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Unsung :Girl tops exam, beats disability

Girl tops exam, beats disability Visually Impaired Is An Ace Ikram Khan | TNN Bangalore: She can’t see but is showing the way. Sumaiya Khan, 15, topped the exams at St Michael’s High School (RT Nagar) and promises to continue her sterling performance in college next year. Sumaiya was adjudged the best student after securing …

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Mohan Kedkar: Mumbaikars express gratitude for selfless service

Help for Bandra braveheart’s kin TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: “He was always a quiet boy. He was always the first one to rush and help people,’’ said 55-year-old Pandurang Redkar about his 20-year-old son Mohan who died while saving a couple from drowning at Bandra bandstand four months ago. He seemed oblivious of the praises …

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Kolkata student Tops: Offers galore from US ‘Varsities

KOLKATA: From prestigious Princeton to MIT, city boy Rik Sengupta can pick and choose where he wants to study — for free. The South Pointer has bagged full scholarship seats at seven top universities in the US. Princeton, the top ranking university in the US, has offered him a scholarship of $52,990 a year. His …

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Dedication: Nurturing rural talents

Tutor who sold pappad guides all 30 kids to IITs   Pranava K Chaudhary | TNN   Patna: When Patna’s maths wizard Anand Kumar, who once hawked ‘‘pappad’’ to earn a living, started his noble initiative, Super-30, to coach 30 economically weak students for IIT-JEE in 2003 free of cost, 18 of them made it …

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Children: Treat them with Kindness

Treating Children With Kindness Adil Salahi, Arab News Children were always certain of kind treatment by the Prophet (peace be upon him). Whenever he saw a child, he received him/her with a smile and said some pleasant words, even when the Prophet was preoccupied with something very serious. Anas ibn Malik, who served the Prophet …

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UP:Education:3.5 lakh students bunk Hindi test in ‘ anti- English’ UP

3.5 lakh students bunk Hindi test in ‘ anti- English’ UP Absenteeism rises in Class X & XII board exams Strict Vigil against copying keeps students away   By Piyush Srivastava in Lucknow       IN AN irony of sorts, over 3.5 lakh students in the country’s Hindi heartland failed to appear for the Hindi paper …

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Bengal students best at maths: NCERT survey

Bengal students best at maths: NCERT survey   Akshaya Mukul | TNN  New Delhi:      One of the country’s most stringent surveys of learning abilities of class V students by NCERT has found that West Bengal is on top, followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Jharkhand and Tripura. Uttar Pradesh has also made rapid strides making it to …

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Nadakhanda: Classes started in yet another location

I am very happy to inform everyone that children’s classes wil be conducted in yet another location also. Classes have commenced from 13 Nov 07. It is about a kilo metre away , almost at the other end of the village. A teacher Shri Swain, has been appointed. Hopefully this will serve another 30/40 children. …

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