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The results of the grueling IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) paper held on April 8, at 1,067centres across the country for admission to nearly 9,600 undergraduate seats in the 15 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), were declared today. The JEE ranks have been declared (http://jee.sdslabs.co/index.html), which shows Arpit Agrawal, a student of Faridabad's Modern Vidya Niketan School, topping the examination with a score of 385 out of 408. The second position was grabbed by Bijoy Kochar from Chandigarh, followed by Nishant Kaushik from Bhilai at the third position.

The IIT-Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) paper held on April 8, 2012 has created uproar amongst students, teachers and parents yet again this year. Said to be one of the toughest national examinations in India, IIT-JEE helps students in getting admission to prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). However, this time, just like last year everyone has been left confused and distressed due to several errors in the question papers.

Cadbury Dairy Milk advertisements for years have struck a chord with the Indian audience across different age-groups. The on-going, 'ShubhArambh' campaign has been no different. However, the recent college ragging advertisement which is part of the campaign has received mixed reactions – mostly negative from those who think ragging is quite a menace in India. Gyancentral's Shraddha K brings you the story of the ensuing debate over the same.

During the course of preparation a lot of candidates encounter a time when their scores level off and hit a sort of plateau. Times when your sample GMAT test scores are consistent in the 650-670 bracket or your Mock CAT test scores are around the 90-95 percentile bracket and you cannot seem to find a way to push your scores to the next level. Such times can be extremely frustrating especially when you are nearing your final test date and are desperate to increase your test scores to the next level. A lot of people experience this. In our GMAT series, our expert Deepak Nanwani tells you the reasons for the same as well as the remedies to such a situation.

He was at the verge of committing suicide after facing unending failures and hurdles in life, when one motivational SMS from a friend changed his life forever. Arun Pandit from Himachal Pradesh, a batch 2010-12 MBA-IB student of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), found a new meaning to live his life and fight back. He started ‘Don’t Give Up World’, a motivational website and community which helps in inspiring and making people happy each day. GyanCentral’s Ushnota Paul catches up with this young entrepreneur to know in detail about his remarkable journey from darkness to light.

Even as we thought, that the controversies around CLAT 2012 were only with respect to the largely alleged out-of-syllabus nature of the question paper, the story gets murkier by the day. A few students on the Facebook group - CLATHackers have posted about a possible paper leak that happened at one of the major centres of CLAT 2012 - C.M. Model School, Rohini, Sector 24, New Delhi. Gyancentral's Surya Ragunaathan investigates.

It is no news to us now that CLAT 2012 has been marred by scores of controversies since the day students came back and said that most of the GK was out of syllabus. Students protesting online, heated Facebook discussions, planning to throng the NLU-Jodhpur campus, professors and groups planning to file PIL and much more. In the midst of all this noise, one person who had kept mum since the exam day is Justice NN Mathur, Vice Chancellor and Convener, NLU-Jodhpur. With students expecting him to talk, Surya Ragunaathan from Gyancentral spoke to Mr Mathur and the results were rather appaling. Excerpts:

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2012 committee potentially faces public interest litigation (PIL) after the test takers across the country complained about questions coming out of the notified CLAT pattern. Marred by various other controversies, CLAT 2012 is complete with online student protests, mockeries and serious protest march plans and legal recourse. Gyancentral brings you a round up on CLAT 2012 - the aftermath.