New Delhi: In order to ease their exam blues, the students taking the entrance examinations to the elite, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be required to appear for two papers and not three.
The IIT has decided to restructure the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to be held on April 8, and the test will now comprise two papers and not three, as was the case last year.
Each paper will be of three hours' duration and will consist of questions of subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, official sources said.
Earlier, the students had to appear for three papers, one each dealing with the subjects of physics, chemistry and mathematics. The papers were of two hour's duration.
The questions however, will continue to be of objective type and there will be negative marking for incorrect answers, sources said.
The JEE structure has been undergoing changes since last year.
Till 2005, there were two stages of tests in the IIT-JEE. First, the students appeared for a screening test and those qualifying this test were allowed to sit for the main exam.
However, a one-stage examination was introduced last year in which three lakh students appeared.
There are over 4,000 seats in seven IITs that are expected to increase to about 5,500 to implement reservation for OBC students.
Source : CNN IBN Live
Friday, March 23, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Expert opinion on Why can't India make it to Super 8's !
After the win to Bermuda which can't be taken as a reward as Bermuda is not a big team, it can be said that winning with Sri Lanka could be difficult for India. And after winning there could be chances to go to the Super 8's.
What can be said? Can India do it or not? read some expert comments ! and pray for India
Numbed by mighty India's abject surrender to cricket's tiny tot Bangladesh in the World Cup, former cricketers feel Rahul Dravid's men should 'forget about winning the trophy' and concentrate on entering the Super 8 stage.
Legendary spinner Bishen Singh Bedi was so livid with India's performance that he just refused to entertain a discussion about the embarrassing loss.
"It's all over, what should I say? Let's not discuss it anymore," he said.
Asked if India could still make it to the Super 8, he said "I don't know how the calculations would be made, so my guess is as good as yours."
India, who lost by five wickets in their opening match, now need to win both their ties against Bermuda, to be played on Monday, and Sri Lanka, on March 23, by big margins.
Former World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev said the Indian team at the moment needed just to concentrate on advancing to the Super 8 stage.
"Forget about winning the World Cup. Just concentrate on getting through to the Super 8 stage which is looking very difficult now," he said.
"I urge the fans to remain supportive of the team because the boys need our backing," he added.
Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar showered praise on the Bangla Tigers and said India should learn from them how to win. "Let's give credit where it's due. I think Bangladesh were brilliant out there," Gavaskar said on a Sports channel.
"Their spinners were outstanding and the way their batsmen responded, I would not take anything away from them," he added.
Another former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has still not lost hope as he said India were not lacking in skills and ability but needed self-belief for success.
"We should still not lose hope, the chances are still here (to advance to the Super 8). They are not lacking in ability but they have to believe in themselves," he said.
Kalyan Goswami, a retired government employee, was at his wit's end to explain the debacle.
"So the much-vaunted line-up can't play even full 50 overs against a Bangla attack. Can anyone tell me why they are carrying a non-performing asset like (Virender) Sehwag in the side?" he said.
"If you can't regain your form against Bangladesh then you are not going to get it back ever. He doesn't score but is still there, as if the team owes him money."
Another disappointed cricket buff said India needed an 'astute' captain to win the matches and not just an honest individual like Rahul Dravid to lead the side.
"Dravid is a likeable fellow and admitted he could not read the pitch. But the problem is we needed an astute captain and not just an honest individual to do the job."
"Thanks to Bangladesh, and Ireland too, the line of difference between mighty and the minnow stands blurred and that's the only positive out of India's defeat," he said।
- Times News Network
What can be said? Can India do it or not? read some expert comments ! and pray for India
Numbed by mighty India's abject surrender to cricket's tiny tot Bangladesh in the World Cup, former cricketers feel Rahul Dravid's men should 'forget about winning the trophy' and concentrate on entering the Super 8 stage.
Legendary spinner Bishen Singh Bedi was so livid with India's performance that he just refused to entertain a discussion about the embarrassing loss.
"It's all over, what should I say? Let's not discuss it anymore," he said.
Asked if India could still make it to the Super 8, he said "I don't know how the calculations would be made, so my guess is as good as yours."
India, who lost by five wickets in their opening match, now need to win both their ties against Bermuda, to be played on Monday, and Sri Lanka, on March 23, by big margins.
Former World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev said the Indian team at the moment needed just to concentrate on advancing to the Super 8 stage.
"Forget about winning the World Cup. Just concentrate on getting through to the Super 8 stage which is looking very difficult now," he said.
"I urge the fans to remain supportive of the team because the boys need our backing," he added.
Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar showered praise on the Bangla Tigers and said India should learn from them how to win. "Let's give credit where it's due. I think Bangladesh were brilliant out there," Gavaskar said on a Sports channel.
"Their spinners were outstanding and the way their batsmen responded, I would not take anything away from them," he added.
Another former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has still not lost hope as he said India were not lacking in skills and ability but needed self-belief for success.
"We should still not lose hope, the chances are still here (to advance to the Super 8). They are not lacking in ability but they have to believe in themselves," he said.
Kalyan Goswami, a retired government employee, was at his wit's end to explain the debacle.
"So the much-vaunted line-up can't play even full 50 overs against a Bangla attack. Can anyone tell me why they are carrying a non-performing asset like (Virender) Sehwag in the side?" he said.
"If you can't regain your form against Bangladesh then you are not going to get it back ever. He doesn't score but is still there, as if the team owes him money."
Another disappointed cricket buff said India needed an 'astute' captain to win the matches and not just an honest individual like Rahul Dravid to lead the side.
"Dravid is a likeable fellow and admitted he could not read the pitch. But the problem is we needed an astute captain and not just an honest individual to do the job."
"Thanks to Bangladesh, and Ireland too, the line of difference between mighty and the minnow stands blurred and that's the only positive out of India's defeat," he said।
- Times News Network
Monday, March 19, 2007
Bermuda Player is a policeman !
Dwayne Mark Leverock
Full name Russell Dwayne Mark Leverock
Born July 14, 1971, Bermuda
Current age 35 years 248 days
Major teams
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Dwayne Leverock - The bermuda's huge player and the biggest player in this world cup is a Policeman. His weight is a hefty 133 kgs around 250 pounds !
Known as 'Sluggo' and living above a curry house in Bermuda, Leverock is a policeman and also drives a prison van. His favourite dish unsurprisingly enough is Beef Korma, and at the 2007 cricket world cup he is without doubt the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 20 stone.
Known as 'Sluggo' and living above a curry house in Bermuda, Leverock is a policeman and also drives a prison van. His favourite dish unsurprisingly enough is Beef Korma, and at the 2007 cricket world cup he is without doubt the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 20 stone.
Leverock played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One-Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006. Leverock claimed one of Canada's wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method. He has since gone onto play for Bermuda in 11 ODIs, and picked up the first five wicket haul by a Bermudian bowler in ODIs, when he took 5/53 against Kenya which he achieved by opening the bowling, no mean feat for a spin bowler.
He has also represented Bermuda in all eight of their ICC Intercontinental Cup matches to date, with a best of 7/57 against the USA in 2004. He also played in the 2005 ICC Trophy, the ICC Americas Championship in 2004 and 2006, and in the 2006 Stanford 20/20.
In a warm up game against England, before the 2007 World Cup he took the wickets of Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen. (wiki)
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Watch TV online,
Watch TV online,
Tips for playing the tv online
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Channels that can be seen online are '
Door Darshan
CNBC
CNN IBN
Zee TV
Sony
Star Plus
Star One
Cartoon Network
MTV
Channel V
Nasa
HBO
Star Sports
World Cup Cricket
Sun TV
SUN News
RAJ News
Tamil tv
KTV
http://indiatv.co.nr/
One more link is here.
http://chtcricket.proboards50.com/index.cgi?board=wcmatches
Links are tested, and it works with good internet connection.
Tips for playing the tv online
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This help is applicable to cricket and other channels also: Cricket will be telecasted using different channels.So far all the matches were telecasted live in www.indiatv.co.nr Only few users were not able to see some of the matches and some channels due to settings in their computer and not because of issues in www.indiatv.co.nr Few channels may open in new internet explorer page and others in media player.Please use Internet explorer browser only. Please disable popup blocker.Automatic activex control will be installed for few channels only if u disable it. please wait for 5 mins for any channel to load.If still problem refresh the page If you are facing problem ,Please open windows media player-->tools-->options-->file types-->selectall-->apply,OK Now click the icons - TV channels/Radio will open in Media player/internet explorer page Chennai Suriyan FM -> UserName : fmuser Password : Suryan123(Type 's' in caps). Due to technical issues some channels may not work properly temporarily for few days/hours.Please visit this channels again after few days
Channels that can be seen online are '
Door Darshan
CNBC
CNN IBN
Zee TV
Sony
Star Plus
Star One
Cartoon Network
MTV
Channel V
Nasa
HBO
Star Sports
World Cup Cricket
Sun TV
SUN News
RAJ News
Tamil tv
KTV
http://indiatv.co.nr/
One more link is here.
http://chtcricket.proboards50.com/index.cgi?board=wcmatches
Links are tested, and it works with good internet connection.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Free World Cup Cricket telecast or streaming through internet !
Aah!
Waiting for office to get over, can't resist the Cricket world cup 2007, heres something that you will love, Free Cricket telecast or streaming through internet, now you can watch your favourite stars play when they are actually playing.
Just visit,
http://www.nepalimedia.com/cricket.cfm
Its absolutely free and doesnt require any kind of registration, just right click and you can see the match FULL SCREEN !
please see it at the time of matches or else you will blame me that nothing shows up.
Hope you wont miss the world cup this time at least.
P.S: You need a good internet connection for that, IIT has an excellent one i will tell you and its like watching on a TV. You will relish this experience, but don't forget to post your comment !
Waiting for office to get over, can't resist the Cricket world cup 2007, heres something that you will love, Free Cricket telecast or streaming through internet, now you can watch your favourite stars play when they are actually playing.
Just visit,
http://www.nepalimedia.com/cricket.cfm
Its absolutely free and doesnt require any kind of registration, just right click and you can see the match FULL SCREEN !
please see it at the time of matches or else you will blame me that nothing shows up.
Hope you wont miss the world cup this time at least.
P.S: You need a good internet connection for that, IIT has an excellent one i will tell you and its like watching on a TV. You will relish this experience, but don't forget to post your comment !
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
IIt Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology - Admissions Open
Trying for M.TECH/PGDIIT, M.DES, Ph.D at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, see this article which was published in The Times of India and has been taken from there for ur reference. See it or atleast spread it, let others know about it.
All the best !
For free information on these admission aspects you can any time log in to http://www.iitb.ac.in and clear ur doubts.
All the best !
For free information on these admission aspects you can any time log in to http://www.iitb.ac.in and clear ur doubts.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Fed up of Hutch's promotion - DO NOT DISTURB
Yes, its very irritating at times when u get a lot of sms's from the service provider saying download ringtones, caller tunes, news, say cricket and you get cricket scores and things like that. Even at times when their systems are at problems we get multiple sms with same content.
Fed up of all this! See what Hutch has to say for this
"At Hutch, we respect your privacy and take great care to protect your number and personal details. We only contact you to recommend tariffs, offers or services that we believe will be of interest to you.
However, if you wish to stop receiving such communication from us, simply
SMS DND to 111 or fill in the following form: "
http://hutch.in/bottom/dnd.asp
log on to this site and fill the form, and your name is out of the mailing list, you will be free from all those sms's. Sometimes when we get an sms we feel chalo some one remembered, but to see the Hutch dog remembers you the most, but not even your good friends.
People rightly say - dog is the best friend.
Caution : You might be happy not to get those sms's but u might miss on a few offers too.. so be careful, i have done the job of letting you know of this facility, its upto you to avail them.
Tchao,
Sami
Fed up of all this! See what Hutch has to say for this
"At Hutch, we respect your privacy and take great care to protect your number and personal details. We only contact you to recommend tariffs, offers or services that we believe will be of interest to you.
However, if you wish to stop receiving such communication from us, simply
SMS DND to 111 or fill in the following form: "
http://hutch.in/bottom/dnd.asp
log on to this site and fill the form, and your name is out of the mailing list, you will be free from all those sms's. Sometimes when we get an sms we feel chalo some one remembered, but to see the Hutch dog remembers you the most, but not even your good friends.
People rightly say - dog is the best friend.
Caution : You might be happy not to get those sms's but u might miss on a few offers too.. so be careful, i have done the job of letting you know of this facility, its upto you to avail them.
Tchao,
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