As the deadline for Commonwealth Games is coming closer everybody in the city has become active. Cheif Minister Sheila Dikshit has visited Dhaula Kuan area to take stock of preperation of street scaping. Delhi’s PWD Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan and Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta too visited the place alongwith the CM. Metro service will be started soon on this route too.

Delhi University has prepared its third cut-off for admission in undergraduate courses of different colleges. However, students or admission seekers will have to wait for next few hours (or Thursday morning) to see the cut-off officially.

Though students will miss some of the prestigious colleges or (so-called) hot courses at their choice of colleges in the third cut-off but students with lesser marks will have an opportunity to choose their choice of courses. If go by the university authority the students will miss SRCC in the third list. Apart from it, several courses like B.Com (Hons), BA (Eco), BA (Psychology), BA (Eng), BA (Sociology), B.Sc. (Physics), B.Sc. (Chemistry) and some other subjects may not be there in some of the well known colleges like Hansraj, Hindu, LSR, Venkateshwara, Daulat Ram, Miranda House and some other colleges.

However, seats in several subjects like BA (Hindi), BA (Sanskrit), BA(Philosophy), BA (History), BA (Pol. Sc.), B.Sc. (Botany), B.Sc. (Zoology) will be available in various colleges with a drop in the cut-off.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved a Scholarship Scheme for offering scholarship to twenty-five candidates every year, getting admission to selected Medical Colleges from the academic session 2010-2011. There will be reservation for SC, ST and OBC candidates.

Central Para-Military Forces for the purpose of attracting talented medicos to their medical services have offered a unique Scholarship Scheme of Rupees ten thousand per month for the total span of the study i.e. four and a half years for 25 meritorious students under CPMFs Medical Scholarship Scheme. Meritorious and physically fit students can immensely benefit from this Scholarship Scheme. Through this Scheme, they can not only pursue the studies but also get an attractive career in organized disciplined Central Para-Military Forces. In CPMFs, medicos get four time scale promotions in addition to the opportunity to scale newer heights in combatised hierarchical system of Central Para-Military Forces i.e. getting promotion to the level of DIG/IG/ADG Ranks. The CPMFs (namely Assam Rifles, BSF, CISF, CRPF, ITBPF, SSB and NSG) have a vast network of 39 Composite Hospitals and about 550 Unit/Trg institution Hospitals to provide health care coverage to about 8 lac force personnel and their families all over the country.

The detailed terms and conditions of the Scholarship Scheme are available on the websites of BSF (http:// www.bsf.nic.in/) and other CPMFs. The names of the Medical Colleges concerned, prescribed procedures and forms are available on the websites.

For the academic session 2010-11, willing and deserving candidates having confirmed admission can download the application form from the above mentioned websites and can submit their application through their Principals to ADG(Medical), CPFs, Tigri Camp, New Delhi (telephone No.011-26045015) within three months of their admission or before 31st October 2010 whichever is earlier. After selection, they will have to complete the course in time and thereafter serve in Central Para-Military Forces for a minimum period of ten years for which they are required to sign an agreement.
Source: PIB

As admission on the basis of second list started from today in Delhi University the admission seekers have moved to evening colleges and non-campus colleges for the admission. Considering the advice of faculty and seniors that there is not too much scope for drop of marks is in the third list especially in Commerce and Arts, students have avoided to take more chance and taken admission in the available best college for them.

Colleges of South Campus like Deshbandhu, ARSD, Moti Lal, Moti Lal (E), RLA, RLA (E), Kalindi too witnessed good number of students coming for admission. On the other hand teachers and staffs too have come together to help in the admission process and counseling in the second phase of admission. “More teachers have joined this time to support admission process than the first list” said a principal of a college situated at South Campus.

More Wait for Science:

Interesting fact is that while the students are in hurry to get a seat in the Arts and Commerce subjects but the scene is different in Science. Students are waiting to get their turn in the third list for admission in their choice of college. “Counseling of AIEEE is yet to be completed. Counseling of IP University has just begun. In such a situation we hope more drop in the science subjects, especially, in PCM category”, says Subhas Kumar, an admission seeker looking for a seat in Physics or Chemistry in North Campus colleges. Some smart students have already booked their seats in the DU colleges for the time being and waiting their turn for better engineering colleges, they will help students like Subhas, says a senior science teacher of DU.

India is in favour of better relationship in the field of education with Canada. In his speech at the banquet hosted by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that education is at high priority for both the countries.

“Prime Minister Harper and I have also identified education as an area of high priority. In India we have embarked upon a massive education and skill development programme. Canadian Universities and academic institutions are renowned for their excellence and world class education. We should aim to collaborate in the cutting edges of technology and build the knowledge economy of the 21st century”, said Manmohan Singh.

He also announced to organize a year long Festival of India in Canada in 2011 to showcase India’s rich cultural and art heritage, and promote greater tourism and travel.

India’s super shuttler girl Saina Nehwal has done it again. She completed a hat-trick by winning three international titles in just three weeks by defeating Japan’s Sayaka Sato in Indonesia Open Super Series today. She has become first Indian women player to achieve the title.

The 20-year old Saina Nehwal has won Indian Open Grand Prix in India and Singapore Open Super Series Tournament recently.

A day after Delhi University administration reached to Delhi High Court seeking co-operation from the teachers for admission process the Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) has today taken exception to the Vice-Chancellor alleging an attempt to threat teachers through a letter by the Registrar, dated 25 June 2010, written to College Principals.

In a release, the DUTA has said that, on 25 June 2010, the association had already told the Delhi High Court, that it is not obstructing the admission process in any manner whatsoever and has only appealed to teachers to dissociate from admissions in peaceful manner and not obstruct it in any manner whatsoever.

The DUTA calls upon the Vice-Chancellor to stop converting the university into a battle field, DUTA President Aditya Narayan Mishra said in the release. As an academician leading an academic institution he should retrace his illegal steps and re-open the issue of semester system for debate and discussion by the academic community.