Indian origin Ramesh Raskar wins 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize India-born innovator and scientist Ramesh Raskar has won the prestigious 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize. He is an associate professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT’s) Media Lab. He is known for his co-invention of an ultra-fast imaging camera that can see around corners, low-cost eye-care solutions. It also […]

Directorate of Medical Education & Research (DMER), Government of Maharashtra has notified the dates of counselling and preference form filling for post-graduate medical courses for the academic year 2016-17. Master of Physiotherapy (MPTh), Master of Occupational Therapy (MOTh), and Master of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (MASLP) and MSc Prosthetic & Orthotics (MSc P&O) courses […]

In this article, we deal with the different RC question types one at a time. On a broad level, Reading Comprehension (RC) question types can be divided into two broad categories: Big Picture questions Specific Detail questions The various Big Picture questions are: Main Idea of the passage Primary Purpose of the author Title of […]

When X borrows some money from Y, then X has to pay certain amount to Y for the use of this money. This amount paid by X is called interest. Interest can be of two types: 1. Simple Interest 2. Compound Interest Simple Interest (I) = (P * r * t)/10 (Where P is the […]

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BHEL)  released vacancy notification for the post of Junior Telecom Officer (JTO). The posts will be filed as per the score of the candidate in GATE 2017.  Candidates who wish to apply to these posts will be selected on the basis of GATE 2017 marks.  The following subject papers are compulsory:  […]

The Supreme Court has ordered status quo on admissions of MBBS and BDS courses in Madhya Pradesh on September 14, 2016, for both government and private/deemed medical institutes on the basis of a contempt plea filed by the state government. The state government had notified the Supreme Court in their contempt plea that the private medical […]

The Power Grid Corporation Ltd. (Power Grid)  released vacancy notification for Executive Trainees. These posts will be filed as per the score of the candidate in GATE 2017.  Candidates who wish to apply to these posts will be selected on the basis of GATE 2017 marks.  The following subject papers are compulsory:  Electrical engineering (EE) Computer […]

The GRE test-taker portal is transitioning to a new system, leading to inconvenience to many prospective candidates. Those who have been trying to book a test date or reschedule their dates, are unable to do so since the past one week. The portal has been down since over 7 days and is flashing error messages […]

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Devendra Jhajharia wins gold medal in javelin throw at 2016 Rio Paralympics India’s Devendra Jhajharia  has won the gold medal in men’s javelin throw event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. With this, he becomes only the second gold medallist at the Paralympics for the country. He won the gold medal with world-record throw of 63.97 […]