Class 10 CBSE Results, Flipkart Devalued And Other Major Stories From Today!

1. Girls Outshine Boys In The Class 10 CBSE Exams, 96.21 Percent Qualify For Higher Education

With a pass percentage of 96.36 per cent, girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class 10 exams, the results of which were declared on Saturday.

The boys registered a pass percentage of 96.11 percent. Overall the pass percentage this year is 96.21, which has come down from 97.32 percent in the previous year.

A total of 14,91,293 candidates were registered for Class X examination, an increase of about 8.5 per cent candidates over last year.

2. More Troubles For Flipkart, Morgan Stanley Slashes Its Market Value By 15.5%

The market troubles of Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart only seem to be growing. While it is embroiled in a controversy over the delay in appointments of IIM campus recruits, on the other side the company is facing devaluation from rating agencies.

On Friday, Morgan Stanley marked down the valuation of the e-commerce retailer's shares by 15.5 percent.

This is the second time Morgan Stanley has done this, effectively bringing down Flipkart¡¯s valuation to $ 9.39 billion from the highs of $ 15.2 billion in June 2015.

3. 30% Of Hindu, Muslim Women In India Are Married Off As Children, Reveals Census Data

One in three women in India from Hindu, Muslim communities were married before their 18th birthday, the official statistics on married women released on Friday has revealed.

Rajasthan leads the country in child marriages with 10.29 lakh or 2.88% of 3.57 crore married people before they completed the first decade of their life. This is followed by Andhra Pradesh (2.70%), Maharashtra (2.57%), Karnataka (2.43%), Uttar Pradesh (2.10) and Gujarat (2.09%).

4. Companies Should Define Hiring Policy, Demand IIMs After Flipkart, Other Startups Backtrack From Placements

Some of the startups have, after making their offers, reduced the compensation they had promised to pay the freshers. As a result, the IITs have allowed all the affected students to re-register for placements.

With Flipkart deferring the joining dates of 18 graduates of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) by six months, the premier business school is set to draft new guidelines for placements to avoid such episodes in the future.

5. This Rajasthan Village Has No Concrete Houses Because Residents Believe It Will Bring Disaster

Devmali, a small village in Ajmer district, is like a picture postcard from medieval times, untouched by the parameters of modernisation and development. All houses are made of mud thanks to a popular belief that the village will face a calamity if a single pucca house is constructed.

Most of the kitchens use a `chulha' and even though some houses have power connections, villagers have opted not to use air coolers or air conditioners.

6. Brave Hangpan Dada Shot Dead Four Terrorists Trying To Infiltrate India Before Succumbing To His Injuries

Havildar Hangpan Dada of 5 Rashtriya Rifles made his motherland proud when he laid down his life, fighting to keep his countrymen safe.

The soldier fought bravely against a group of heavily armed terrorists who crossed over to Shamsabari range on the Indian side of Kashmir from PoK. Army said Dada had spotted the terrorist movement and wasted no time in leading the team to engage them in an encounter that started on Thursday and went on for 24 hours.