Amid hyped media speculation over the date of announcement of CBSE Class 12 Exam 2017 results, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday tried to assure the anxious parents and students that both the class 10 and 12 board exams will be declared soon, though without revealing the exact date. This year’s Class 12 and Class 10 results of CBSE ...
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Court Asks CBSE to Retain ‘Moderation’ Marks, Issue at HRD Ministry Now
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to keep the policy of grace marks given to Class 12 exam students to maintain parity with state board exams this year too. Following the court directive, the CBSE approached the HRD ministry whether to move the Supreme court or adhere to the High Court’s verdict. ...
Read More »CBSE Class 12 Results: PIL on Moderation Marks Keeps Board in Dilemma
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked CBSE why it cannot defer the implementation of “No Grace Marks” policy to next years as many state boards have decided to postpone it to 2018, a decisiion that may affect CBSE students and Delhi students in particular. The Delhi High Court bench termed the CBSE decision to scrap “moderation” marks from this ...
Read More »ISRO postpones Demo Re-Usable Launch Vehicle Lift-off
Originally scheduled to be launched today, the prestigious Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD) being developed by Thumba-based Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) was delayed to April 2016 due to technical snags, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). RLV(TD) is miniscule prototype of India’s space shuttle that can return to earth after lofting off satellites in their orbit. More than ...
Read More »Torrential Rains Hit Chennai, Flights Cancelled, PM Calls up Jayalalithaa
As torrential rains hit Chennai since yesterday, all flights to and from Chennai airport have been cancelled, said Deepak Shastri, director of the airport, adding that the floodwaters have reached the level of undercarriage of aircraft. Since flights cannot take off unless the water levels recede, he said it could take few more days. Even city-based local trains and inter-state ...
Read More »Sridevi Furious on Cuts in ‘Puli’, Walks Out Without Dubbing, Release on Sept. 17 in Question
Versatile actress Sridevi Kapoor, popularly known as Sridevi is in news for her upcoming Tamil fantasy adventure film “Puli” starring Vijay but the brouhaha has been cut short with the actress refusing to take up dubbing for the film. Sridevi is playing a queen ‘Saumya Devi’ the Tamil film ‘Puli’ and she had reportedly refused the iconic role of Sivagami, played ...
Read More »Watch Live as Japan All Set to Launch Cargo Mission to ISS
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is all set to launch the twice-postponed cargo mission to International Space Station via its H-II Transport Vehicle (HTV)-5 in few hours from now on Wednesday, Aug. 19 at 7:50 am ET. Watch it live on NASA TV. JAXA, one of the partners of the ISS mission, is delaying the launch from the ...
Read More »Did Rohit Shetty Bribe former Censor Board chief?
No one would have bothered whether Rohit Shetty bribed the Censor Board members to get his popular hit film ‘Singham Returns’cleared just before the Independence Day last year. But now that the CBI is pondering the issue whether to register a case against the Bollywood’s most successful producer and director, it has hit the roof wondering whether the move is ...
Read More »‘Jurassic World’ Mints $1Billion in Box Office, Surpasses ‘Furious 7’ Record, All Eyes on Japan Next
“Jurassic World” has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide today, Monday, June 22 as expected in a short span of 13 days compared to “Furious 7” that took 17 days to accomplish the feat. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, “Jurassic World” stars chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard among many dinosaurs and hundrds of extras making it a mammoth gathering for a ...
Read More »Mangalyaan Faces 14-Day Blackout on Mars, NASA’s MAVEN Too
Beginning today, ISRO’s Mangalyaan or Mars Orbiter Mission will face “blackout” with snapped up communication from the satellite and NASA’s MAVEN too will face similar situation as the Red Planet will pass behind the Sun in what is called “Solar Conjunction” for 14 days. The solar conjunction, that occures every 26 months, will make NASA’s rovers Curiosity and Opportunity remain incommunicado ...
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