Over 300 candidates take Combined Defence Services exam in U.T.
The Hindu
About 300 candidates appeared for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) and the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), held at two sub-centres in the city on Sunday
About 300 candidates appeared for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I) and the Combined Defence Services Examination (I), held at two sub-centres in the city on Sunday.
Puducherry was among the centres selected by the Union Public Service Commission to conduct the examinations.
The district administration operated special buses between 7.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m from the New Bus Stand to transport candidates to the examination venues in Lawspet and bring them back in the evening.
The CDS examination was held in three two-hour sessions at the Women’s Engineering College, Airport Road, Lawspet. The NDA examination was conducted in two-and-a-half hour sessions in the forenoon and afternoon at the Vallalar Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Lawspet.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.