Bihar’s Sumant Parimal wins Forbes online competition, becomes first Indian to win.

Source – indiatoday.in

Recently, Sumant Parimal of Bihar’s capital Patna has topped the online competition of IT professionals and Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts by the Forbes magazine. As per reports, Sumant is the only Indian to win in this competition.

According to reports, Sumant Parimal has left behind the famous IT and AI experts from America, Europe, Asia and Australia in the online competition which lasted for almost two months. Sumant’s rating was the highest, forcing him to top the panel of global experts.

About Sumant Parimal:

Sumant hails from Patna’s Raja Bazar and holds an MTech from the University of Mysore and an MBA from Xavier Labor Research Institute School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur. He was an officer in Bokaro Steel Plant for many years. After this, he did research in America for five years.

‘5 Jewels Research’

Sumant Parimal has formed his own IT company named as ‘5 Jewels Research’, which is working on the development of artificial intelligence and robotics technology in India.

Recently, Sumant Parimal has tied up with the Uttar Pradesh government for setting up a robotic technology park in Greater Noida.

Artificial intelligence:

Artificial intelligence is becoming an integral part of smart ICT based apps targeted for digital learning. The quality of teaching learning depends on the academic and non academic support provided to the student by the institute and faculties. By using the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, today’s teaching apps can actually predict in advance the academic and non academic support a student would need.

For example, some of the smart learning analysis apps can analyse the past performance of the student, performance of similar students in similar categories, and the ongoing continuous monitoring of performance of the student and would predict the support the student would require in the next semesters.

Bihar Police SI 2020 Application Process closing Today on bpssc.bih.nic.in

Source – pagalguy.com

Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) has already issued recruitment notification for the post of Enforcement Sub Inspector (ESI) on 03rd December 2019. There are around 212 posts released for the Sub Inspector. Candidates who will be selected will be eligible to receive the salary of Rs 35,400 to Rs 1,12,400.

Important Dates

Candidates who are interested in Police vacancies should note that the online application for the Bihar Police SI 2020 is closing today. The application process began from 03rd December 2019 and the last date to submit the application form is 06th January 2020.

The official notification has already been released earlier on the official website which is www.bpssc.bih.nic.in.

Application Fee:

The application fees would also be needed to be submitted along with the application form. The application fees for the General, EWS, EBC/BC category candidates is Rs 700 and the application fee for the SC/ST candidates is Rs 400.

Eligibility Criteria

Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) has mentioned some eligibility criteria to select the candidates for the Sub Inspector. Candidates can check below the eligibility criteria mentioned by BPSSC:

Education Qualification:

Candidates must be graduate from any recognized university or equivalent degree.

Age Limit:

The age limit for the candidates are as follows for Male and female Candidates:

  • General Category candidates should be between 21 to 42 years of age
  • EWS category Candidates should be between 21 to 42 years of age
  • BC/EBC category candidates should be between 21 to 45 years of age but for female candidates in this category is 21 to 42 years of age
  • SC/ST category candidates should be between 21 to 47 years of age

Candidates would be selected on the basis of written test which will be preliminary exam and main examination. Candidates who will clear the written test will have to appear for the Physical Endurance Test and Interview.

At 650, Bihar leads in extreme weather deaths in 2019: IMD report

Source – business-standard.com

Bihar suffered the most – with 650 deaths – due to various extreme weather conditions in the country last year, a compilation by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) from media and government reports showed.

An official statement issued by the IMD showed that almost 1,560 people died in 2019 due to unusual weather events.

These include heavy rain and floods, heat wave, lightning, thunderstorm and hailstorm.

The year 2019 was the seventh warmest recorded in the country since 1901, the statement showed. This was substantially lower than the highest warming observed over India during 2016, it added.

In 2019, the IMD statement said that eight cyclonic storms formed over the seas against the normal of five. “Heavy rain and flood-related incidents reportedly claimed over 850 lives from different parts of the country during the pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon periods. Of these, 306 lives were lost from Bihar alone,136 from Maharashtra, 107 from Uttar Pradesh, 88 from Kerala, 80 from Rajasthan and 43 from Karnataka,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, in a related event, the Centre on Monday approved the release of Rs 5,908.56 crore to seven states, including Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Assam, as assistance for the damage caused due to various calamities last year.

The home ministry, in a statement, said the decision was taken at a meeting of a high-level committee (HLC), chaired by Union home minister Amit Shah.

The HLC approved additional central assistance of Rs 5,908.56 crore to seven states from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). Of this, Rs 616.63 crore will be given to Assam, Rs 284.93 crore to Himachal Pradesh, Rs 1,869.85 crore to Karnataka, Rs 1,749.73 crore to Madhya Pradesh, Rs 956.93 crore to Maharashtra, Rs 63.32 to Tripura and Rs 367.17 crore to Uttar Pradesh for floods, landslides or cloudburst during the monsoon season, the statement said.

Earlier, the central government released an interim financial assistance of Rs 3,200 crore to four states – Rs 1,200 crore to Karnataka, Rs 1,000 crore to Madhya Pradesh, Rs 600 crore to Maharashtra and Rs 400 crore to Bihar.

During 2019-20, the government released Rs 8,068.33 crore to 27 states as central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).

BPSC officer on JNU violence: Saw JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh enter Periyar hostel, stone pelting by ‘Naxals’ continued for an hour.

Source – opindia.com

Large-scale violence erupted in the JNU campus last night where hundreds of masked men entered the campus, attacked students and faculty members with sticks and rods. The university administration released a statement saying that the students who opposed the registration in the new semester attacked the students who were registering and wanted to study. It is alleged that Leftist students, protesting against the marginal fee hike in JNU were opposed to students registering for the new semester.

Now, BPSC officer who is studying in JNU has also taken to Facebook to narrate his harrowing experience after masked goons laid siege in the JNU campus. According to his account, it was the Leftists who indulged in largescale violence.

Bhaskar Jyoti says that around 8 PM, he escaped from the JNU hostel to take refuge in a friend’s house and he has no idea what would have happened had he stayed in the hostel. He says that his friend was on his way from the Kaveri hostel to the Periyar hostel to check up on him when his head was busted by Leftist goons.

He says that two days ago, the Naxalites (Leftist students, in all probability) had shut down the entire WiFi system and that masked goons had cut all the cables so the registration process cannot be carried out. He alleges that the students who wanted to register were making a list of the miscreants who were disrupting the registration process and it is in this backdrop that the violence took place.

He says that his friends were talking in his room and after they left, he heard loud noises under the Periyar hostel. While he was too tired and did not check what was happening, soon, 200 masked goons appeared in the hostel armed with sticks and rods and were entering every room, breaking down doors and windows.

Further, Bhaskar says that when the goons looked at him, they showered him with abuses and started chasing him down trying to enter his room. Bhaskar managed to run inside his room and lock the door, jamming it with the wooden furniture. After trying to break the door down with sticks and rods for a few minutes, they left and loud screaming noises could be heard by him from the hostel.

He then claims that he headed to his balcony where he could see 500 people beating on students of Godavari hostel. There were girls in masks too. After this, he could hear them saying that now they will proceed to beat up students staying in the Mahi Mandvi Hostel.

He then says that after 20-25 minutes, around 500 masked Naxalites were beating students of the Periyar students at the gate of the hostel. He says that at that time, around 50 people entered the hostel again and started trying to break down doors and windows.

He then makes two startling revelations. He says that he says JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh with his own eyes entering the Periyar hostel and when she entered the hostel, she was well and not hurt. He says he doesn’t know when Ghosh got hurt thereafter. He also claims that for about an hour, the stone pelting at the gate of Periyar hostel continued by the Leftists.

He then says that he was asked to leave the hostel by the administration because of the violence and was also told that the Leftist students might attack again. He says that he then escaped the hostel through the surrounding woods.

The claims of Bhaskar do not seem to be too off the mark as the JNU statement also mentions the violence breaking out due to the registration process. Further, a video had surfaced earlier as well, based on which, claims were made that JNUSU President, Leftist student Aishe Ghosh was seen leading the masked mob that attacked JNU students.

IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card 2019-20 to be Out Soon @ibps.in, Check Details Here

Source – jagranjosh.com

IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card 2019: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) will soon release the admit card of mains exam for the post of Clerk. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam is scheduled to be held on 19 January 2020 (Sunday). Hence, IBPS Mains Exam Admit Card is expected to release in this week.

All such candidates who are qualified in IBPS Clerk Pre Exam would be able to download IBPS Clerk Main Exam Admit Card from IBPS Official Website www.ibps.in, once released. They will be required to use their Registration No or Roll No and Password or DOB for downloading the admit card.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam will have 190 questions on General/ Financial Awareness (50 questions of 50 marks), General English (40 questions of 40 marks), Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude (50 questions of 60 marks) and Quantitative Aptitude (50 questions of 50 marks). The total time allotted to complete the test is 160 minutes. 0.25 of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card  Download Link – to  release soon

How to Download IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card 2019-20 ?

  1. Go to the IBPS Clerk official website www.ibps.in
  2. On the home page you will find a link ‘Click here to Download Online Main Exam Call Letter for CRP Clerks-IX’
  3. Enter your details & captcha for verification and login into your account
  4. Download IBPS Clerk Mains Admit Card 2019

IBPS SO Prelims Result 2019: Expected to be out this week at ibps.in

Source – indiatoday.in

IBPS SP Prelims Result 2019 is expected to be released in this week. Once the result is declared, candidates can check their result on the official website of IBPS– ibps.in. The preliminary examination for IBPS SO 2019 was held on December 28 and December 29, 2019, at various centers across the nation.

Candidates who will qualify the preliminary examination will have to appear for the main examination. The preliminary examination comprised of 150 questions and the maximum marks are 125. The medium of the exam is English and Hindi and the duration of examination is 40 minutes. To check the preliminary exam result, candidates can follow these simple steps given below.

IBPS SO Prelims Result 2019: How to check

Step 1: Visit the official site of IBPS at ibps.in.

Step 2: Click on IBPS SO Prelims Result 2019 link available on the home page.

Step 3: Enter the login credentials and your result will be displayed on the screen.

Step 4: Check the result and download it.

Step 5: Keep a hard copy of the same for further need.

There will be a penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.

The main examination will be conducted on January 25, 2020, at various centers across the country. The professional knowledge test for Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer, and Marketing Officer will comprise of 60 questions for 60 marks. For more related details candidates can visit the official site of IBPS.

UPSC NDA 1 Notification 2020 to Release @upsc.gov.in, Check Latest Updates Here.

Source – jagranjosh.com

UPSC NDA NA 2020: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is going to release soon UPSC NDA NA 2020 notification on its official website. All interested candidates will be able to apply for UPSC NDA NA 2020 through the online mode.

As per the calendar released on UPSC Website, The UPSC NDA NA 2020 Exam Notification will be released on 8 January 2020 and the candidates will be able to apply for the posts till 28 January 2020. This year, the commission will conduct UPSC NDA NA 2020 Exam on 19 April 2020. Candidates can check the application process, age limit, qualification, experience, selection criteria and other details here.

Job Summary

NotificationUPSC NDA 1 Notification 2020 to Release @upsc.gov.in, Check Latest Updates Here
Notification DateJan 6, 2020
Last Date of SubmissionJan 28, 2020
Official URLhttps://upsc.gov.in/
Citynew delhi
StateDelhi
CountryIndia
Education QualOther Qualifications, Senior Secondary
FunctionalAdministration

Important Dates

  • Notification Date: 8 January 2020
  • Last date for online application for UPSC NDA NA 2020: 28 January 2020
  • Exam Date: 19 April 2020

UPSC NDA NA 2020 Vacancy Details

Vacancies Number to be announced soon

UPSC NDA NA 2020 Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification:

National Defence Academy (NDA) – Candidate must be 12th Class passed in the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination from a recognized board.

Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme) – Candidate must be 12th Class passed in the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics from a recognized Board.

UPSC NDA NA 2020 Notification PDF – to release soon

UPSC NDA NA 2020 Selection Procedure 
Candidates will be selected for UPSC NDA NA 2020 on the basis of their performance in Written Test, Interview and Personality Test. The written test will have two stages. i.e. Stage 1 and Stage 2. Only those candidates who will clear Stage 1 will be called for Stage 2.

How to apply for UPSC NDA NA 2020 
Interested candidates will be able to apply for UPSC NDA NA 2020 through the online mode on or before 28 January 2020. Candidates will be able to apply online once the online application link is activated at the official website. 

UPSC to hold exclusive Railway Service Exam from 2021 after merger of services.

Source – theprint.in

New Delhi: With the Modi government having decided to merge all eight existing rail services into a single Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS), the UPSC will now be holding an exclusive railway service exam, ThePrint has learnt. 

The exclusive UPSC exam for the new Indian Railway Management Service (IRMS) will be first conducted in 2021. 

This year’s UPSC exam will follow the earlier pattern — in which officers for the Indian Railway Accounts Service, Indian Railway Traffic Service, Indian Railway and the Indian Railway Personnel Service will be recruited through the Civil Services Exam (CSE), while those for the other services will be recruited through the Indian Engineering Service (IES) exam. 

From next year onwards, however, there will be a common preliminary exam for the railway service but the main exam for engineers will be on their specialised domain expertise and not general studies, an official said on condition of anonymity. 

“It would follow the Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam pattern,” the official said. “IFS officers have the same preliminary exam as IAS, IPS among others but have a specialised mains paper exclusively designed for them.” 

UPSC will be intimated about the number of officers needed in the IRMS from 2021 onwards.

Senior UPSC officials, however, said the commission has received no such proposal.

“The government will decide how to go about it…We have not been informed or asked about anything yet,” an official said.

The commission also has no knowledge of whether the new IRMS will be considered a civil service or not. 

DoPT not consulted before Railways service merger

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which is the coordinating agency for all personnel matters, was not consulted by the Modi government before the controversial merger, ThePrint has learnt.

The DoPT looks after recruitment, regulation of service conditions, postings and transfers, deputation and training of civil servants, and comes directly under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).  

“They announced that they would consult the DoPT and UPSC after making the announcement,” said a DoPT official. “But despite the fact that the DoPT is the nodal agency for these matters, it was not consulted before the announcement was made.”

Officials are foreseeing a lot of problems in unifying the existing cadres of the eight services as well. “There will be issues of promotion, seniority, among others. All those need to be reconciled,” the official added.