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  • SSC CGL 2017: Know About All The Changes This Time

    SSC CGL 2017: Know About All The Changes This Time

    The SSC CGL 2017 examination will be conducted in four stages — Tier -1, Tier- 2, Tier -3 and Tier – 4. Tier 1 exam will be conducted from August 1, 2017, to August 20, 2017. Every year a large number of students take part in this exam.

    SSC CGL 2017: Know About All The Changes This Time

    This year registration for this exam started on 15 May and the last date is 19th for registration as it is extended from 16th of June. In this article, we are highlighting major changes in the SSC CGL 2017 pattern and selection procedure:

    SSC CGL 2017: Date Extended

    Previously, 16 June i.e today was this last date for filling the application form, but now the date has been extended until 19th of June. So, all the students who were unable to fill the exam previously can fill now because they have three more days to fill it.

    Changes In The SSC CGL 2017 

    There are some changes that are done this time in the SSC CGL 2017 and in this article we are going to share about those changes with you all.

    Reduced Exam Timing For Tier 1:

    Last year SSC, for the first time conducted CGL exam in online mode and the duration for tier 1 was 75 minutes. This helped to increase the cut-off marks but now they are going to decrease the time to 60 minutes from 75 minutes. These time reduction of 15 minutes will help to reduce the cut-off.

    Introduction Of New Post:

    There is the introduction of a new post of Assistant Accounts Officer in the Department of Indian Audits & Accounts under CAG this year.

    • Postcode – $
    • Grade Pay – 4800

    SSC Has Given Salary Hike

    SSC has given the salary hike for few posts. List Of Postcodes that are getting this hike:

    Posts Code Department New Grade Pay

    2017

    		 Previous Grade Pay

    2016
    Sub Inspector (O) CBI 4600 4200
    Inspector Of Posts (P) Dept. of Posts 4600 4200
    Inspector(S) Narcotics 4600 4200

    Changes In Age Limit:

    There were many people who were confused about the age limit for SSC CGL 2017, whether it is 27 or 30 years. Now aspirants under age 30 can apply for this exam. This decision is taken for more than 20 posts. So, all the people who were not able to fill the exam due to age can fill now for these 20 posts.

  • UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Exam (II) Application Form 2017 – Apply Online

    UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Exam (II) Application Form 2017 – Apply Online

    UPSC – Union Public Service Commission conducts NDA & NA Examination every year in different examination centres. Every time a large number of students take part in this test to get a prestigious job in Indian Defence Services. This time UPSC releases the notification of the exam and if you are interested in this examination then check all the details here regarding UPSC NDA 2017 examination. Every year this examination gets held at various examination centres.UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Exam (II) Application Form 2017 – Apply Online

     

    A large number of candidates appear in this examination and secure their career with the defence services. UPSC conducts this exam two times in a year to take in the eligible candidates in the defence sector. In April month UPSC conducts NDA & NA (I) Examination and in September it conducts NDA & NA (II) Examination.

    NDA & Naval Academy Exam (II) 2017 Notification 

    NDA & Naval Academy Exam (11) 2017 notification are already released and interested and eligible candidates can apply. To get the information you go to the official website and there is some another website from where you can take the help.

    • joinindianarmy.nic.in
    • joinindiannavy.gov.in
    • careerairforce.nic.in

    UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Exam (II): Important Dates

    Candidates should know about all the dates of the exam and this to avoid last minute rush. So, kindly note all the dates.

    Notification will be released on 7th June 2017
    The online registration process started from 7th June 2017
    Final date for online registration process 30th June 2017
    Admit Card Availability 2 weeks before exam
    Examination’s date (NDA NA Exam 2nd 2017) 10th September 2017

     

    UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Exam (II): Eligibility Criteria

    Before filling the exam you should have the knowledge of eligibility criteria and read below all the details:

    • Candidates that are unmarried and must be Indian Nationals, a subject of Bhutan or Nepal, Tibetan refugee came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India.
    • To apply for NDA-11 candidates should be born between 2nd January 1999 to 1st July 2002.
    • Candidates should be 12th pass from well-known education board for Army Wing of National Defense Academy
    • Candidate must have passed 10+2 with Math and Physics from a well-known education board for Air Force and Naval Wing.

    UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Exam (II): Application Form And Fee

    The application forms will be available for NDA 2017 II Examination from 7th June 2017. The last to submit applications is 30th June 2017, hence the interested candidates can apply online before the last date. The application fee for the form is given below:

    • For general and OBC students = Rs. 100/-
    • For SC/ST students or Sons of JCOs/NCOs/Ors categories are not required to pay any application fee.

    All the applicant can make the payment online via Visa, Master, debit card and net banking or offline by Cash payment in SBI Bank.

  • Maharashtra Board 10th SSC Result 2017 Will Be Out Today At 1 Pm

    Maharashtra Board 10th SSC Result 2017 Will Be Out Today At 1 Pm

    After lots of rumours about the Maharashtra Board 2017 Exam Result of SSC 10th Class, finally, the day of result has arrived and today Maharashtra Board has finally announced the date of result. They told to media that it is going to declare today on 13th June 2017. Everyone was waiting for the result eagerly but from many days there were only speculations about it.

    Maharashtra Board 10th SSC Result 2017 Will Be Out Today At 1 Pm

    But now it is clear that today they will announce the result. NDTV and Moneycontrol have given this report that Maharashtra Board 2017 10th Exam Result will declare today as they got this information from higher officials at Maharashtra Board, Pune. Previously it was announced that Maharashtra Board 2017 exam result would be out on 9th June and after that sources said it would be on 10th June but the board did not declare the result on these respective dates.

    Maharashtra Board 10th SSC 2017 Result Timings:

    For all the students and parents who are waiting for the result, they can check the result today on the official website as the board finally declared that today the result will be announced for Maharashtra Board SSC 2017 class 10 result date. The official date and time as announced by Maharashtra Board:

    • Result: Class 10 SSC (2017)
    • Board: Maharashtra Board or Maha Board
    • Date: 13th June 2017
    • Time: 1:00 PM

    Where To Check Maharashtra Board 10th Result 2017

    As this result is delaying from many weeks but today Maha Board is finally going to declare the result. All the students from 10th SSC of Mahar Board can check their result on Maharashtra Board official website. http://mahresult.nic.in/

  • CBSE UGC NET 2017 Examination Notification Announced: Check Details

    CBSE UGC NET 2017 Examination Notification Announced: Check Details

    Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has finally released the notification for CBSE UGC NET 2017 examination. This notification is released on their official website cbsenet.nic.in and it is declared that exam will be conducted in the Month of November.

    CBSE UGC NET 2017 Examination Notification Announced: Check Details

    To get the full notification aspirants have to wait until July 24 because it would be released on this date. Previously there was lots of confusion about the examination but now students can gear up their studies because exam will be held in November 2017.

     CBSE UGC NET 2017 Important Dates:

    It was being speculated that CBSE would not conduct the CBSE UGC NET July 2017 examination. However, following the complaint from various students, CBSE decided to conduct the examination this year. There are some important dates that you to follow.

    • Notification of CBSE UGC NET 2017 Release Date: July 24, 2017
    • Date of Online Registrations for UGC NET 2017: Aug 1, 2017
    • Last Date to Apply for CBSE UGC NET 2017 Exam: Aug 30, 2017
    • Date of Examination of UGC NET 2017: November 19, 2017

    CBSE UGC NET 2017 Eligibility Criteria:

    All the candidates who are interested in the CBSE UGC NET examination should know about the eligibility criteria that is going to held in November. Candidates willing to apply for CBSE UGC NET 2017 should refer the eligible criteria carefully.

    • Candidates should possess Master’s degree
    • Candidates must be secured a minimum of 55% marks in the University for the post of JRF.
    • For further details of the eligibility criteria, candidates should refer cbsenet.nic.in.

    All the candidates who want to appear in this exam should gear up their studies and we want to wish all the best to all the candidates who would be the part of CBSE UGC NET 2017.

  • UPSC Civil Services Exam 2018 Dates Announced: Check Important Information

    UPSC Civil Services Exam 2018 Dates Announced: Check Important Information

    Union Public Service Commission i.e. UPSC every year conduct a test to recruit deserving candidates for the most prestigious Government Job in India. There were many students who cleared this exam in 2017 and some were unable to crack it this time and they will be waiting for the next year exam. So, there is a good news for those students who are preparing for the exam because dates has been announced for the IAS exam of 2018 recently.

    UPSC Civil Services Exam 2018 Dates Announced: Check Important Information

    The UPSC Civil Services Exam 2018 examination will be held in the month of June next year. You all can check the details of the notification online at the official website of the Commission i.e. http://www.upsc.gov.in/.

     

    UPSC Civil Services Exam 2018 Important Dates

    All the students who are preparing for this prestigious exam are surely waiting for these important dates. So, the dates released by the UPSC via its official website. These are the important dates associated with the IAS 2018 examination that you should check:

    • Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, Application Form: Feb 7, 2018
    • Last Date to apply for the UPSC IAS 2018 exam: March 6, 2018
    • Date of Examination (IAS Prelims 2018): June 3, 2018
    • Civil Services (Mains) Examination: Aug 1, 2018

    UPSC Civil Services Exam Paper Pattern

    The UPSC Civil Services a preliminary examination is conducted in three phases. The question papers will be set in both Hindi and English.

    • Preliminary Examination (Written Test)
      Main Examination (Written Test)
      Personality Test (Interview)

    Educational qualification:

    • Students who want to apply for this prestigious exam should possess a degree of graduation in any stream from any university recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC)
    • Those waiting for their results are also eligible to apply but they have to submit the certificate of qualification along with the mark sheet to the UPSC before the main exam.

     

  • IIT-JEE Advanced 2017: Sarvesh Mehtani From Chandigarh All India Topper

    IIT-JEE Advanced 2017: Sarvesh Mehtani From Chandigarh All India Topper

    The most awaited IIT-JEE Advanced 2017 result has declared yesterday. In this test around 1.74 lakh, students registered this year and 500 were foreign candidates, because this time the IITs held the test in six other countries as well. The total number of students who qualified in the test will be released by the IITs shortly.IIT-JEE Advanced 2017: Sarvesh Mehtani From Chandigarh All India Topper

    Sarvesh Mehtani, a student from Chandigarh, was declared the topper in this highly competitive engineering test. This is the happiest moment for all students who nailed it this time and many students would have disappointed after their result. But they should work hard for next time.

    Students Who Topped IIT-JEE Advanced 2017  

    10.20 lakh students had appeared in the JEE Main exam this year. Based on JEE Main 2017 rankings, about 2.20 lakh top scorers given chance to appear in JEE Advanced 2017, out of which only 1.74 lakh aspirants registered for the exam. Sarvesh Mehtani is from the IIT Roorkee zone is the topper and Pune’s Akshat Chugh is from the IIT Bombay zone was in the second position and Delhi’s Ananye Agarwal from the IIT-Delhi zone is placed third in the prestigious advanced entrance exam to the Indian Institutes of Technology. Students who placed in the top 100 ranks, 29 were from the IIT Madras Zone, 26 from the IIT Delhi zone, 25 from the IIT Bombay zone and six from the IIT Kanpur zone. Seat allotment is expected to begin on June 19.

    Success Mantra Of Mehtani:

    Mehtani, who is the topper of exam made his aim many years ago to crack highly competitive examination and now he achieved his target. His father is an officer in the Income Tax department he told that his son is very hard working and always he thinks to break into the top 10 in the examination. During his hard work many times he felt stress but he always tried to overcome this and he told that he used to watch cartoons on TV, listening to music and playing badminton when he felt any type of stress and these were the stress-busters to him.

    He also shared his success Mantra and he said hard work, staying organised and being focussed on the goal helped him to achieve his target. He also gave a message to his juniors to stay calm, organised and work hard. IIT Madras has released the all India ranks and category wise rank details on the official website. The next step in the admission process of IIT, NIT and other education institutes which use JEE Advanced and JEE Main ranks is JoSAA.

  • JEE Advanced 2017 Result Out Today | Result Link And Details

    JEE Advanced 2017 Result Out Today | Result Link And Details

    The results of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced 2017, the entrance exam for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), were declared today at 10 am. Students can check their results on the portal results.jeeadv.ac.in. Officials also declared that students will be given 11 bonus marks for three ambiguous questions that were asked in the paper.

     

    Media reports state that two questions from Mathematics and one question from Physics section were found to be ambiguous. Last year also students got the bonus marks in this exam.

    Students can check their results on the official website:

    • Log on to the official website: www.jeeadv.ac.in, results.nic.in or results.gov.in
    • Click on ‘Result of JEE (ADV) 2017’ or directly visit the portal results.jeeadv.ac.in
    • Enter your registration number and other details
    • Submit your details and your results will be displayed. Download the result and take a printout for future reference.

    IIT Madras will also release category-wise All India Ranks (AIR) of successful candidates, which aspirants will receive via SMS on their registered mobile numbers. According to NDTV, organisers said that aspirants will not receive individual rank cards. The report adds that qualifying in JEE Advanced 2017 exams and participating in the seat allocation process does not guarantee a candidate to get admission in the IITs. Hence, admission will depend on the availability of seats during various rounds of seat allocation.

  • Chandigarh: Prince Mehra Who Started First Bird Ambulance Of The Country

    Chandigarh: Prince Mehra Who Started First Bird Ambulance Of The Country

    It is surprising but true that Prince Mehra who love birds and wanted to serve them. So he thought of a social service 7 years ago and started “first bird ambulance of the country” for those birds who are speechless, and not able to express their pain. For many years he served these speechless creatures without others help but when others came to know about his work one national bank tried to donate one van to him.

    Chandigarh: Prince Mehra Who Started First Bird Ambulance Of The Country

    But Mr. Prince believes in to keep the environment clean from any type of pollution he refused it. But Now he has an E-Bike with the help of this he will save birds in future.

    What Motivated Him To Start This Service 

    Mehra, a signboard painter, started the ambulance service to provide medical care to injured birds and also to dispose of carcasses of birds found dead on the roadside in 2011. He receives motivation to start this service from the incident that happened in Ferozpur. He says in 2011, during a visit to Ferozpur, he saw a sweeper throwing the carcasses of two pigeons, which had died due to a short circuit,  into the dustbin. He took out both carcasses and buried these in a nearby pit. After this incident, he decided to start this campaign in the City Beautiful to ask residents to be more sensitive to birds. To popularize his mission, he moves around the city on his modified bicycle, which has a hand-made medicine box and his contact number on it. Now he got e-bike and now he will provide his services in this.

    How He Provide Treatment To Birds:

    According to Prince till now he has disposed around carcasses of 552 birds in the city and also treated many birds. He said last year he got a job in animal husbandry department because of Chandigarh Administration and this is very helpful for him to serve birds. He added that if birds are not seriously injured then he treat them in his home otherwise he provide them treatment in Department hospital. He also distributes earthen pots to the residents and requests them to fill them with water every day for birds. Now residents also inform him about injured bird. However, this bird lover does not solely depend on these calls, but himself moves around the city on his bicycle to find out if any bird is lying injured on the road so that he can provide medication.

    He Got Felicitated For His Good Work:

    For his good work, he has got his name in Limca Book of Records, India Book Of Records, Unique Book Of Records, and also Chandigarh Administration has given him state award. We will give him all the best for his work in future and also salute him because he is helping those creatures who can not express their pain.

     

  • Students Of Institute For Blinds From Chandigarh Are Not Less Than Others

    Students Of Institute For Blinds From Chandigarh Are Not Less Than Others

    Nothing can stop you to achieve your goals or you can accomplish anything if you are courageous and take risks. We always blame others for our failures but if you are a real fighter then you will be able to get your goals in any condition. Visually impaired students Institute For Blinds from Chandigarh has proven this that they can do anything. They have got very good marks in Class X exams.

    About The Students Of Institute For Blinds:

    Students of the Institute for Blind in Sector 26 has proven that they can find their way without eyes. There are 12 visually impaired students in this institute and all the students have passed with good grades. The institute’s topper Ritik Goyal scored CGPA 9.8 and Devashish Barua, a resident of Ram Darbar, Phase-I, who scored CGPA 9.6. The third position in the institute was bagged by three students, including Saurav, Muskan, and Suman. They all scored CGPA 8.8. Among the other students who passed Class X includes Rizwan (CGPA 8.2), Sunil Kumar (CGPA 8), Zavi Singh (CGPA 7.6), Nisha (CGPA 7.6), Manoj Kumar (CGPA 7.6), Varun and Sahil (CGPA 6.6).

    Challenges A Visually Impaired Student Faces:

    The topper of Institute Ritik Goyal wants to clear UPSC exams and his mother who is also visually impaired is very happy with his dedication. According to these students, their consistent studies are their mantra to success and they also said that they face lots of challenges but they love to study so they can face these challenges. Devashish said “Converting notes into Braille and then studying them is not an easy task. According to these students, they are doing well because of the motivation from teachers and support from the parents. The entire team of the Institute wants to provide every facility to these students that can make them able to get their goals. These students can not see the world but their eyes are filled with dreams that they want to fulfill. We wish them all the best for their future.