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JEE Main, UPSC Prelims, Chartered Accountant: List Of Exams With Revised Schedule

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JEE Main, UPSC Prelims, Chartered Accountant: List Of Exams With Revised Schedule

Exams 2024 Revised Schedule: The NEET PG exam has been rescheduled to June 23.

The Lok Sabha elections, taking place between April 19 and June 1 this year, are causing shifts in exam schedules. Various competitive and entrance exams, including UPSC civil service prelims and NEET PG, have been rescheduled due to the elections. Other exams affected include the Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT CET), The Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture & Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (TS EAPCET), The Telangana State Polytechnic Common Entrance Test (TS POLYCET), and Chartered Accountant (CA) exams.

Here are the revised dates for some exams 2024:

  • JEE Main 2024 Session 2: The entrance test will now take place from April 4-12 instead of the earlier schedule of April 4-15.
  • UPSC Civil Services Exam 2024: The UPSC prelims will now be held on June 16 instead of the earlier schedule of May 26.
  • ICAI CA May Exams 2024: ICAI CA Intermediate Group 1 will be held on May 3, 5, and 9 instead of May 7 while Group 2 exams will take place on May 11, 15, and 17 instead of the original schedule of May 9, 11, and 13.
  • NEET PG 2024: The NEET PG exam has been rescheduled to June 23. The results will be declared by July 15, and counselling for admissions is scheduled from August 5 to October 15.
  • TS EAPCET 2024: The Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture & Pharmacy Common Entrance Test-2024 (TS EAPCET-2024) will be held from May 9-12 in two shifts. The exam will take place in two sessions, first from 9am to 12 noon, and the second between 3pm and 6pm.
  • TS POLYCET: The Telangana State Polytechnic Common Entrance Test (TS POLYCET) has been rescheduled from May 17 to May 24. The entrance test will last for two hours and 30 minutes, held from 11 am to 1.30 pm.
  • AP EAPCET 2024: The Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture, and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test, which was earlier slated for May 13-19, will now take place from May 16-22.
  • MHT CET (PCM and PCB): The exam originally set for April 16-30 will now be held from May 2-17 for Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) and April 22-30 for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (PCB). Admit cards will be issued 10 days before the exam.

Exam schedules expected to be revised:

  • CUET UG exams, initially scheduled for May 15-31, might change due to overlapping with election dates on May 20 and 25.
  • JEE Advanced 2024 remains unchanged on May 26, and NEET UG remains scheduled for May 5, despite overlapping with election dates.

Middle East

Hezbollah conducts fresh missile attacks on Zionist positions

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In a statement on Tuesday, Hezbollah announced that its forces conducted fresh missile attacks on the Al-Malikiyah base in the occupied territories and directly hit the Israeli enemies.

Hezbollah announced that to support the steadfast Palestinian nation in the Gaza Strip and to support its brave resistance, the Resistance forces target the Israeli positions.

Hezbollah and the Israeli regime have remained engaged in missile and drone strikes on each other targets since the regime launched its war on Gaza in October last year.

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In RTI Reply, SBI Refuses To Share Info On Its Electoral Bond Guidelines

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In RTI Reply, SBI Refuses To Share Info On Its Electoral Bond Guidelines

The State Bank of India has refused to share the SOPs it used for the electoral bonds scheme

New Delhi:

Weeks after it was pulled up by the Supreme Court on the electoral bonds issue, the State Bank of India has refused to reveal details of the Standard Operating Procedures issued to its branches regarding sale and redemption of bonds under the now-scrapped scheme.

Transparency activist Anjali Bhardwaj had filed a petition under Right To Information (RTI) Act, seeking information about the SOPs laid down by the bank for the electoral bonds scheme.

In a response by SBI’s Deputy General Manager M Kanna Babu, the bank has said the SOPs were internal guidelines and information regarding them are exempted from disclosure under the Section 8(1)(d) of the RTI law.

This section relates to “information including commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information”.

The petitioner has said in a statement that the state-run bank has “blandly invoked the exemption clause without demonstrating how the disclosure would ‘harm the competitive position of a third party’. The denial will be challenged in appeal, she has said.

The development comes weeks after the Supreme Court pulled up SBI for the delay in sharing details of electoral bonds with the Election Commission of India. Following the landmark verdict in February that scrapped the poll bonds scheme, the bank had sought three months’ time to share the data. The court, however, refused its request and asked them to make the data public within two days. The court also warned that it will initiate contempt proceedings against the bank if it did not disclose the data at the earliest.

Soon after the bank shared the data, it came in for another round of reprimand from the court. The court asked why the bank had not disclosed the bond numbers. Thereafter, the bank shared the details and filed an affidavit declaring that it had disclosed all information related to the poll bonds scheme.

In its February 15 judgment, the Supreme Court scrapped the electoral bonds scheme on the grounds that it violates the citizens’ right to information. The scheme, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said, was unconstitutional and arbitrary and may lead to a quid pro quo arrangement between political parties and donors.

The Constitution bench of five judges held that the stated objective of fighting black money and maintaining the confidentiality of donors cannot defend the scheme. Electoral bonds, the court said, are not the only way to curb black money.

Sports

Iran taekwondokas shine in Armenia ITF Open C'ship

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Iranian taekwondo practitioners grabbed six gold and five silver medals in the sporting event.

Iranian men’s taekwondokas Amir Ghorbani (+82kg), Erfan Shahmohammadi (-82kg), Keyhan Shariati (-70kg), Arian Shooshtari (-60kg), Mohammad Farahmand (-58kg), and Arad Bagheri (-50kg) each received gold medals.

Other Iranian Taekwondo practitioners, Ahoura Abbasi, Mani Khani, Arsha Takhireh, Siavash Shahmohammadi, and Taha Ehsani each received silver medals.

The 2024 Armenia ITF Taekwondo Open Championship was held in Yerevan, Armenia, from March 29-31, 2024.

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India

BJP releases first list of candidates for Odisha assembly elections

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The party has declared candidates for 112 constituencies out of the total 147 assembly seats.

Published Date – 2 April 2024, 02:09 PM


BJP releases first list of candidates for Odisha assembly elections


Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming state assembly elections in Odisha.

The party has declared candidates for 112 constituencies out of the total 147 assembly seats.

The state BJP Chief Manmohan Samal has been nominated from Chandabali assembly constituency in Balasore.

Similarly, senior party leaders Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, Tankadhar Tripathy and Irasis Acharya have been fielded from Patnagarh constituency in Balangir district, Jharsuguda assembly constituency and Bhatli constituency in Bargarh district.

The party has retained most of the sitting MLAs while many new faces have also been named this time.

Many sitting MLAs including Jaya Narayan Mishra, Kusum Tete, Nauri Nayak, Subhash Chandra Panigrahi, Shankar Oram, Jayant Kumar Sarangi, Mohan Charan Majhi and Mukesh Mahaling have been renominated from Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Rengali, Deogarh, Biramitrapur, Puri, Keonjhar and Loisingha assembly constituencies of the state.

The party has also nominated new candidates for other many assembly constituencies.

The party has nominated Upasana Mohapatra in place of her uncle and sitting MLA Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra for the Brahmagiri assembly seat in Puri district.

The party has fielded Tejeswar Parida from Patkura assembly seat in Kendrapara district.

Many leaders who have recently joined the BJP have also been nominated for many assembly constituencies of the state.

Former BJD MLAs including Priydarshi Mishra and Arabnida Dhali have been fielded from Bhubaneswar North and Jaydev assembly seats. Similarly, Cine stars Sidhant Mohapatra and Akash Das Nayak who joined the party a few days back have been fielded from Digapahandi in Ganjam and Korei in Jajpur district respectively.

Notably, BJP has already declared candidates for all the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies for the upcoming elections in the state.

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Huma Qureshi turns ‘gangster’ mode on; drops killer photos

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Taking to Instagram, Huma, who enjoys 8.4 million followers, shared a series of pictures wherein she can be see wearing a black bralette with deep neckline, matching leather pants, and a blue denim jacket.

Published Date – 2 April 2024, 01:17 PM


Huma Qureshi turns ‘gangster’ mode on; drops killer photos


Mumbai: Huma Qureshi, who is currently playing the role of a comedy champion in the show ‘Madness Machayenge-India Ko Hasayenge’, has turned on her ‘gangster mode’.

Taking to Instagram, Huma, who enjoys 8.4 million followers, shared a series of pictures wherein she can be see wearing a black bralette with deep neckline, matching leather pants, and a blue denim jacket.

The actress accessorised the outfit with golden earrings, rings, transparent sunglasses, and cherry brown coloured boots.

For the makeup, Huma opted for pink lips, and glossy makeup. She kept her long tresses open.

The post is captioned: “Gangster Mode On!!”

She gave the tune of ‘Gangsta Track’ by Dark Boy to her post.

Fans took to the comment section and wrote: “Yo gangster”, “Killaa”, “ace”.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Huma was last seen in the political series ‘Maharani’ season three as Rani Bharti. It also stars Amit Sial, Vineet Kumar, Pramod Pathak, Kani Kusruti, Anuja Sathe, Sushil Pandey, Dibyendu Bhattacharya in pivotal roles.

The actress next has ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’ in the pipeline.

World

China condemns Israel strike on Iranian consulate in Syria

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“China condemns the attack,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.

“The security of diplomatic institutions cannot be violated, and Syria’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity should be respected,” he said.

“The current situation in the Middle East is turbulent and we oppose any actions that lead to an escalation of tensions,” Wang said, L’Orient Today reported.

The Israeli regime attacked Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday evening. The Israeli aggression led to the destruction of the entire building and the martyrdom and injury of the entire people inside it.

Seven of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors were martyred following the Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Damascus on Monday, IRGC said in a statement.

Reacting to the Israeli aggression, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan’ani on Monday night said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, while reserving its rights to take countermeasures, decides on the type of reaction and punishment of the aggressor.

Earlier on Monday, Iran’s Ambassador to Syria stressed that the country will give a decisive response to the Israeli regime.

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Russia condemns Israeli terrorist attack on Iranian consulate

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“We consider any attacks on diplomatic and consular facilities, the inviolability of which is guaranteed by the relevant Vienna Conventions, to be categorically unacceptable,” the ministry said in a statement, warning of the dangerous repercussions of Israeli attacks on the whole region, SANA reports.

The ministry added such “aggressive” actions by “Israel” are “absolutely unacceptable and must be stopped.”

“Russia strongly urges to abandon the practice of provocative military actions in Syria and other neighboring countries, the ministry added.

Earlier Monday, the Israeli enemy carried out a terrorist attack targeting the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, which led to the martyrdom of a number of innocent people.

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