CBSE class X results declared

The CBSE class X results declared on Friday at 10am. Besides the Delhi region, the class X results for Allahabad region, which includes Noida and Greater Noida, and the Guwahati region's results also has been declared on Friday.

To get the results, students can log on to any of the three websites www.cbse.nic.in /www.cbseresults.nic.in / www.results.nic. The results can also be accessed through the Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) at 011-24357270. Many students and parents have been anxious about the class X result, specially after the CBSE declared the class XII results last week and the class X results of other regions on May 26.

CBSE is already running the second phase of telecounselling helplines for post-result queries. These helplines will be operational till June 3. As many as 37 counsellors, principals and teachers will man these helplines. The list of numbers is available on the CBSE website.

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Know your ministers

Council of Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

Dr. Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister)

List of Cabinet Ministers

Serial Number	Name of Minister	Wealth	Education
1.	Shri Pranab Mukherjee	2.7 Crore	LLB D Litt
2.	Shri Sharad Pawar	8.7 Crore	B.Com
3.	Shri A.K. Antony	0.17 Crore	LLB
4.	Shri P. Chidambaram	10 Crore	LLB,MBA
5.	Km. Mamata Banerjee	.047 Crore	LLB
6.	Shri S.M. Krishna	3 Crore	LLB
7.	Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	0.85 Crore	M.Sc.
8.	Shri Sushilkumar Shinde	8.6 Crore	LLB
9.	Shri M. Veerappa Moily	2.9 Crore	LLB
10.	Shri S. Jaipal Reddy	5.6 Crore	MA
11.	Shri Kamal Nath	14 Crore	B.Com
12.	Shri Vayalar Ravi	0.5 Crore	Ma,LLB
13.	Smt. Meira Kumar	10 Crore	MA, LLB
14.	Shri Murli Deora	35 crore	BA
15.	Shri Kapil Sibal	32 Crore	LLM
16.	Smt. Ambika Soni	7.5 Crore	BA
17.	Shri B.K. Handique	1.5 Crore	MA
18.	Shri Anand Sharma	2.5 Crore	LLB
19.	Shri C.P. Joshi	2 Crore	M.SC

Bihar Board Results 2009

The Bihar School Education Board has been announced the results for the class 10th on 16:00 hours on May 20. The result has been declared by BSEB Chairman A.K.P Yadav.

The result is available on the board website biharboard.bih.nic.in. A total 9 lakh candidates have appeared in the examination. The results zones have been divided in 9 parimandals for better management.

The candidate who are looking to know about the result can simply log on to the board website http://biharboard.bih.nic.in/Scripts/GetMR2009.asp

CBSE Class XII results announced

THE SUSPENSE is finally over. The result of senior secondary exam conducted by Central Bureau of Secondary Education is out. The board has announced the result for XII for the Chennai, Ajmer and Panchkula regions only, rest of the result will be announced on Friday (May 22). Schools can access the result by registering at the CBSE websites: Results.nic.in, Cbseresults.nic.in and Cbse.nic.in. The board is also offering result information through the interactive voice response system.

Regional officer of CBSE, N Nagaraju, revealed to media that this year as many as 55,224 students have taken the exam from the Chennai region, which includes Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Pondicherry and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

But as a good sign, they say, the students of class XII in the city seem ready for the result and not many of them are stressed.

Anita Sharma, a CBSE counselor, said, “Most students only asked me about when the result will be out or what are the different courses available. As compared to last year, the students seem more aware of career opportunities and there are few stress-related calls now.’” Meanwhile, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has also declared results of the Indian School Certificate (ISC) Class XII and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) Class X examinations today.

Students, already registered with the board’s website will receive their results through e-mail or SMSes.

CBSE result can be accessed through IVRS system at:

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Stephen Wolfram's search engine to take on Google

The inventor of one of the most widely used science programmes has given the most detailed demonstration yet of a new search engine that many experts predict could revolutionise the way information is used on the Internet.

Stephen Wolfram, whose Mathematical programme is widely used throughout the science world, gave the details of his new computational search engine, named Wolfram Alpha in an online presentation. The company says the technology will go public on May 18.

Unlike Google, which automatically indexes billions of web pages to answer users' search queries, Wolfram Alpha uses sophisticated algorithms to attempt to understand user questions, and then uses the resources stored in its expert-curated database to offer up answers and relevant information.

"The idea is to try and bring expert-level knowledge to everyone," said Wolfram.

The result is very different from Google, which primarily points users in the direction of web pages. Wolfram Alpha, in contrast, displays information that it calculates by itself and shows in useful formats, offering numerous options for users to dig deeper into the subject.

It can answer questions like how high is Mt Everest, what is the fish production in Italy, and what was the weather in London on the day John F Kennedy was killed. But because it relies on verified data in its system rather than an ad hoc search of the internet, there are big gaps in its knowledge, especially in pop culture and information that frequently changes, such as film showings.

"We are just at the beginning," said Wolfram, 49. "I think we've got a reasonable start on 90 percent of the shelves in a typical reference library."

Experts like Tom Simpson, on the blog Convergenceofeverything.com, said that rather than displacing Google, the new tool reflected the growing reach of emerging artificial intelligence and "a step towards a self-organising internet" that intuitively understands what users need from it.

15 new central universities by next academic session

15 more central universities, in addition to the existing 20, will be set up and start functioning from next year, the government said 30th April.The decision was taken at a two-day conference here during which vice-chancellors of the 15 new central universities presented their plans before the University Grants Commission (UGC) - the regulator of these institutions. The conference ended Thursday.The government appointed the vice-chancellors in February.The VCs met here for the first time to prepare a roadmap for making the 15 new central universities functional from the 2010-11 session.

Of the 15 institutions, 12 are new central universities in as many states, while three state universities have been upgraded.The new universities are in Jharkhand, Karnataka, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa, Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.





The new VCs have assured UGC that they would be able to start courses in their institutions.'Most of them have been given land. They are expected to start certain courses from the coming session,' said a UGC official.

The universities would offer under-graduate, post-graduate, M.Phil and Ph.D programmes, besides courses on regional issues, said the UGC official.The UGC has already sanctioned nearly Rs.2 crore to each of these universities to meet their operational expenditure. Most of the universities are expected to start with a temporary campus. Some already have temporary campuses, said the UGC official.