One of the popular faces of Indian television, Rubina Dilaik has been locked for Bigg Boss season 14. The actress became a household name with the portrayal of Choti Bahu on small screen. However, post the show her career did not go the way it was expected. The actress made a comeback in 2016 with Shakti: Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and enjoyed immense popularity. The actress played a transgender in the show. Rubina is entering Bigg Boss 14 with her husband Abhinav Shukla

02 Abhinav Shukla

The actor’s last outing on TV was Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka where he played an abusive husband. But in real- life he is madly in love with his wife Rubina Dilaik. The two love adventure in real-life and will be seen in the show together.

03  ​Eijaz Khan

The TV heartthrob has been a part of the entertainment industry for two decades and has worked in many Bollywood films and TV shows. His most prominent works are Kkavyanjali, Tanu weds Manu to name a few. The actor has been in the news for his love affairs and personal life.

04 ​Jasmin Bhasin

The TV actress is not new to a reality show, she has done Khatron Ke Khiladi season 9 and was one of the entertaining contestants on the show. Apart from KKK, the actress has done daily soaps like Tashne-E-Ishq, Dil Se Dil Tak, Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji, Naagin 4 amongst others. Last year the actress had come into the show to support her good friend Sidharth Shukla.

05 Nishant Singh Malkani

The actor has also been part of the TV industry for a long time now. He has done TV shows like Ram Milayi Jodi, Guddan Tumse Na Ho Paayega. He has sculpted physique and a charming smile which can make him quite popular amongst female contestants.

06 Pavitra Punia

The actress, who has entertained one and all in her hot vamp avatars is all set to be seen as one of the contestants on Bigg Boss 14. She is known for her strong headed attitude and outspoken nature. The actress has been in the news for her relationship. She has dated Bigg Boss 13 contestant Paras Chhabra.

07 ​Nikki Tamboli

The South Indian actress has already impressed host Salman Khan with her antics in the promos of Bigg Boss 14. Nikki has been sharing glamorous photos of hers on her social media accounts. Going by the promo the actress it seems is too excited and all set to a part of the show

08 ​Sara Gurpal

Last year, Shehnaz Gill proved to be a surprise package on Bigg Boss 13 and the makers have brought another contestant from Punjab this year. On Bigg Boss 14 viewers will get to see Punjabi singer and actor, Sara Gurpal as one of the contestants. Because of Shehnaaz Gill, Himanshi Khurana’s performance, expectations are a lot high from Sara Gurpal on the show.

09 Rahul Vaidya

The Indian Idol contestant’s name has been part of rumoured list every year, but this time the talented singer has agreed to be on the show. Rahul has been part of several other music shows on television including Music Ka Maha Muqqabla and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar.

10 Shehzad Deol

Ace of Space fame Shehzad Deol is also not new to reality shows. The good-looking Punjabi munda is definitely one of the hottest boys this season and is someone who knows how reality shows work.

11 Jaan Kumar Sanu

The legendary singer Kumar Sanu’s son was one of the first contestants to be confirmed by host Salman Khan. He had introduced him at the virtual press conference of the reality show. The young singer has been singing since his childhood days. He first released his music album at the age of 8 called Tomhra Shunbe Toh. His name was also recorded in the Limca Book of Records for being the youngest singer to release his own album.

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How to watch Bigg Boss 14 using Voot on PC ?

1. Open Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or any web browser of your choice on your Windows PC or Mac.
2. Head over to www.voot.com.
3. Sign in or register on the website using your email ID and other details.
4. Search for Bigg Boss and start streaming it.

How to watch Bigg Boss 14 using Voot on iPhone?

1. Head over to the Apple App Store.
2. Search for Voot.
3. Download and install the application.
4. Open the app and sign in using your credentials. If required, register for new login credentials.
5. Search for Bigg Boss and start streaming the latest season.

How to watch Bigg Boss 14 using Voot on Android?

1. Open Google Play Store on your Android smartphone.
2. Use the search bar to find the Voot app.
3. Download and install the application on to your smartphone.
4. Open the Voot app.
5. Login or register.
6. Tap on the Bigg Boss banner or search for the show to start streaming it online.

Do note that in order to watch Bigg Boss episodes 24 hours ahead of people watching it on TV, you will require the premium plan of Voot. The plan also brings other benefits like exclusive unseen and uncut scenes from Bigg Boss, ad-free experience and much more. Voot currently offers a month plan at Rs. 99 and a yearly plan at Rs. 499.

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• રિલાયન્સ, એશિયન પેઈન્ટ્સ, એક્સિસ બેન્ક, અલ્ટ્રાટેક સિમેન્ટ, ઈન્ડસઈન્ડ બેન્કના શેર વધ્યા
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This year, there were no exams because the United Kingdom locked itself down against COVID-19. Instead, teachers supplied predicted grades. Teachers make these predictions every year, and it is with these in mind that universities make the offer of a place. Offers are made either unconditionally or with the proviso that the predictions are realized or bettered. In recent years, more and more offers have been made unconditionally, and these now comprise around a third of the total.

The Algorithm

This year was also different because, when the results were issued on August 13, it was obvious that Ofqual had intervened. The grades awarded to many students bore little resemblance to the schools’ predictions. Worried that teachers were being too generous and that this would undermine the credibility of the exams, Ofqual devised and applied a mathematical formula to moderate the results. The algorithm took account of the students’ mock results and the performance of each school in previous years, amongst other variables. The calculations determined that 40% of grades should be reduced. This threw offers and plans into doubt, causing umbrage among students, parents, teachers and universities.

Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, stuck resolutely to his guns. By August 17, he had abandoned them, and the original predicted results were reinstated. Williamson had been blindsided by Ofqual, he claimed, and only became aware of the full implications of the recalculations over the weekend. Ofqual struck back, saying that Williamson had known difficulties were brewing ever since March, when he ordered the regulator to adjust grades if they appeared inflated.

It was then made known that the head of Ofqual, Roger Taylor, established and ran a firm implicated in the Mid Staffs Hospital scandal. His firm, Dr Foster,  had come up with an algorithm enabling the hospital to present its mortality rates as low when, in fact, they were dangerously high and its patients were being dreadfully mistreated.

Just what had Gavin Williamson been levelling at? The entire mess was completely avoidable and unnecessary. No exams had been taken, so there were no exams to be brought into disrepute. And there had been no exams because of exceptional circumstances. So why treat the teacher’s predictions as an assault on standards, especially when predictions are made every year and unconditional offers are issued to a fair proportion of students as a matter of course?

Whatever the answer, the response was immediate. Gasps of disbelief at the secretary’s sheer incompetence (“He’s fucking useless,” declared one vice chancellor) were combined with emotional outbursts from students worried that their lives had been ruined, from parents trying to deal with the fallout at home, and from university staff whose summer breaks were interrupted.

All parties most likely suspected that things would eventually sort themselves out if only because chancellors are desperate to fill seats. Having said that, the government and Ofqual displayed a complete absence of trust in teachers and schools. Most disgraceful was the treatment of students with potential and drive who had worked hard against the odds in schools assessed as poor over the last few years. At a macro-level, it meant that the proportion of the most deprived pupils (the bottom third) who achieved a Grade C or better fell by nearly 11%, while the independent schools saw their proportion of A and A* grades increase by nearly 5%.

An education secretary, whose only claim to the job is that he was not educated at an independent school and did not go to Oxford or Cambridge, willfully took away the ladder from the very kids it is meant for. A more callous and spiteful decision in the name of equality is difficult to imagine. However, the farrago matters for another, even more important, reason. It illustrates just how superficial education has become.

Grades Are Everything

The A-levels are not just a passport to university. A school whose students’ average grades fall too far will come under greater scrutiny from the government, which can end in sanctions of one sort or another. These include changing staff pay and conditions; removing staff and governing bodies; turning the school’s budget over to an interim board; closing the school; or handing it (minus its former staff) to an academy. Academies, though state-funded, have more control over management, curriculum, pay, the selection of students and staff, and the freedom to attract money from private sponsors.

Of the 3,400 or so state-funded secondary schools (3.25 million pupils), nearly three-quarters (about 2.3 million children) are now academies. If an academy fails, then it, too, is either absorbed by a more successful one or closed. Independent schools judged to be failing can also find themselves in trouble. For instance, they may be prohibited from taking on new pupils, fined or closed. Proprietors who do not respond adequately to enforcement notices can end up in prison.

Grades, then, have come to mean everything. And because they mean everything, what they are supposed to signify has come to mean very little at all. The education system — and “system” is a good description — barely manages to educate. Where a good education is found in English schools, it is provided by teachers and parents despite the vast amount of nonsensical instructions (misleadingly entitled “guidelines”) issued by the government. In these oases of levelheadedness, staff teach outside the system’s narrow confines, helping children to explore more rounded and deeper understandings of the world, introducing them to new ways of thinking.

The problem is not just that teachers are weighed down and worn out by red tape. To avoid falling foul of the government and its quality enforcers, teachers must consume millions of words of legislation, statutory instruments, notices and guidance that lay out in extraordinary detail everyday practice within the school. It is that education — or rather the fulfillment of standards dictated by the government — has become a bureaucratic procedure, a glorified exercise in form-filling, in which content, imagination, experimentation and sustained and unconventional thought no longer matter.

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