Monsoon sets in over Kerala

The Met Department has declared the onset of monsoon over Kerala on Saturday.

It represented the second day in the eight-day window (error margin) for the onset fixed by the Met Department to either side of the mean of June 3.

WIDESPREAD RAIN

The 14 rainfall monitoring stations in the State reported fairly widespread showers for the last two days, a mandatory criterion for declaring the onset.

This came a day after a Japanese research agency warned that the monsoon could end up below normal due to heating abnormalities in the Indian Ocean.

In contrast, conditions in the Equatorial Pacific, the other ocean region with a significant say on monsoon behaviour, were forecast to remain neutral or even mildly favour the June-to-September season.

But this may not be sufficient to neutralise the effects of a negative Indian Ocean Dipole phenomenon in which the East of the basin warms up relative the West.

GETS DIVERTED

What this means is that monsoon convection and cloud-building takes place in the East Indian Ocean (off Indonesia) and gets diverted away from mainland India.

On the other hand, the positive phase of Indian Ocean Dipole in which the West basin warms up more than the East has been found to help Indian monsoon.

Earlier this week, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology too had observed development of conditions that favoured a negative Indian Ocean Dipole.

The Met Department said the Westerly to West-southwesterly monsoon winds were clocking a strong 40 to 50 km/hr and were observed on Saturday to a height of up to 4.5 km.

The monsoon has since advanced into entire South Arabian Sea; entire Kerala; parts of Central Arabian Sea; parts of coastal and South Interior Karnataka; most of Tamil Nadu; and parts of Southwest and West-central Bay of Bengal.

On Saturday, the northern limit of monsoon, which links together farthest points covered by its leading edge, passed through Mangalore, Mysore, Salem and Cuddalore.

Outlook for next two days said that conditions are favourable for further advance of monsoon into some parts of Central Arabian Sea and Karnataka; remaining parts of Tamil Nadu; parts of South Andhra Pradesh and some more parts of Bay of Bengal.

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NEET PG 2013 Results Declared

CLICK HERE to view your NEET PG 2013 results.

The race for that coveted post-graduate medical seat in Karnataka just got tougher. Two years ago, a PG seat in orthopedics in a prestigious private medical college in Bangalore cost Rs 1 crore. This year, it has touched Rs 2 crore. The price of an MD (Radiology) seat available for Rs 2 crore last year is likely to go up to Rs 2.75 crore this year.

The spike in the PG medical seat prices is the result of the chaos caused by the flawed introduction and implementation of the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), which was envisaged to be a single entrance test for all medical and dental courses in the country.

On Monday, the Supreme Court exempted private and government medical colleges from the purview of NEET for the academic year 2013-14 for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

With decks being cleared for admissions, students from other states are queuing up to block the seats in Karnataka as their home states have scrapped their tests after introducing NEET. "The uncertainty over NEET has prompted students to reserve seats here; otherwise, they lose a year. Colleges were just waiting for a verdict on the fate of NEET. Now that the interim order is pronounced, counters have been opened for booking the seats. Students don't mind making advance payments," sources said.

For colleges, it's a double bonanza. Apart from Karnataka allowing students from other states to get admission here, the rates for the management seats have shot up because this is the last year that managements can quote their own fee structure. If NEET is implemented across the country, a student can gain eligibility to any PG seat only if he has scored 50 percentile in the test.

"With May 31 being the last day to complete PG admissions, it's impossible to implement NEET in Karnataka. So this being the last year without NEET which prescribes a minimum score to be eligible for admission, the scramble for seats is at its maximum. From next year, the number of management seats is going to be fewer as private colleges have to hand over 50% of its seats to the government. Being the last chance for private colleges to make money, they are making the most out of it," sources explained.

While Radiology is sure to cross the Rs 2.5-crore mark, Orthopaedics and Dermatology are not far behind. They cost Rs 2 crore each. Paediatrics was Rs 1.2 crore last year in Bangalore, while the going rate this year is Rs 1.84 crore. If this is the rate for the most sought after courses, OBG (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) which was Rs 90 lakh last year has crossed the Rs 1 crore mark this year.

The trend in the demand for medical seats in Karnataka was evident by the increase in the number of students who appeared for the ComedK this year. "The number of applicants went up by 10,500 this year. This is also because Karnataka has always been a pioneer in medical education and students from other states flock here," ComedK officials said.

If that is the story for post-graduate courses, there is utter confusion where UG courses are concerned. Students in Karnataka will appear for NEET (UG) on May 18 with the sword of uncertainty hanging if their scores will be considered for admission at all.

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Andhra Pradesh Intermediate 2013 Results to be Declared Today (21st April 2013)

Andhra Pradesh Intermediate 2013 Results to be Declared Today (21st April 2013).

Inter 1st year and 2nd year results will be declared in 21st and 24th April, IPE 2013 junior inter and senior inter results will be declared in http://examresults.ap.nic.in/ soon.......

The Intermediate examinations for the year is going on now as the starting date for their examination is on 6^th March. Both the senior and junior intermediate examinations for the year 2013 will be end in the third week of march. As the senior intermediate practical examinations are over for them they are now expecting their results for this academic 2013.

 

Click Here for Inter 1st Year 2013 Results

Click Here for Inter 2nd Year 2013 Results 

Over 10lakhs students are participated in these inter examination for different branches and also the officials of the BIEAP Board of Intermediate Education in Andhra Pradesh has confirmed the date and the they will expecting to release their results in April as the Junior inter Results will be declared on 20th and senior inter results will be declared on 24th April 2013. So they add these marks at the time of evaluation of EAMCET 2013 results or ranks.

As the Hall tickets for these Intermediate Examinations were presented in the official website of the Inter, in the same way they are also expecting to display their results in the same website of the BIEAP, so the IPE results 2013 will also be available in the official website of the Intermediate 2013 as www.bieap.cgg.gov.in or in any other websites which will be available with marks and those websites will be mentioned at that time only.

But the List of websites which will gives us the Intermediate results with marks are available with us. please follow these websites for your AP Intermediate Results 2013.

http://examresults.ap.nic.in/

http://results.cgg.gov.in/

http://bieap.cgg.gov.in/

Note: The results date for the Junior Inter is 21st April and Senior Inter is 24th April 2013.

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