Monthly Archives: May 2016

Ordinance Issued to Defer NEET This Year

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In a deja vu, the Union government on Friday issued an ordinance postponing the implementation of NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for medical and dental courses in institutions under state governments. The NEET will apply in these institutions from next year, 2017 onwards, said the statement.

It means the NEET 2016 will be applicable only to those who are applying for admission to Central government and private management institutions under the management quota. It may be noted that Karnataka and other state governments had asked the Centre to defer the NEET for this year in view of reforming their own system of entrance exam.

As NEET was laready tken by 6.5 lakh students on May 1 and another 8 lakhs are taking it on July 24, there was considerable confusion among the students over the fate of their first exam. Most of them have decidd forego the results in the first and prepare for the second one next month.

The confusion triggered after the Supreme Court said all students should take only one common entrance test, the NEET, for entry to medical colleges, owing to several complaints about corruption in states and in private medical colleges which hold their own exams.

Karnataka PUC Results to be Declared Tomorrow

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Despite re-holding Chemistry exam and facing allegations of rampant corruption in its examination system, Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) will declare the resultss of the Pre-University Course (PUC) tomorrow, May 18, 2016.

Nearly 6 lakh students took the exam for Karnataka 2nd PUC and chemistry was postponed twice over leakage of newspaper and a big scam involving a huge network of coaching centres and top PUC schools has come into limelight when the police probed the leakage.

The results can be checked on the official website of KSEEB —

kseeb.kar.nic.in

and

karresults.nic.in.

Stuents are advised to keep their PUC 2nd year exam registration number ready before checking the results online as massive rush is expected and it may get hung or crash under pressure.

Delay in CBSE Class 10 and 12 Results Affect Students

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Students who wanted to apply for POLYCET 2016 are up in arms over the undue delay in CBSE Exam Results this year, despite no complaints of paper leakage or mass copying.

Generally, CBSE announces results by May first week and this time they have been pushed to last week of May, affecting the students who want to seek admission into polytechnic schools, where the last date for all formalities is May 30.

Sources in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) hinted that the results of Class 12 examinations will be announced next Monday, May 23 while Class 10 results will follow two days later.

Meanwhile, Telangana State POLYCET (Polytechnic Common Entrance Test) was conducted by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Telangana on April 21 and the registration process for qualified students will begin from May 23 and finish by May 31 as below:

PolyCET schedule:

Document Verification: May 20 to May 28
Online Upload from May 23 to 30
Option to Change Course: Till May 31
Seat Allotment: Till June 1.

The PolyCET officials said the certificate verification process for CBSE students will be held barring the marks sheet and all the students have been informed on their mobiles.

Rajinikanth’s ‘Kabali’ Teaser Crosses 18 Million Views

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The much-awaited teaser of superstar Rajinikanth starrer "Kabali" that was launched on Sunday, May 1 has crossed 18 million views as of May 17, making it one of the record-breaking Youtube trends in film industry. In fact, within minutes of hitting YouTube, the video clip went viral on all social media platforms.

The one-minute-seven-second teaser emerged as one of the fastest viewed teasers and within an hour of its release, crossed 1 million views on YouTube, making it the highest so far for a South Indian film. The teaser has bagged more than 6 million views within 24 hours of its release.

According to Whacked Out Media, who are optimizing the promotional material on YouTube, “#KabaliTeaser” trended on microblogging site Twitter on the release day and bagged a place on the worldwide trend list with around 60,000 users tweeting about it at once which reached out to more than 6.6 million people.

After the makers unveiled a new poster of Rajinikanth ahead of the release of teaser, the upcoming film was also one among the top trends on Facebook.

Rajinikanth is back with a bang and took the internet by storm with his new look. Sporting a smart beard and delivering powerful dialogues Rajinikanth plays Kabali, a gangster. The look of the star will remind fans of the good old Rajinikanth days.

The film is produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under the banner V Creations, with an ensemble cast of Radhika Apte, Attakathi Dinesh, Kalaiarasan, Dhansika, John Vijay and Kishore, the film managed to grab the attention of audience with the teaser. Written and directed by Pa. Ranjith, the film”s release is slated for later this year.

Check out the official teaser of Kabali at (https://youtu.be/9mdJV5-eias)

Depression in Parents Leads to ‘Anti-Social’ Kids: Study

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Researchers have hit upon another angle of depression — that parents who undergo depression can lead to offsprings who are prone to breaking rules and law and indulge in substance usage.

Eva Telzer from the University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said, “There are a lot of changes happening in the teenage years, especially when we are thinking about risk-taking behaviours.”

Lead author Yang Qu said even those who are not clinically depressed and seeking out help warns such parents that their teenager may be probably picking up the negative emotions parents are experiencing and is undergoing rebellious mood swings.

“This is the first evidence to show that parental depression influences children’s behaviour through the change in the adolescent’s brain,” he said.

The team analyzed 23 adolescents aged 15 to 17, with cognitive testing and brain imaging for 18-month period. They collected data from the parents on their own depressive symptoms and also those who were not currently being treated for clinical depression.

They collected information on the adolescents’ rule-breaking behaviours, such as sneaking out without parental permission, substance abuse and partying and their findings revealed that adolescents whose parents had greater depressive symptoms increased their risk-taking behaviour.

The study was published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

JNU Bus Incident: Navnirman Sena Man Held for Mysterious DTC Bus Bag

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Delhi Police on Thursday night arrested Amit Jani, the Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena chief, who had threatened to kill Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and another student Umar Khalid by leaving behind a bag full of weapons and a letter to kill the student leader.

The bag full of weapons and a letter threatening Kanhaiya and Khalid was discovered in a Delhi Transport Corporation bus at the JNU campus and the police found the signature in the letter belonged to Amit Jani.

However, the self-styled UP Navnirman Sena chief reportedly told the police that the country-made pistol found on the bus was meant to be used to kill AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi. Jani has been openly issuing statements declaring his intent to kill several leaders of political parties and student leaders.

India’s Environment Activists Launch #NoMore50 Campaign

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The launch of the #NoMore50 campaign calling for stronger and higher penalties for animal cruelty kicked off on Thursday, May 12 with several parliamentarians and celebrities joining hands for the campaign.

The campaign includes a series of videos from Indian celebrities, including Usha Uthup, Sudesh Bhosle, Anup Jalota, Tara Sharma, Arman Mallik and others, urging the Ministry of Environment to increase punishment for animal cruelty in the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. #NoMore50 is a campaign from Humane Society International/India and People for Animals.

View the videos here

The penalty in the PCA Act for killing, mutilating and maiming an animal has never been revised. Animal abusers have taken advantage of this feeble law and have continued to inflict unsurmountable amount of cruelty on animals. Currently, the maximum penalty even for the most heinous form of animal abuse is a petty Rs 50.

Poonam Mahajan, MP from North Mumbai, has introduced a private members bill seeking an increase in the penalties for animal cruelty through an amendment of the PCA Act. Leaders from different political parties like Shashi Tharoor, Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, Satyapal Singh, Varun Gandhi, Meenakshi Lekhi and several others already support the campaign.

Harish Iyer, director of strategic partnerships for HSI/India, said, “It gives us immense strength to see that people from all walks of life are making a strong statement against animal abuse in the country. The penalties in the PCA Act, in its current framework, serve no purpose to protect and benefit animals. We hope that with this massive support we are able to move the government to introduce the much needed amendment in the PCA Act.”