Daily Vocabulary Dose 16th August 2016

1. Stupendous- extremely impressive
2. Elude- escape from a danger or an enemy in a skilful way
3. Slamming- shot (a door or window) forcefully and loudly, To criticise severely
4. Culminate- reach a climax or a point of highest development
5. Surveillance- the act of watching someone or something in order to prevent or detect crime
6. Lease- a contract outlining the terms under which one party agrees to rent property owned by another party
7. Massacred- deliberately and brutally kill many people
8. Vigilant- keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
9. Atrocities- an extremely cruel act typically one involving physical injury

NEET 2016 RESULT DECLARED

NEET 2016 result has been declared before the scheduled time. The result was expected to declare on 17th August 2016. However the result was declared a day before on 16th August. The cut off for unreserved students is 145. Surprisingly the cut off for OBC, SC and ST remains same at 118. Result can be checked at www.aipmt.nic.in

Dipa Karmakar- Lost Medal ; Won Hearts

Dipa Karmakar has become a name familiar to the world after she represented India at 2016 Summer Olympics. She has become the first Indian gymnast to compete in the Olympics. She stood fourth in the fault final thus losing the bronze medal. However, she won many hearts with her Produnova vault. She finished her two vaults for an average of 15.066 and missed the medal by 0.15 of a point. The 23-year old from Tripura left behind gymnasts from China, North Korea, Uzbekistan and Canada who were more qualified than her. Simon Biles of US won the gold medal, followed by Maria Paseka of Russia and Giulia Steingruben of Switzerland who won the silver and the bronze medal respects.
After her performance in Rio on 15th August 2016, Karmakar told the Indian media, "My target is gold for life." We wish her best of luck and hope that she keeps making India proud.

ASK THE LEARNING ERA : Hi, I am pursuing English honors,and I am looking forward towards a profession other than that of a teacher.. Please suggest me other possible career options with a high rate of career growth probability..

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Scope after B.A. in English

Hello readers! This post is for all those who are pursuing B.A. in English also known as English (Honours). You must have wondered what you should do after completing your graduation. This article may help you find your dream career. Read on!
 You could either continue your further studies by pursuing masters degree or you could go for a job right after your graduation. I will deal with both these aspects one by one.
FURTHER STUDIES AFTER B.A. IN ENGLISH
You can pursue masters degree in English (M.A. in English). After that you can be a lecturer or a teacher. Lecturer job is a promising one both in government and private sector.
Apart from this you can pursue MBA after graduation. Several exams like CAT, XAT, SNAP are conducted every year. Many B-schools accept the marks of these exams. One thing to be kept in mind is that even Maths is asked in these exams.  But you could work on it with a bit of effort. You could join a coaching to improve yourself in Maths. The reason why I am emphasising on MBA entrance exams is that these also consists of English as a section. Since you are an English graduate, you will be having a better edge over this section compared to other students.
You can also go for journalism. You can pursue masters degree in journalism from a reputed college. There are different courses available for journalism. Find out what will be good for you. Some of the career options after journalism are news anchor, RJ, reporter in newspapers and news channels, dialogue writer etc.
You can also pursue LLB after your graduation and become a lawyer.
JOB AFTER B.A. IN ENGLISH
To begin with, let me introduce you with the government jobs. Government jobs are the most sought after job by graduates of every discipline. You can go for SSC, IBPS, railway and LIC exams. All these exams consists of English section which will be an advantage for you. Government jobs are quite reliable as well as respectable.
You can work as a career counselor. You can go for freelance writing job. You can be an author.
You can open up a coaching class. Coaching classes need a bit of struggle in the beginning but once you are well established, it's quite a lucrative job. You can also open up a spoken English class and help people improving their spoken English. Lots of private firms and private banks are always in search of English graduates. You could also go in the field of advertising. Script writing is another good option for you.  You just need to keep yourself updated with the recruiters issued by the companies.