IIT Roorkee expelled three students in the first-year bachelor programme on January 1, 2016. The reason cited was the failure to fulfil minimum attendance requirement of 75%. These three students will now be barred from attempting their exams. Earlier, last year IIT Roorkee had expelled 73 students from the first year for scoring less than 5 […]

Just like many engineering students, I completed my graduation in electronics and communication from a private engineering college in 2010, and got a job through campus placement in a leading IT company.It was the time when getting a job was just like a lucky draw as global economy was still under recession. I joined that company, and I liked the […]

A body on a planet is under the influence of the planet’s gravity and is bounded to it. Even a satellite revolving around a planet is said to be in bounded motion because it’s moving under influence of the planet’s gravitational field. Taking potential energy at infinity to be zero as a reference, when a […]

He wakes up from his slumber, and gives a wide yawn. After the usual stretch, he walks outside his hostel. He hopes to grab a bite of whatever his many friends may have left. After the free food, he decides to strut around the corridors in the academic buildings in IIT Roorkee. The rest of the day […]

Shahid Ali who was reported kidnapped on December 27, returned to his house in Gopalganj on December 30, 2015. On further police investigation, Ali confessed that he had staged his own kidnapping. The Bahadurpur police officials told PaGaLGuY, “Ali was reported missing on December 27, post which his father received a ransom text demanding Rs […]

It’s been 13 days since the first year Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad student, Anurag Jagtap (18), went missing. With police failing to locate his whereabouts so far, Jagtap’s friends have taken it to social media to raise awareness about his disappearance. ISM Dhanbad students have been constantly tweeting and writing on social media […]

1. Indian-origin cancer researcher Harpal Singh Kumar knighted 1. Indian-origin cancer researcher Harpal Singh Kumar received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his pathbreaking work on prevention and treatment of cancer. Presently, he is the chief executive of Cancer Research UK (CRUK). 2. A Cambridge and Harvard alumnus, Kumar is a trained chemical engineer, who […]

Can a single day of fun de-stress students for the whole year? Major coaching classes in Kota collaborated for a day to organise a ‘Fun Day’ event last Saturday for its students. The directive which came from the District Collector was aimed to organise myriad activities for coaching class students. Some students in Kota coaching classes describe […]

Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur is one of the 33 permanent institutes of Indian Council of Medical Research which is an autonomous body for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research in the country. Desert Medicine Research Centre has invited applications for the post of Aircraft Maintenance Manager. The details of the vacancy is […]

Dear Readers, Over the last few years, essay writing (also known as Written Ability Test) has gained prominence and become a part of the selection procedure of some IIMs and a number of other MBA institutes. This makes it vital to understand how to approach and attempt this task. Written Ability Test (WAT) typically consists […]