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salary package upon completing their engineering degree. The latest report revealed 8,000 IITians have not found a job through campus placement this year.In a LinkedIn post, IIT Kanpur alumnus and placements mentor Dheeraj Singh shared three years' placement data based on 23 RTIs (Right to Information), annual reports, media reports, and student insights. In 2024, 21,500 were registered at IITs, of which 13,410 were placed while 8,090 were yet to find jobs.The number of unplaced students almost doubled this year as compared to 2023.

Also read: Campus gloom at IITs on hiring lull, stagnant salariesA student at IIT Delhi who was placed in the first phase said that from every stream, some students are yet to be hired. "The placement team is reaching out to alumni several times, and students were asked to fill up forms on whether they would still want the placement team to get them a job so that the college can keep a track on who needs to be placed.

Weather updates: Heatwave grips northern India, IMD predicts rainfall in Kerala According to the IMD, North India, including several parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi will suffer from severe heatwave till May 21. The weather monitoring agency issued a red alert for severe heatwaves for west Rajasthan, and an orange alert was also issued for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, East Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Gujarat for the next three days. It has also issued a yellow alert for a heatwave-like condition for Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, and Odisha till May 21.

Click here to read more The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday ordered release of NewsClick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha in UAPA case after holding that his arrest and remand were “illegal". It is alleged that the news portal received foreign funds in violation of the FCRA case. Click here to read more After Delhi, Gujarat and Jaipur, schools in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, on Wednesday, received bomb threats via emails, creating a panic situation.

Also Read: Bomb scare in Delhi again! Tihar Jail gets threat email after schools and hospitals Seven schools, including five private schools and two government run schools, received bomb threat emails in a span of 72 hours. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chandra said that most schools reported the threat emails to police on Tuesday. The school authorities got to know about the threat mail on Tuesday, as schools were closed on Sunday and Monday.

voter turnout of approximately 57.55 per cent was recorded till 6 pm on Monday in Uttar Pradesh where polling was held in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the fourth round of the seven-phase general elections. Polling was held between 7 am and 6 pm.

Kanpur between the BJP, the incumbent party for two terms, and the Congress, which has fortified itself by joining forces with the Samajwadi Party. Kanpur, one of the oldest major industrial and commercial centres of Uttar Pradesh which has in the past sent heavyweights such as Murli Manohar Joshi and former Union minister Shriprakash Jaiswal to Parliament, is currently held by the BJP's Satyadev Pachauri, 76, who is not contesting this time. Both the main parties have fielded lesser-known faces. The BJP's candidate is journalist Ramesh Awasthi, a non-political, non-local figure who is banking largely on the Modi factor. The Congress has fielded educationist Alok Mishra, who has unsuccessfully contested assembly elections in the past.

Lucknow and Kanpur, Unnao, whose political identity has been dominated by the Kuldeep Singh Sengar saga for a while, is witnessing a familiar battle between old contenders, but external factors may change the dynamics. Sengar, former BJP MLA, was sentenced to life imprisonment four years ago by the Delhi HC for raping a minor. The BJP's incumbent two-term MP Sakshi Maharaj is facing a spirited fight from former Congress MP from Unnao Annu Tandon for a third time, but this time as SP candidate. Originally from Kasganj, he won three Lok Sabha elections from Mathura and Farrukhabad, before being brought here in 2014, then winning on the back of almost en bloc support from the dominant Lodhi caste here as well as Nishads, combined with the Hindutva and Modi factor. But he has not been able to develop much of a positive reputation for himself in the past ten years. It is this 'Modi-Lodhi' factor that Tandon is challenging. A native of Unnao — whose late husband Sandeep Tandon was advisor to Mukesh Ambani — Tandon is widely known for her philanthropic activities, from contributing generously to weddings of girls to holding camps for eye checkups and more, according to locals.

Voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh covering 13 parliamentary constituencies will take place on Monday, with all eyes on the prestigious Kannauj seat from where SP president Akhilesh Yadav is seeking a re-election. Another prominent candidate in the fray in this round is Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, who is contesting from Kheri. Voting will take place in Shahjahanpur (SC), Kheri, Dhaurahra, Sitapur, Hardoi (SC), Misrikh (SC), Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah (SC), Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur and Bahraich (SC). A total of 130 candidates are in the poll fray in this phase.

₹8 crore, which is way higher than the second-class coaches of Mail/Express/Ordinary trains and EMU/MEMU trains. It was reported that Vande Bharat Metro trains will be introduced on five routes to begin with: Agra-Mathura (55km), Delhi-Rewari (83km), Lucknow-Kanpur (73km), Tirupati-Chennai (141km), and Bhubaneswar-Balasore (206km).

Narendra Modi will headline more campaign events on Sunday at Etawah, a known stronghold of the Samajwadi Party (SP), as well as Dhaurahra and Ayodhya in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh. After winding up his scheduled public meetings in Jharkhand and Bihar, PM Modi reached UP on Saturday evening and took out an elaborate roadshow in Kanpur, flanked by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He will address a public meeting in Etawah around 2.45 pm and hold another later in the day at Dhaurahra around 4.45 pm.

Uttar Pradesh on Saturday to campaign for the BJP's candidates for the Kanpur and Akbarpur Lok Sabha seats. A large crowd cheered for the prime minister and waved cutouts of the BJP's election symbol 'lotus' as he greeted them from his car. Modi also visited the Gumati Gurdwara before starting his roadshow. Small children, women and elders lined the streets as the prime minister's motorcade passed through. The crowd shouted slogans and showered flower petals. The prime minister was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the BJP's Kanpur candidate Ramesh Awasthi and Akbarpur candidate Devendra Singh atop the open-hooded vehicle.

NEW DELHI : Short-video platforms such as ShareChat, Chingari and Instagram Reels are immensely popular in India's small towns and non-metro cities, where users spend more than half an hour a day watching content on travel, food, and festivals. A recent Ficci EY report has captured these trends on content consumption, geographical concentration of the audiences, and their demographic profile.

accident in Safipur, Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday. The incident occurred on the Hardoi-Unnao highway near Jamalpur village when a truck collided with a bus, tearing apart one side of the bus. «Six passengers were killed on the spot, and 20 others were injured in the incident,» they said. Police sources said that initially the injured were taken to the community health center, from where they were referred to Kanpur and Unnao for treatment.

Vande Metro trains will begin in July 2024. According to officials aware of the move, these trains will eventually ply to and fro over 100-250 kms distances connecting 124 cities across the country. Identified routes include Lucknow-Kanpur, Agra-Mathura, and Tirupati-Chennai, among others. The trains will focus on carrying passengers between large urban centres and satellite cities, running on existing tracks of Indian Railways. «Vande Metro trains are oriented towards high acceleration with frequent stoppages. These trains will have 12 coaches each, large automatic doors with side seats,» an official working on the project told ET.

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Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are likely to contest the Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli and Amethi seats, respectively, sources told ANI on Thursday. According to the sources, the final decision will be taken after April 26 and nominations can be filed next week. Phase 2 of the elections are scheduled on April 26. In this phase Wayanad from where Rahul Gandhi is contesting will go to the polls. Smriti Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi. Irani has again been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party from the seat. As per the seat agreement between the Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh, Congress will contest 17 seats and the Samajwadi Party the remaining 63 seats in the electorally crucial state. Apart from its traditional strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi, the Congress is also contesting on Varanasi, Ghaziabad and Kanpur.

credit demand during this period is not just limited to larger metros. Kanpur and Barabanki emerged among the top 10 cities by originations (value) in the December 2023 quarter, a quarter marked by festival spending, said a report by credit bureau CRIF Highmark. «The festive season remains a crucial driver for consumption-based lending in India, benefiting both lenders and borrowers” said Sanjeet Dawar, Managing Director, CRIF High Mark. “ What is interesting to note is that credit demand during this period is not just limited to larger geographies. Kanpur and Barabanki emerged among top 10 cities by Originations (value) in Q3 FY24. Cities beyond top 100 by Originations (value) dominated vehicle loans two-wheeler and auto loans as well as consumer durable loans during the last festive season Q3 FY24” Loans such as two-wheelers and consumer durables have seen an increasing share of BT100 cities from Q3 FY23 to Q3 FY24. Overall, the year-on-year growth rate in originations (value) during festive season increased for consumer durables and home loans in Q3 FY24 compared to Q3 FY23.

State Bank of India (SBI) and NPCI Bharat BillPay have partnered to onboard SBI NCMC cards on the Bharat BillPay platform to further improve traveller convenience. According to the NPCI press release dated April 18, 2024, this will make it easier for users to top up or recharge their cards online, preventing long lines and guaranteeing a hassle-free experience. Where can it be used now? With SBI NCMC cards for Noida Metro, Nagpur Metro, MMRDA Line 2A & 7, Chennai Metro, Kanpur Metro, and Parliament Canteen via the bank's Bharat BillPay-enabled application, SBI Unipay, the category is now operational, and other frontend platforms will shortly go live with the service.

https://www.rbi.org.in/. The bank categorises bank holidays into three groups— holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, holidays under the Negotiable Instruments Act, and Real-Time Gross Settlement Holidays. Ram Navami, one of the major Hindu festivals, commemorates Lord Rama's birth anniversary and is observed as a bank holiday in most states of the country.

UPSC CSE Result 2023 Declared: Aditya Srivastava, the topper of the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2023, hails from Lucknow and completed his schooling at City Montessori School (CMS), Aliganj branch in Lucknow. He had also topped in his 12th class by obtaining 95 per cent. He cleared the UPSC CSE 2023 with electrical engineering as an optional subject.