CBSE announces UGC-NET results
New Delhi, July 31: The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) on Tuesday declared UGC-National Eligibility Test (NET) results, the test for which was conducted on July 8 across 91 cities in the country.
According to a statement issued by the CBSE, a total of 11,48,235 candidates had registered for the examination, out of whom over 85,000 appeared and 55,872 qualified to be eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor.
A total of 3,929 candidates emerged eligible to apply for both Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship. The examination was conducted in 84 subjects.
There was a change this time in the number of papers, where instead of three there were only two papers.
As per the University Grants Commission (UGC) policy, six per cent of those who appear in both papers and obtain minimum qualification marks in both papers' aggregate are declared NET qualified.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
