganesh Bhatt New Delhi, Sep 27 : At a time when the whole world is grappling with the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, 20-year-old Abhishek Agrahari, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student at TIET, Patiala has bagged multiple international research...
Disability brings out the activist in her2020-09-27
The Hindu: Madras High Court advocate has been chosen for Javed Abidi award this year ......
This is how Duroflex is reclaiming what it lost during turbulent times2020-09-27
Moneycontrol: The mattress maker is visibly more aggressive in its approach, increasing its advertising spend and partnering with cricket teams Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. ForbesIndia By Manu Balachandran Mathew Chandy...
RR vs KXIP: Pooran’s leap of joy, Smith’s laugh of disbelief, Cottrell’s payback salute2020-09-27
Indian Express: Pooran’s leap of joy It has to be the best boundary-saving leap outside the boundary. In some ways, even better than those hop-out-hop-in stunning catches that have been normalised. Rarely has anyone contorted the leap over boundary into a boundary-saving...
Name change: Anna University faculty members postpone human chain protest2020-09-27
The Times of India: CHENNAI: The Anna UniversityTeachersAssociation (AUTA) on Sunday postponed the human chain protest scheduled on Monday due to revival of Covid restrictions on protests till October 1. Earlier, the association announced that the faculty members of Anna...
NEDA asked to clarify nat’l ID system contract2020-09-27
Manila Standard Today: Bagong Henerasyon party-list Rep.BernadetteHerrera wants the NationalEconomic DevelopmentAuthority to answer serious concerns raised about the...
There has never been a worse time to be famous in India2020-09-27
Live Mint: Many years ago, when my friend and I were returning from school, we decided to reject fame when we grew up. Our reasoning was that ordinary people, including us, said such horrible things about the famous, and we could not bear the thought of millions of...
The reality behind Reliance’s retail rush2020-09-27
Live Mint: BENGALURU : Last month, Nimit Jain, an entrepreneur, ordered biscuits, shampoo, toothpaste and other items for his family in Kota. He used JioMart—the new online shopping app by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited—lured by its low prices and freebies....
Petitioner permitted to file complaint against hospital2020-09-27
The Hindu: The MaduraiBench of the Madras High Court has permitted a petitioner to submit a malpractice complaint against NTCHospital here and directed the Ta ......
Part of Australia died too when Dean Jones suffered a fatal heart attack: Nation mourns ...2020-09-27
The Daily Mail: Who among Australia's current cricketers would be widely mourned in 25 years if they suddenly dropped dead on the other side of the world? Steve Smith would be remembered for his Bradmanesque batting feats and Dave Warner for his swashbuckling approach at the...
A pioneering woman pilot from Bengaluru who flew rescue missions during partition2020-09-27
The Times of India: BENGALURU: In the late 1940sSardar Vallabhbhai Patel travelled across the country in his historical effort to unify India after independence from the British. Much to the surprise of Patel, a young girl in her early 20s from Bangalore was often one of the...
A B'luru woman pilot who flew rescue missions2020-09-27
The Times of India: BENGALURU: In the late 1940sSardar Vallabhbhai Patel travelled across the country in his historical effort to unify India after independence from the British. Much to the surprise of Patel, a young girl in her early 20s from Bangalore was often one of the...
Anna Univ faculty members to form human chain2020-09-27
The Times of India: CHENNAI: Faculty members of Anna University's main four campuses - College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG), Madras Institute of Technology(MIT), Alagappa College of Technology (AC Tech) and School of Architecture and Planning --have decided to form a human...