An inaugural ball was held on 20th January at the US Consulate in Mumbai to celebrate the start of a 4-year term of the 45th President of the United States of America. The event had the who’s who of Mumbai’s glitterati circuit in attendance. Among them were a few academicians who unlike the B-town celebs […]

The score of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is used by several Public Service Undertakings (PSUs) for recruiting engineers in entry-level positions. It is also used for admissions to various Engineering post-graduate programmes around the country. GATE – Civil Engineering will be conducted on February 12, 2017. BPCL – Last date for applying […]

In our days of social media, the power of Twitter trolls can strike anyone from the wannabe to the celebrity. Betsy DeVos, the newest Secretary of Education in US has become a recent example of this hypothesis. A tweet on her official handle congratulating Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States on his […]

What an educational disaster would it be to see a combination of Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos aggregate a set of rules that change education in the US for the whole world. Despite long standing criticism against Trump and his ‘less educated’ cabinet, Betsy DeVos has been elected as the Secretary of Education in US. […]

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the National Eligility Test (NET) for January 2017 on January 22, 2017, on behalf of the University Grants Commission. The UGC CBSE NET 2017 was divided into three sections viz. viz. Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III. Below is the Expected cut-off for CBSE NET 2017 for all subjects. (Note-Cut […]

President’s Ordinance clears way for Jallikattu The President of India and the Governor of Tamil Nadu gave their nod to an ordinance allowing the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. This marks the end of a five-day protest by students and youth across the state. Jallikattu will now take place after a gap of […]

(UGC CBSE NET 2017 candidates waiting outside one of the the center in Mumbai, as entry was not allowed even after the scheduled time fixed by CBSE. Photo Credits- Megha Mehta)  On behalf of the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted the National Eligility Test (NET) for January 2017 […]

In a press release by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Chennai, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru O Panneerselvam, stated that the Governor has approved the Jallikattu Ordinance. Jallikattu will be conducted tomorrow, January 22, 2017, after three long years, in Madurai, which will be attended by the CM Thiru O Panneerselvam as […]

Jallikattu is a sport where a bull is chased by participants in an open arena. Jallikattu is also called Eru Thazhuvuthal meaning ‘Embracing a Bull’. The sport is played during Pongal, the Tamil harvest festival. The aim of the sport is to subdue the bull with bare hands. Bulls which are subdued are used for […]

Jallikattu is a traditional sport in Tamil Nadu in which a Bos indicus bull, a pure breed is released into a crowd of people. Multiple human participants attempt to grab the large hump of the bull with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape. It may read easy, but […]