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Sushma Verma: The Lucknow girl with an MSc at 15

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At the age of 15, Sushma Verma completed  her Master's degree in Microbiology from  Lucknow University. In a country where girls are discouraged from going to school and college, this young girl from Lucknow became a Master of Science at a tender age of 15. Sushma's story in brief: Sushma got a place in the Limca Book of awards as a young student to clear the class 10 exam at an age of seven At the age of 15, she completed her Master's degree in Microbiology from Lucknow University where most of her classmates are eight to nine years older than her She cleared the course with flying colours with a grade point average of 8 Her talent came into light when she recited the  Ramayana  at a local school function at the age of two Sushma's  father worked as a sanitation worker in the Lucknow university and her mother is a homemaker At 15, she enrolled for a PhD program in Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Born in a family...

COMEDK UGET 2017: Registrations begin at comedk.org, apply now

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The COMEDK UGET 2017 application process has begun today, February 13 on the official website, the link for which is   https://www.comedk.org/ The last date to fill in the Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) application process is April 20. COMEDK UGET 2017 is held annually to provide admission to all eligible applicants into the 150 participating engineering colleges. The entrance examination will be online computer based. Eligibility criteria: All the candidates interested in applying need to be Class 12 pass from a recognised  state board/university/ institute with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English as a compulsory subject with minimum 45 per cent. Moreover, SC, ST and OBC candidates will get 5 per cent relaxation in marks.  How to apply: Log on to the official website,  comedk.org Applicants will have to register themselves by filling in their name, date of birth, email ID, mobile...

CLAT 2017: Important dates

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The exam date of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2017 has been published on the official website,  clat.nic.in.  The exam is scheduled to be held on May 14. Here are the important dates: Last date to apply:  March 31 Download of admit cards:  April 20 Date of CLAT:  May 14 Date of uploading the answer keys:  May 16 Representation, if any, relating to exam, questions or key:  May 17 to May 19 Date for uploading the amended answer key (if required):  May 25 Declaration of results:  May 29 Publication of first indicative seat allocation list based on merit-cum-preference:  June 5 Dates for payment of counselling fee of Rs 50,000 and dates for locking of allotted seas or exercising option for shifting against indicative seat allocation list:  June 6 to June 8 Publication of second allotment list:  June 12 Dates for payment of counselling fee of Rs 50,000 and dates for locking of allotted...

NEET 2017 to be considered as first attempt: CBSE

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NEET 2017 to be considered as first attempt: CBSE From 2017 onward, the candidates who are appearing in single medical entrance examination i.e. National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will be counted as their first attempt. From 2017 onward, the candidates who are appearing in single medical entrance examination i.e. National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will be counted as their first attempt. On Friday, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) officially approved that the candidates who did not clear the entrance exam in last three attempts or weren't qualified may have a chance this year to pass the examination with flying colours. More on the news: "The health ministry said NEET-2017 shall be counted as the first attempt, irrespective of the previous attempts in AIPMT/NEET," according to a statement in  HT "Issue of number of attempts in NEET sorted out. Clarification received from MoHFW/MCI that NEET 2017 will be ...

NEET 2017:How to Score Full Marks?

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NEET 2017: Study these topics to score full marks The exam is slated for May 7. The official notification of National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2017 has been released on the official website. The exam is slated for May 7. The candidates who are appearing for the exam must go through these topics: Physics: Chemistry: Biology:  The exam will consist of 180 objective type questions Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology). The duration of the test would be three hours. The candidates can opt for question paper in either of the following languages: Hindi English Gujarati Marathi Oriya Bengali Assamese Telugu Tamil Kannada The option of medium of question paper should be exercise while filling in the application form and the option once exercised by candidates cannot be changed later. Important dates: Schedule for on-line submission of application: January 31 to March 1 Last date for successfu...