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India UPSC mains test results out
The results of civil services (main) examination, 2014, were declared Sunday night by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The personality test of successful candidates is likely to commence from April 27, the UPSC said.
The results have been declared pending the outcome of a review petition filed in the Supreme Court by the Centre seeking to review its recent verdict that scrapped reservation for the jat community, official sources said. However, there was no mention of the Supreme Court case in the press release issued late at night by the Commission.
A list carrying roll numbers of successful candidates have been put up on the UPSC’s website, www.upsc.gov.in.
The Supreme Court had on March 17 set aside the decision of the former UPA regime to include jats in central list of other backward classes (OBCs) to accord quota benefits to them following which, the Centre had moved the top court on April 1 seeking review of its decision. Thousands of students appeared in the prestigious civil services (main) examination held during December 14-20, 2014. The examination is conducted in three stages — preliminary, main and interview.
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Kanpur mechanic’s son all set for MIT sojourn
KANPUR: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the dream destination of budding engineers from across the globe. In September next, the premier US institute will open its doors to an unlikely candidate — son of a mechanic from Kanpur — with full scholarship to the tune of Rs 1 crore. When he passes out from MIT two years from now, Ayush Sharma will become the first graduate from his family.
Nobody at his school, Kendriya Vidyalaya on IIT-Kanpur campus from where he has appeared in class XII board this year, had doubt about 17-year-old Ayush was a brilliant student. But, MIT was something of a dream even for Ayush. "I had heard a lot about MIT in my school. I came across many pathbreaking research its students and professors were doing. As I am one of the three people selected from across the country, I am feeling elated," enthusiastic Ayush told TOI on Sunday.
A resident of Panki area of the industrial city, Ayush's father Rakesh Sharma is a mechanic with Public Works department) and his mother Manju Lata Sharma retired as a constable with the Central Reserve Police Force.