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Interesting Tales of Great People Who are as Ordinary as Us!

Someone asked me about some great Indians. I didn’t take me even a minute to recall the names of  cricketers, freedom fighters, film stars, politicians and billionaires easily. I am sure it must have happened with you too in some point of time. But have you heard of a certain Annadurai who rides an auto […]

Virtual IIT Degree: Soon a Reality!

Seven IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology), and IISc (Indian Institute of Science) are coming up with India’s first virtual technology university. The idea of Virtual Tech University is expected to become a reality in the next 2 to 3 years. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and […]

Student Found Hanging in Residence: Another IIT Suicide Case!

IITs are becoming institutions of suicide day by day. Where on one hand they are supposed to be nation’s pride, but in the other hand how is it possible to ignore these gruesome incidences? This time the news is from IIT Delhi. A second year student of the institute, Ridam Kumar Singh, aged 19, committed […]

CBSE Students to Visit Japan to Boost Cross-Cultural Bonding

To make the Indian students and teachers engaged in cross-cultural understanding with their Japanese counterparts, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked the principals of all schools to encourage student to participate in the students exchange programme with Japan is starting this October. As per the letter issued by the Ministry of Human […]

School Students, Get Ready to Practice More Sanskrit, Now with a Technological Twist!

Central Board of Secondary Education has asked all its affiliated schools to celebrate “Sanskrit week” on an experimental basis to popularise and stimulate interest in it and develop apps on the language. The Sanskrit week will be organised from 7th to 13th August 2014, during which students would be encouraged to participate in short speech […]

IITian vs Rickshaw Wala

A RIB TICKLING READ!! IITian and Rickshaw wala- A brilliant piece of conversation  I had gone to Benaras with a friend of mine. As we were planning to visit the famous Sankat- Mochan temple, we spotted 2 two rickshaw walas contending for our business. I agreed to go with a 20-odd year’s old chap, as […]

Reality Check:Only 18% of Engineering Graduates are Employable!

It is a shocking title, right? Nonetheless, it is true that less than one out of four engineering graduates are employable, according to a survey report. The third edition of the National Employability Report for Engineering Graduates- 2014, as released by a private employability solutions company, released that though 18.33 % of the engineers are […]

Gerry Arathoon accused for prompting guidebooks authored by his spouse

Gerry Arathoon has been terminated from her job in the CISCE headquarters, Saket, till the inquiry is completed. Anita Arathoon authoured the 2 guide books without her husband taking the permission from The Indian Council- “The Merchant of Venice Workbook” and “The Merchant of Venice-Text with Paraphrase”. According to the survey The Merchant of Venice-Text […]