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LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI ➤ With Board exams round ➤Educators and students talk ➤ Five takeaways from STUDENT EDITION the corner, check out our about their role model India's emphatic 3-1 series TODAY’S tips on how to prepare for ➤ win over England TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 Experts tell us about the Newspaper in Education EDITION the BIG day benefits of yoga PAGE 4 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 FACTOID CBSE REVISES BOARD QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2021 4,000 CRISTIANO RONALDO EXAM DATES FOR FEW BECOMES FOOTBALL'S CLASS X, XII SUBJECTS 12 Indian colleges among HIGHEST-GOAL SCORER xoplanets have been discov- TOP 100 INSTITUTES ered in the past 25 years, E and some have been found to Twelve leading Indian universities and have an atmosphere, scientists claimed, after a new exoplanet, which higher education institutions, along is rocky in nature like that of the Earth, was discovered recently The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has with 25 programmes, mostly in issued a revised board exam date sheet for a few sub- Named Gliese 486b, jects, including mathematics, commerce and physics, for engineering, have managed to get classes X and XII... the newly-discovered into the top 100 colleges list exoplanet is 26 light released by the QS World University For class X, the science exam has been deferred years away to May 21. Earlier, it was scheduled for May 15. Ranking (QSWUR). IIT, Madras, 1 The mathematics exam, which was scheduled for It is about 30 per cent May 21, will now be held on June 2, according to the Bombay, and Kharagpur, find place in larger than the Earth but latest date sheet the top 50 category... with a mass 2.8 times that The CBSE said that for class XII science stream, of our planet. It is located the May 13 physics exam will now be held on Over the last few years, the government's contin- in what is called a habit- 2 June 8 While IIT, Madras, has been The four new uous focus on improvement and reform in Indian able zone around a star Exams for mathematics and applied mathemat- ranked 30th in the world for universities/ institutes in higher education has resulted in significant ics, which were earlier scheduled for June 1, will petroleum engineering, IIT, the top 100 subject rank- improvement in the representation of Indian institutions Since Gliese 486b is 3 now be conducted on May 31 for class XII science Bombay, has been ranked 41st ings are: IIT, Guwahati in globally-acclaimed and reputed rankings such as the QS. and commerce streams, it said in the revised date and IIT, Kharagpur, is placed (petroleum engineering), India's higher education system plays a vital very near its star Gliese sheet at the 44th position for min- Jawaharlal Nehru University role in driving the nation's competitive- 486, it takes slightly less erals and mining engineering (anthropology), Anna ness. Today, India is a leading nation The Board has revised the date for the June 2 than 1.5 days to complete The University of Delhi has University (petroleum engi- with highest number of higher education geography exam of the arts stream, and it will an orbit around it been ranked 50th in the world neering), and O P Jindal institutions across the globe. It has 4 now be held on June 3 PTI made significant progress in the last few for development studies Global University (law) years in terms of enrolment in high- However, Gliese 486b er education, which now stands The exams for classes The QS World University Rankings by subject calcu- at 37.4 million is not habitable, as it has X and XII will begin from late performance based on four parameters — aca- Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union temperatures ranging demic reputation, employer reputation, research education around 430 degrees May 4 and conclude on impact (citations per paper) and the productivity minister Celsius June 10 of an institution’s research faculty Billie Jean King's memoir 'All In' Novak Djokovic World No 1, now Digital memorabilia take the to be published in August longest-reigning number one next plunge, as Jack Dorsey Former tennis star Billie Jean King is all set to release her memoir auctions his first-ever tweet soon, which she calls a journey to her "authentic self''... ovak Djokovic, on N Monday, set a Djokovic reclaimed the top rank- BOOK new landmark— retaining ing from Nadal in February 2020 ust setting up my twttr’ — the Dorsey's 15-year old tweet the number one title for and finished as year-end number Titled 'All In: An Sexes' match in 1973. first- ever tweet is one of the most-famous 311 weeks, surpassing one for the sixth time, tying the on the platform Autobiography', the King, 77, will also J tweets ever Roger Federer(310). The mark set by Pete SamprasHe is is up for sale after Twit- memoir, will highlight write about her on the plat- 33-year-old Djokovic, currently in his fifth different spell ter boss Jack Dorsey her celebrated and activism on behalf listed his famous post form, and winner of 18 majors, has atop the rankingsNadal, current- groundbreaking tennis of women in tennis as a unique digital sig- could attract now set his eyes on sur- ly at number two, has been at the nature on a website career, including her 39 and beyond, and bidders to pay passing top for 'only' 209 weeks in total, for selling tweets as Grand Slam titles, and other struggles a high price Fedex, although the 13-time Roland non-fungible tokens her defeat against such as eating dis- (NFTs). The post, sent for the digital who has Garros champion can boast of Bobby Riggs in the order and her sex- from Dorsey's account memorabilia. famous 'Battle of the ual identity 20 titles being in top 10 since April 2005 in March 2006, received under his name. offers on Friday that The highest bid for the went as high as tweet stood at $100,000 $88,888.88 within min- on Saturday utes of the Twitter co- Twitter explores 'undo send' founder tweeting a link to the listing on 'Valuables by Cent' — a tweets’ marketplace. Mobile use can change how kids button for paying users A tweet's buyer will get an autographed digital cer- tificate, signed using cryptography, which will include metadata of the original tweet, according to the Valu- witter Inc is all set to test an ‘undo send’ function that would ables website. The tweet will continue to be available give users a short time to withdraw a tweet before it is posted, on the Twitter website. SEE THE WORLD T the company confirmed recently. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who discovers unannounced social media features by looking Did you know digital devices play a significant role in how chil- at the sites' code, recently tweeted an animation showing a tweet with dren perceive the world? Well, a new study has found that pre- a spelling error where a Twitter 'undo' button was available before a schoolers, who frequently use mobile devices, often tend to miss short timer ran out. the forest for the trees... TECH BUZZ NFTs are digital The According to researchers, the general files that serve as researchers tendency among people is to focus on the digital signatures claimed that 1 whole, before getting into the details, to certify, who since the brain of which include children as well. However, children is like plas- the new study shows that children using owns photos, tic, which could be mobile devices differ in this skill, as they videos and moulded easily, tend to focus more on details and less on other online early exposure to the big picture, thus overlooking forests mobile devices may for trees media have a significant long-term effect on A Twitter spokeswoman said, models, which would reduce its them who pay attention to Therefore, they entific thinkers but lose the feature was being tested as dependence on ad revenue, details are more skil- said, it is possible out on artistic or social part of the company's explo- including a "super follow" fea- In fact, ful at analytic think- 3that if children skills, and this will ration of how subscriptions ture to let users charge their according to ing, they are less continue to use gadgets probably change the could work on the platform followers for access to exclu- 2them, creative, and have at a young age, they world we live in, they Twitter has said that it is sive content, which will launch though people weaker social skills may turn out to be sci- added working on paid subscription this year You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step. FOCUS. LEARN. MASTER -Martin Luther King Jr 02 TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2021 HERE IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS - EVEN IN THE LAST MINUTE WEEK 2 & 3 - Do a 'Quick Reading' of the 'Easy' Lessons across all subjects. This will boost your confidence as you will WEEK 5 - Focus on English and Better establish the volume of content that you are already Social Science. Pull out the 2 comfortable with. Mark out the 'Tough' sections that you question papers and practice would like to come back to later. 4 writing long answers that carry maximum marks. Prepare to get full marks WEEK 1 - Pull out your WEEK 4 - Move on to the 'Tough' NCERT textbooks only. Keep an Lessons in math and science.