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Reliance Jio again extends its ‘triple cashback offer’ till Dec 25
New Delhi: Reliance Jio has once again extended its offer “Triple Cashback Offer”. Early in November the Offer launched and gives deadline as Dec 15 which benefits Jio Prime Customers worth up to Rs. 2,599 if buying recharges of Rs. 399 or higher. According to NDTV article, To recall, the cashbac
NEET, JEE may be conducted twice a year
The national medical entrance exam, the NEET, and engineering entrance exam JEE might be conducted twice a year to give an opportunity to the students to bring out their best performance, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Union minister of state for human resource development (HRD) Upendra Ku
WhatsApp to let group admins stop other members from posting messages in group
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is likely to give group administrators more powers where they will be able to restrict all other members from sending text messages, photographs, videos, GIFs, documents or voice messages in case the admin thinks so. According to WABetaInfo, a fan site that
Delhi Govt urges NCERT to add chapter on Tobacco in CBSE syllabus
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s State Tobacco Control Cell has urged the NCERT to incorporate a chapter on tobacco control in curriculums of the CBSE and other educational boards for classes 6 to 12. Additional director in the Health Department, Dr S K Arora, in a letter said 14.1 per cent students (up to age 15
CISCE ICSE Class 10, ISC Class 12 students to get less passing marks in boards
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) which recently revised the syllabus of Indian School Certificate (ISC) or class 12 has now made changes in passing marks for the board examination. According to official notice, the passing marks have been decreased for class 10 a
Scientists send radio message to contact alien life
New Delhi: While the world witnesses a never-ending debate between space agencies and alien hunters over the existence of extraterrestrial life, astronomers have already taken a step towards contacting them. A radio message has been sent by astronomers to a neighbouring star system – one of the c
Muslim student tops Maharashtra MBBS finals, bags 14 gold medals
NASHIK : A Muslim Student, Sultan Moiuddin Shaukat ali from Dr. Vasant Pawar Medical College Nashik topped the Maharashtra MBBS Final Exams and bagged 14 gold medals. According to Muslim Mirror Sultan Moiuddin bagged nine medals in various subjects of final year, while he also got five medals as
Earth-sized planet that could host alien life found
London, Nov 16: Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet outside our solar system which is expected to be temperate and could be a “comfortable abode for possible life”. This Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of th
NTA to takeover the charge from CBSE to conduct all entrance exams
On Friday, the proposal for the creation of a National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct all entrance tests, was cleared by the Union cabinet. Currently, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is in charge of conducting these exams. The entrance examinations will be conducted under the NTA, o
Around 7 Lakh Candidates appear for CBSE UGC NET
NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) organised the UGC NET November 2017 national level university and college level teacher eligibility cum JRF award competitive exam today in various centres across the country. 9.30 lakh candidates registered for the UGC NET exam this year. The e
Facebook admits at Least 12% of Accounts are fakes or duplicates
Facebook’s excellent earnings report on Wednesday came with a significant caveat – the social media platform has far more fake and duplicate accounts than it had previously admitted. As many as 10% of the accounts active each month on Facebook are duplicates, which Facebook CFO David M. Wehner de
India's first home-grown Nirbhay missile ready to strike next week
After two consecutive failures, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), S Christopher on Sunday said that the test of Nirbhay missile will be done by next week. 'Test of Nirbhay missile (India's first home-grown, long range,
SHOCKING! Reliance Jio to end free call services soon; know more
Indian businessman, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio is well known for providing it's customers with free services in terms of voice call and internet data. From the past one year, it has been doing almost everything to destroy it's rivals and make a name in the industry. But, Jio that has created a gre
Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status hit 300M users, nearly 2X Snapchat
instagram and WhatsApp’s Snapchat clones aren’t slowing down. Today Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Instagram Stories and WhatsApp Status both now have 300 million daily active users. That’s up from 250 million for Instagram in June, and WhatsApp in July. That makes the copies almost twice th
Microsoft, IIT Kharagpur partner on search Algorithm study
Microsoft said on Monday it is working with professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur towards developing a system that can form the basis for a deeper, more meaningful search engine. The new search algorithm could assist users looking for subjective information and truste
Google Celebrates Abdul Qavi Desnavi’s 87th Birthday With a Doodle
Almost everyday, Google remembers one great soul with a doodle featuring on its homepage. Today, November 1, Google Doodle is dedicated to Abdul Qavi Desnavi. Abdul Qavi Desnavi is a noted Indian Urdu poet, author and bibliographer. He has a number of books to his credit, but he is most commonly
First Jurassic-Era 'Fish Lizard' fossil found in India
BERLIN/NEW DELHI: In a first, a near- complete fossilised skeleton of a Jurassic ichthyosaur - large marine reptile which lived alongside dinosaurs - has been discovered in India, scientists said. Fossil records of ichthyosaurs, which means 'fish lizards' in Greek, have been found in North American
Vodafone offers unlimited local, STD Calls and 500MB data with new Rs. 69 plan
Vodafone has launched a new short-term recharge pack for prepaid users, with validity of just 7 days. Unlike data-heavy plans that telecom operators have been focussing on over the past year, the new Vodafone SuperWeek pack comes with just 500MB data allocation for the 7-day validity period. Instead