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MUMBAI: Samsung Elec-tronics is expecting to re-gain the top slot in the sale of mobile handsets in the Indian market from Xiaomi, driven by new de-vice launches, including its online only M-series phone range, a senior company official said.

Addresssing the media, Samsung Electronics presi-dent and CEO (IT & mobile communications division) DJ Koh, however, stressed that Samsung remained a market leader in the mo-bile segment in terms of revenue.

“They [Xiaomi] are num-ber one in terms of ship-ment, but in terms of rev-enue, Samsung is dominant number one in Indian mar-ket, not only in the fourth quarter of last year but also in the entire 2018, Samsung was number one,” Koh said. “But in terms of number of devices as shipment, I want to bring back my position of being Number 1. We must make products affordable as well as pack in innova-

Samsung eyes top slot in mobiles

tion… I think M series will support volume in India,” he added.

Samsung, had, earli-er this year, launched its online-only smartphones — the M series — with initial three devices priced in the sub- Rs10,000 and Rs 10,000 – Rs 20,000 seg-ments.Market challenges

On the challenges in the Indian market, Koh said: “… the risk is competitors. When the competitors are working, if there is anything to learn, we learn from them…but sometimes they are faster than us… and if it is accepted by local con-sumers, that’s a risk.”

The firm which recently launched its Galaxy S10 line in India, priced be-tween Rs 55,900 and Rs 1,17,900, usually cites GfK data for market share which puts it in the number one spot in the Indian market. On the other hand, reports from firms such as IDC and Counterpoint have been po-sitioning Xiaomi at the top.

NEW DELHI: The Joint En-trance Examination (JEE) Main is scheduled to be con-ducted from April 7, 2019, onwards. The entrance exam, for admission to undergradu-ate-level engineering courses in India, is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Till 2018, JEE Main was held once in a year by the Central Board of Second-ary Education. The first ses-sion of JEE Main was held in January and the second will be conducted in April.

Apart from the drawing test, which is part of the entrance exam for admission to B.Arch courses, the exam is conducted computer-based for the first time this year onwards.JEE Main toppers success strategy

Mode of examination: JEE Main will be available in three languages — Eng-lish, Hindi and Gujarati. Candidates can select the mode of the language of their question papers while filling the application form. Irrespective of the mode of the language of the question paper, candidates can opt for

JEE Main 2019: Know all about exam conducted by NTA the course in any college or language mode.

Age limit: While there is no upper age limit for the JEE Main examination, the official notification by NTA

calls for applications from students “who have cleared class 12 exam in 2017, 2018 and appearing for in 2019”. Additionally, colleges who grant admission on the ba-sis of JEE score have upper age limits. Most engineering colleges have 21 years as the upper age limit.

Year of clearing class 12: In contradiction to the age limit, NTA also specifies that candidates who passed Class 12 exam in 2016 or before as well as those who will appear in 2020 or later are

not eligible to appear in JEE Main 2019.

Qualifying exam: While JEE Main is the qualifying exam for entrance, there also is a minimum eligibility

requirement to appear for JEE Main. Apart from class 12 examination, candidates who have cleared the two-year pre-university exam, the final exam of joint services wing of NDA, senior secondary school exam of NIOS (National Insti-tute of Open Schooling) will also be eligible to appear for JEE Main exam.

Additionally, those who have cleared HSC vocational diploma from AICTE, general certification education (GCE), HSC from Cambridge Uni-versity or IB diploma from

Gevena will be considered but only for admission to IITs.

JEE not just for PCM: Against the normal belief, the JEE Main exam can be attempted by any candidate

who has cleared class 12 with at least five subjects can apply for the exam. Though, the JEE Main quizzes stu-dents on PCM, it is not necessary to have these as main subjects, unlike NEET where Biology has to be one of the main subjects.

It was just recent-ly, that PCM (Physics,

Chemistry and Mathematics) became a must for paper II which is the entrance exam for B Arch courses.

Mathematics more im-portant: While there is no weightage given for physics, chemistry and mathematics as such notified by the NTA, but when it comes to giving preference, in case two or more students have secured same marks, then mathemat-ics is given top most priority followed by physics and then chemistry. In case the marks of students still remain the

same, then priority is given to the student who is elder.

Reservation: Apart from the reservations for SC, ST, OBC, transgender and PWD category candidates, the NTA also allows newly im-plemented EWS (economi-cally weaker section) quota for students. This might aid students in terms of lesser fee for the exam and also colleges have seats reserved under the category, thus one has to mark themselves as EWS candidate to avail the reservation while admis-sion. Proper documents will be needed for the same at the time of admission, candidates who appeared for the January exam will also get a window to mark their category from March 11 to 15.

Number of applications: Candidates need to file just one application form per subject. In case of multiple applications, candidates will lose their candidature as NTA will reject the applica-tions. If someone is applying for both paper I and paper II, they will have to file, one form for each course.