CBSE Class 10 results: Pass percentage dips to 90.95 from 96.21

June 3, 2017

New Delhi, June 03: The Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) on Saturday released the results of Class 10 exams.

The results for Allahabad, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun and Thiruvananthapuram Regions have been declared for now. The CBSE said in its website that the results of the other regions would be declared soon.

The pass percentage for the class 10 exams has fallen to 90.95 % from 96.21 % last year, registering a dip of over 5%.

Students can check the following websites to know their grades:

www.cbseresults.nic.in OR www.cbse.nic.in OR www.results.nic.in Students can also log into Microsoft Bing.

A total of 16,67,573 candidates appeared for the exams. On May 28, the board declared the results of Class XII exams. It saw a dip of over one per cent in the pass percentage.

It may noted that the results of Class 10 and 12 exams were withheld after a Delhi High Court order of May 24 asked the board to evaluate the exams in accordance with the marks moderation policy. The same day, the board sought legal opinion on whether it should challenge the court order. To avoid a delay in the declaration of the results, the board decided not to approach the Supreme Court and the Class 12 results were announced on May 28.

To comply with the court order, the CBSE will have to re-evaluate the papers.

The marks moderation policy was basically devised to award grace marks to students who may otherwise fail by falling short of a few marks to pass the exams. It also makes up for difficult question papers or confusing or inarticulate questions, which put students at disadvantage.

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Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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