DU releases cut-off for technical courses
Delhi University on Tuesday has released the cut-offs for admissions to technical and social sciences course. According to university official the qualifying marks is defined as the minimum marks that a candidate needs to score to be eligible to secure admission in various courses. Courses are B Tech, BA (Hons) Humanities and BA (Hons) Social Science course. “The qualifying marks scored by the students will merely assure entitlement to be considered for a college and not direct admission. Admission will depend on availability of seats in the specified course and if the candidate meets all the other admission requisites as specified by the college,” official informed.
Mahila congress chief submits memo to l-g
Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress president Barkha Shukla Singh submitted a memorandum to lt-Governor Najeeb Jung on Tuesday regarding women’s safety and security. She has pointed out in the memorandum that the Aam Aadmi Party Government has failed to take action against its MlAs accused of crimes against women and Delhi Commission of Women has also failed to take any action. Barkha Singh, in her memorandum, has appealed to the l-G to dismiss the “criminal public representatives of the AAP Government” and direct the police to take “strict action” against all such wrongdoers so that women could live without fear and in honour in Delhi.
Tata power’s bid to make monsoon enjoyable
To ensure that customers enjoy an incident-free monsoon, Tata Power-DDl is working to minimise the accumulation of moisture in electrical grids and panels. These include raising the foundation height of transformers in low-lying areas to safe levels, cleaning of rooftops and trenches to avoid water logging and pruning of trees to prevent entanglement with overhead cables. It has also requested people to stay away from electric poles (especially if it is surrounded by water), not to park vehicles directly under overhead power lines, ensure that all metal clad hardware at home like coolers or ACs are connected with earth and to switch off any electrical equipment or device which is partially or completely submerged in water to prevent shocks.