Sunday 13 May 2012

India Post Released a Commemorative postal stamp for " R. Venkatraman , Former President Of India " on 18th April 2012.

 
 

Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved Vacancies for Persons with Disabilities.

No. 36038/2/2008-Estt.(Res.) 
Government of India 
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 
Department of Personnel and Training 
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North Block, New Delhi 
dated 10th  May, 2012 

OFFICE MEMORANDUM  

Subject : Special Recruitment Drive for filling up backlog reserved vacancies for Persons with Disabilities. 

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated 9 th  April, 2012 (copy enclosed) whereby all the Ministries/Departments were requested to send the final report about the outcome of the Special Recruitment Drive by 30.4.2012. As already informed the Cabinet has to be apprised about the final outcome of the Drive. 

2.  The Ministries/Departments are again requested to send the final report of the Special Recruitment Drive to this Department urgently and latest by 21 st  May, 2012 so that the Cabinet be apprised about the outcome at the earliest. 

(Sharad Kumar Srivastava) 
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India 
Telefax: 23092110 

How To Be Safe From Online Frauds

Fraud is a term used to describe the situation in which some person or business uses your personal information in a manner which you did not permit them to. These days there is much online activity happening and many business transactions of things we buy over the internet expose sensitive information and we need to make sure that this is done cautiously and in a safe manner. To make sure you are safe while interacting with people through the internet you can take 5 simple measures.


1. Don’t give your password to anyone
This is something we have all been told but everyone doesn’t seem to see the importance. Giving out your password even to a friend or someone who wouldn’t harm you can be dangerous. However if you do happen to give it out change it as soon as you can.
The reason is that even though that individual may not have any intention to harm you can never control or always which sort of a computer they are using when signing in to your account. If there is key logger active on the computer they use your account information through, someone can get access to your account. Do things through your account and even sift through financial records.
2. Anti-virus software
A good antivirus is critical for your computers wellbeing and your online safety. Though its no good having an out of date antivirus therefore it is of even more importance to make sure your antivirus is continually updated and matches the latest releases. Hackers and those trying to break in to your account are always at work you need an antivirus that is updated with latest developments. AVG is great choice for antivirus. And it’s free.
3. Don’t open emails from people you don’t know
Emails are a gateway and source for viruses to enter your computer. More so opening mails from people you don’t know would usually provide you with a link of a site you frequently use or is reasonably familiar. That is not the real site but a phishing site. Phishing sites are those which are fake versions of real sites and you are required to login or update account information and in doing so you hand your information over to the people that were looking for it. Generally such emails are known to have foreign origins coming from countries such as Russia and India, and nearly all of them are waiting on you to click on that email to make their way in.
4. Don’t leave your full name after your comment
Your full name is important information and can be used to trace it all the way back to your account and its information. Even posting pictures of your self can be dangerous as that same picture can be used for a fake ID.
 5. Use online storage
Rather than keeping copies on your machine use an online backup storage company like Mozy or Livedrivethat way if your computer does get stolen or damaged you can still access your information and its much easier to get back up and running again.
With these simple steps you can insure greater safety for your information and money.
Author Bio
This is a guest post contributed by Alysa Jeff, she is a technology lover girl, she writes for Blackberry Spyware to disseminate information to people regarding all the Innovation in the field of technology. She likes to communicate to people regarding all the latest update in gadget and App world and tell them about the features and advantages of App.

Online interface for Indian Railway’s National Train Enquiry System (NTES)

TrainEnquiry.com – an online interface for Indian Railway’s National Train Enquiry System (NTES) is preparing itself for a new look and functionality – more tuned to the needs of modern-day Indian Railways passengers and their expectations of online user experience.


Whats New?
·    Faster, convenient and easy to navigate.
·    Improved Search Capability – Remembering train numbers could become a thing in the past
·    Information consistency – now much better insights into train/station related information.
·    Powered by more intelligent and robust train-timing prediction engine.
·    Personalization capabilities for fast reuse.
·    Reduced clutter associated with unwanted broadcasts/advertisements
We are opening up this new version of TrainEnquiry.com for a limited Beta leading up to an official release in a few weeks. You have been selected by Indian Railways to get a first look at this newly designed site.

If you choose to accept this offer, this new version will be activated for your future visits to TrainEnquiry.com. You will have the option to switch back to the older version during the Beta phase.

Delivering the promise of the Internet

4G is the next generation of mobile communications that promises home broadband-like experience on wireless networks. File photo.
 
AP 4G is the next generation of mobile communications that promises home broadband-like experience on wireless networks. File photo. 
 
This week, Bangalore became the second 4G-enabled city in the country after Kolkata
This week, amid much fanfare, telecom major Airtel launched its 4G services in Bangalore, making it the second 4G-enabled city in the country after Kolkata.
Airtel's fourth generation mobile broadband services are rolled out on the high-speed TD-LTE (Time Division Long-Term Evolution) network. With this, India becomes part of the few countries that have commercially deployed this cutting-edge technology believed to become the de-facto standard for 4G in the coming years.
4G is the next generation of mobile communications that promises home broadband-like experience on wireless networks. Currently, Airtel offers a connection through a dongle or a Wi-Fi gateway (priced at Rs. 7,999 and Rs. 7,550, respectively), so the focus is on data and services, with no voice and text capabilities as of now (unless over VoIP).
This also perhaps has to do with the fact that 4G-enabled mobile devices are expensive, and even if introduced, will cater to an even more niche segment that 3G has. Alluding to pricing issues, at the launch, Bharti Airtel Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Kapoor said mobile telephony tariffs were “unsustainable”. However, industry watchers believe that the game changer in the 4G scene will be Reliance Telecom (reportedly conducting 4G pilots now), the only company to own pan-India spectrum.

What is 4G?

Now, if you're just about coming to terms with what 3G is, and are a bit at sea about these various generations and what they've come to represent, the simple bottom line is that it is a way to browse faster, download and stream more content, and even access multiple services. 4G is believed to be the technology that will deliver the promise of the Internet: not just to browse faster, but do much more on the move. Once service providers start offering services, you will probably be able to experience the stuff that sci-fi of the eighties was made up of: a ‘smart home' or schools becoming redundant because teachers are able to deliver lectures online to children in a hundred villages at a time.
In its primer to the media, Airtel says that download speeds on its 4G networks can reach up to 40 mbps and uploads up to 20 mbps, on the move. However, the technical peak speed requirements (prescribed by the International Telecommunications Union – Radio) for 4G service is 100 megabits per seconds (mbps) for high mobility communication (that is while on the move in vehicles) and 1 gigabit per second for low-mobility communication.

The key difference

Technology-wise, what distinguishes a 4G network from others is that it uses packet data switching techniques (it does not support traditional circuit-switched telephony service).
While the frequency used for 2G, 3G and 4G is the same, the modulation differs.
However, in the case of 4G, the key difference from 3G is the introduction of the concept of time slots for each user.
While State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. and a few others launched 4G using WiMax technology a few years ago, 4G on an LTE backbone is being launched for the first time by Airtel in India.
World over, India is among a handful of countries that have launched 4G/LTE.
Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, was launched in Scandinavia in 2009. It is called ‘evolution' because it eventually hopes to evolve into actual defined 4G. While this launch has put Indian on the global map, given the partial success of 3G, there's ample room for some healthy scepticism here.
Inaugurating the first launch in Kolkata, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal too commented on the low penetration of 3G technology, observing that “the benefits [of 3G] are not yet seen by the aam aadmi”.
Cost is a major reason for this slow uptake. In a price-sensitive market like India, a device that costs over four times that of a regular dongle is unlikely to find a large number of takers. However, the rental costs announced now are comparable to 3G services.
Another issue that 3G users face is poor network coverage, something that Airtel hopes to set right with LTE. The geographical coverage of Airtel's 4G network is around 25 per cent, and it plans to introduce these services in Hubli, Mysore and Mangalore.
Airtel has handed over the task of deploying and managing its network infrastructure to Chinese networking major Huawei, which already has a 45 per cent market share in providing hardware services to Indian telecom operators. With an eye on the 4G rollout, Huawei too, in recent months, has scaled up its India operations (technology, investments and human resources) and announced plans to set up a technology centre.
Another Chinese firm, ZTE, is managing the device and network requirements in the Kolkata circle, while Maharashtra is reportedly being handled by Nokia Siemens.

Promise of 4G

Kaustav Ghosh, adviser, PricewaterhouseCoopers, says that currently while the focus is on retail, telcos have to also look at the enterprise businesses and work towards the convergence of telcos and utilities such as ‘smart homes', where you can access utility platforms such as smart meters or operate appliances through your phone. “Areas such as education and healthcare are where we can really make a difference if you can penetrate rural areas,” he says.

Announcement of vacancies for PS Group B Examination

The PS Group B Examination is scheduled to be held on 03.06.2012. But the vacancies for the Examination is yet to be notified by the Directorate. Department has taken decision to conduct PS Group ‘B’ exam on 3rd June, may be under old recruitment rules only. As per the calculations made by the IP/ASP association of Punjab circle, Vacancies predicted for the PS Group B Examination under each category as per existing recruitment rules are around 19 for IP Line in 165 point roster and 2 for General line in 52 point roster. 
 
 
 
 
Source : IP/ASP association Punjab Circle Blog

Microsoft revamps Bing search with help from Facebook

A screenshot provided by Microsoft shows changes to Bing's website, which will reshape how Bing displays its search results.
AP/Microsoft A screenshot provided by Microsoft shows changes to Bing's website, which will reshape how Bing displays its search results.
Microsoft announced its biggest-ever revamp of its Bing search engine on Thursday, saying it would use information from users’ Facebook accounts to mimic how questions are answered in the real world: by asking friends who might know.
The extensive redesign is aimed at helping bridge the stubborn gap with Google, which still serves some two thirds of all U.S. web searches compared to 15 per cent for Microsoft’s Bing. Bing also powers Yahoo’s search technology, which accounts for a further 14 per cent of searches.
Microsoft launched Bing three years ago, investing more than 6 billion dollars on the project so far, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The new Bing platform will roll out in the U.S. in the coming days, said Microsoft executive Qi Lu, and will feature three different columns on the page. The first column features traditional web links, while the middle column, called Snapshot, is reserved for actions related to those searches, such as viewing movie trailers or booking tickets. The third panel, called “Sidebar,” will feature answers from relevant people on Facebook and Twitter and will soon be expanded to include other social networks such as LinkedIn.
“People are using the Web to do things in the real world, and that’s a big change from where things were a decade ago,” Bing senior director Stefan Weitz said. “And so the 10 blue links that search has been predicated on for the last decade no longer makes sense. Simply put, that’s not how you get things done.”