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Girls outshine boys in J-K higher secondary school exam

Girls outshone boys in the Higher Secondary School Examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE).…

PTI | Srinagar | January 11, 2018 2:05 pm | Updated : March 18, 2024 4:15 pm

Girls outshine boys in J-K higher secondary school exam

Girls outshone boys in the Higher Secondary School Examinations conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE).

The results for the same were declared on Thursday.

According to BOSE officials, 33,893 of the 55,163 candidates qualified the examination held in November last.

While the overall pass percentage was 61.44, more girls (64.31 per cent) passed the examination compared to boys (58.92 per cent), they said.

# India

Rich tributes paid to Ladakhi shepherd who alerted Indian Army in 1999 about Pakistani intrusion in Kargil

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# India

No mention of Jammu and Kashmir in UNGA resolution tabled by Pakistan, say MEA sources

There have been some misleading foreign media reports about a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday, adding that it is an annual resolution tabled by Pakistan in the Third Committee.

# India

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