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Academia gives a thumbs down to BJP's plan for more IITs, IIMs

Omar Abdullah tweets its a terrible idea

TCS bags 5-year contract to conduct CAT

Beats half a dozen firms to secure the Rs 29-cr deal with IIMs

Easing likely in margins of private oil refiners

Capacity being steadily added abroad, beside surge in US output, which also has a cost advantage

IT sector beats financial firms in salary payouts for white-collar jobs

In 2013-14, Rs 1.2 lakh crore was spent on salary & wages by IT companies, compared with Rs 1.06 lakh crore by financial services firms

Students shun Russia for China

Admissions to medical colleges take place between August and November

MBAs would do well to look beyond traditional sectors for jobs: GMAC

Survey found that job seekers in these sectors were more likely to have an early job offer than those searching in larger, more traditional fields

BPCL plans office in Singapore to boost crude oil trading

Singapore office would facilitate crude procurement, trade in energy derivatives, international financing and other joint ventures in future

HC directs IITs to seek student feedback before evaluating JEE papers

Unsuccessful bidders question award of CAT contract to TCS

Say request for proposal mentioned IIMs wanted an assessment partner, but a software firm was chosen

Number of women candidates at ISB at 30%

Total number of students is 763 with 553 students in Hyderabad campus and 210 students in Mohali campus

OilMin draws up priority list

Ministry highlights that production sharing contracts should have been revised based on experiences derived from working on existing PSCs

Higher GRMs, forex gains boost Essar Oil's profit

The company reported a net profit of Rs 1,008 crore in the January-March 2014 quarter, up from Rs 200 crore a year earlier

BJP Manifesto: Energy

In its election manifesto BJP says it'll focus on development of energy infrastructure, human resource development and upgradation of technology

B-schools reduce seats, cut fees to attract students

Tough admission season ahead

HDFC's school foray delayed by two years

Land aquisition hassels resulting in the delay

Lottery to choose fuel retailers soon

Companies say this will not only help contain cost of setting up retail outlets but also bring in greater transparency to process of short-listing retailers

ONGC, Reliance, British Gas to abandon Tapti gas field

The JV partners submit proposal to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for early abandonment of the field

IDFC will need 10,000-strong workforce in two years

Head hunters say the focus for existing banks would be on retaining key talent

Hiring blues: Campus placements at IITs lose steam in phase-II

Highest salary package offered and number of students placed decline compared to those in phase-I

ONGC's non-tax dole to govt touches Rs 50,000 cr this fiscal

ONGC and Oil India knew, in a bad market, the onus to meet the government's aim to narrow its budget deficit would fall on them