Monthly Archives: February 2018

21 Feb

List of 71st British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) Winners 2018

Complete List of 2018 BAFTA Awards Winners:

Best Film – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director – Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water
Best Actress – Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor – Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Outstanding British Film – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Supporting Actress – Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Best Supporting Actor – Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049

Original Screenplay – Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Adapted Screenplay – James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name
British Short Film – Cowboy Dave British Short Animation – Poles Apart
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer – I Am Not a Witch, Rungano Nyoni (writer/director), Emily Morgan (producer)

Special Visual Effects – Blade Runner 2049Best Animated Film – Coco
Best Film Not in The English Language – The HandmaidenBest Documentary – I Am Not Your Negro
Best Production Design – Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau, The Shape of Water
Best Editing – Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss Baby Driver
Best Sound – Dunkirk

Best Original Music – The Shape of Water
Best Costume Design – Phantom Thread
Best Make Up & Hair – Darkest Hour
The Ee Rising Star Award – Daniel Kaluuya

04 Feb

SSC CHSL (10+2) Exam Dates 2017-2018

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced that there is a typing mistake in exam dates of SSC CHSL 2017 in SSC Exam Calendar.

Earlier, in the ‘Annual Calendar of SSC Exams 2018-19‘ released on the 1st February 2018, the organization has stated that the SSC CHSL Exam 2017 will be held during 4th April 2018 to 26th April 2018.

But in a recently released notice the SSC corrected the dates of SSC CHSL 2107 as 4th March 2018 to 26th March 2018 (as given in the Notice of Examination). Check complete details here on SSC website.

04 Feb

PM Narendra Modi Launched Self-Help Book ‘Exam Warriors’

To help students’ tackle board exams stress, PM Narendra Modi authored Self-Help Book ‘Exam Warriors’ which is launched by the Union Minister for External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj and the Union Minister for Human Resource Development in New Delhi.

Exam Warriors is a handy guide for students in India and across the world. The book seeks to add to the debate and discourse around the importance of stress-free examinations and the need to pursue knowledge over marks.

The book is the fifth book written by the Prime Minister and the first one on the need to develop stress-free attitude to exams.

The book is catered for young minds, the books also incorporates interactive elements such as bar codes for e-reading. It compiles nuggets from his radio addresses and anecdotes from his own life on how he coped with stress during exams. It inspires students to take up creative and physical activities to deal with stress.

The book is said to be interactive, with illustrations, activities and yoga exercises, and “intended to be a friend to youths not only in acing exams but also in facing life”. Best of all, the PM also has suggestions in his book on what to after the stressful exams are over.The book has been published by Penguin India. It is currently in English, but will be published in multiple languages.

You can buy the book “Exam Warriors” here.