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Archive for November, 2007

Indian Universities at World front

November 13, 2007

According to latest released Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2007, none of the Indian varsities finds a place among world’s top 200 universities.
The only consolation for India is that IIT Mumbai and IIT Delhi find mention among the world’s top 50 technology institutions, at ranks 33 & 37 respectively.
Source: http://www.topuniversities.com
Thought for the day: What exactly are the flaws [...]

Hunger index: Even Nepal beats India

November 13, 2007

India ranks way down at 96 among 119 developing countries included in the Global Hunger Index.
This rank is well below all its neighbours, barring Bangladesh, and falls in the category in which the hunger situation is deemed “alarming”.
Notably, this index reveals that while India did fairly well in combating hunger between 1992 and 1997, there [...]

IRMA & Cut-Off

November 11, 2007

Someone sent me an SOS yeaterday 0230Hrs.
“Sir, Is there a sectional cut-off in IRMA entrance exam? please reply ASAP as we have to appear in exam on 11th November.”
I replied the same 0500hrs yesterday.
But now, my dear , what do you expect out of such exams ? These entrance tests are meant to test you [...]

Blogger’s Brunch @ Mumbai – 18th November

November 10, 2007

 
Please confirm in advance by dropping a comment @
http://www.thevoiceinmyhead.com/2007/11/06/blog-brunch-sunday-november-18th-spread-the-word/

Samvatsar 2064: Expectations, Myths & Realities. (part-1)

November 10, 2007

It is Mayhem at Dalal Street & its satellite cubicles all across the india. Like evrey year all the brokers were ready to participate in the muhurat trading, and more so in this year coz in Samvat 2063 the returns were astronomical. Market cap grew by some Rs. 10500 Crore (US$2.625 billion) for every working [...]