There was a time, not very long ago, that ragging was rampant in many engineering institutes. In a bid to curb this menace, some institutes banned absolutely any sort of communication between senior students and first years. These measures are still in place at a few engineering institutes in India. Madras Institute of Technology, unlike […]

In the present scenario, widespread campaigns of fuel conservation have led to usage of light weight vehicles. This further inspired the automotive industries to go for aluminium as the base material. According to data acquired from International Aluminium Institute, total production of aluminium in October 2015, has reached 4,908 thousand metric tonnes worldwide. Remaining on the top, China produced […]

A Woman In A ‘Man’s’ Sport I joined FLAME because they offered various sporting facilities of international standard. I wanted to pursue sports seriously. I was aware that it is an uphill task when you are trying to excel both in academics and sports. However, at FLAME my dedication increased as I was constantly coached […]

The Central Potato Research Institute has invited applications for various posts. The details of the vacancies are as follows: Posts                                No. of vacancies           Remuneration (in Rs.) Lab Technician               […]

1. World Bank releases Migration & Remittances Factbook 2016 i) World Bank Group’s Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration & Development (KNOMAD) initiative recently released the Migration & Remittance Factbook 2016. ii) The report provides latest statistics on immigration, emigration, skilled emigration and remittance flows for 214 countries & territories.  iii) It also updates the 2011 […]

Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi recently adopted a policy to control the state of air pollution in Delhi. According to the proposed plan, private vehicles will be allowed to run across the city on the basis of their registered license plate numbers. Here, the concept of odd and even numbers come into play. […]

Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi recently adopted a policy to control the state of air pollution in Delhi. According to the proposed plan, private vehicles will be allowed to run across the city on the basis of their registered license plate numbers. Here, the concept of odd and even numbers come into play. […]

1.Renowned German conductor Kurt Masur passes away i) Considered to be one of the last old-style maestros, German conductor Kurt Masur recently passed away United States, aged 88.  ii) He was known for serving as a music director of the New York Philharmonic (NYP) from 1991-2002. Earlier, he led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in then-Communist […]

Placement season – the phase where majority engineering colleges in India enter into claims of salary packages and 100% placement records. And while the perceived prestigious of the lot i.e. the IITs, NITs and IIITs, are all competing to attract the cream of recruiters to their campuses, there is one institute still yearning to fetch […]

GAIL (India) Limited was incorporated in August 1984 as a Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG). The company was initially given the responsibility of construction, operation & maintenance of the Hazira – Vijaypur – Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline Project. It was one of the largest cross-country natural gas […]