OBC BANK RESULT

Result of Written Examination Held on 18.01.2009 for the Post of Clerk.

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DLF Indian Premier League 2009 to be played outside India

DLF Indian Premier League 2009 to be played outside India most probably in South Africa or England due to reluctance of various state government to provide security measures seeing the General Elections in the country.
So, what will be the consequences ?

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Global Warming

There are lots of evidences that the Earth's surface is warmer today than it was a century ago. As for why this is so, research by thousands of scientists strongly suggests that the cause is the largely uncontrolled and still increasing release of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gases. Yet there remain a few scientists who oppose these conclusions, claiming that either the evidence for significant global warming is unreliable or that, granting the problem, the sources are natural cycles over which we have little or no control.

The conclusions held by leaders in a variety of fields can't help but have a profound impact on social, political, and economic policy. Thus each side has expended considerable effort to convince the public, and through it the political establishment, of the validity of its stance. But because neither has been entirely successful, particularly in the United States, policies have been inconsistent and changeable, subject to partisan wrangling, corporate lobbying, and a general inadequacy of resolve.

The importance of the issue was most forcefully brought to the public's attention with Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Their unusual severity, being among the strongest ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico, reminded a number of network newscasters of recent scientific reports predicting an increase in hurricane severity.

WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL WARMING IS OCCURRING?

If the summarized results of thousands of scientific studies that appear in the Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control-Climate Change 2001, The Scientific Study are valid, the answer is unambiguously that significant global warming is occurring.

Climate scientists define global warming as the measured increase in the mean Earth surface temperature over a specified time interval. The most reliable data are properly averaged over land and ocean surfaces, statistically weighted according to the density of measurements within each equal-area element.

So, according to the IPCC 2001 report, the Earth's surface has warmed by approximately 0.6 degrees Centigrade over the twentieth century.The warming hasn't been uniform over the globe, however. In general it has been greater over the land than the oceans and, probably for that reason, greater over the northern hemisphere than the southern. There is also some speculation that the greater industrial activity, hence greater greenhouse gas emission, in the northern hemisphere may have contributed.

Of particular concern is the rapid temperature rise over the last quarter of the twentieth century. The curve of increasing surface temperature in the twentieth century shows a definite increase in the first part of the century, then an extended plateau over the years 1940 to 1975, and finally the rapid increase.

If the weight of evidence suggests a problem is both real and likely to become more serious with time, most reasonable people would say that doing nothing is the height of folly. Therefore, notwithstanding the aforementioned uncertainties, there remains the fact that an enormous body of well-calibrated observations supports the unambiguous rise in global surface temperature.

HOW SERIOUS ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL WARMING?

It remains necessary to ask if the likely harmful effects of global warming sufficiently outweigh the probable benefits of policies that might have harmful economic consequences. Furthermore, we need to ask about the likely positive effects of global warming? Might the news be good rather than bad?

There is some truth in this latter idea. Moderate global warming will enhance the agricultural productivity over parts of the globe. Climate models haven't advanced to the point of yielding accurate predictions of the detailed effects on all regional climates, but all of the more sophisticated models, in agreement with observations, predict that warming is greatest at the higher northern latitudes. Thus, for example, it seems probable that large areas of Russia and Canada could become more productive as the Earth's surface warms, though this could be offset by insufficient regional rainfall, currently difficult to predict.

But are these benefits likely to significantly offset the known harmful effects of global warming? Let's review the negative consequences.

Perhaps most disturbing is sea-level rise. Water expands with increasing temperature, causing the sea level to rise accordingly. Many of the world's glaciers are also retreating and very few are growing. If greater warming should induce significant melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (anchored in the ocean below sea level) or, worse, a significant part of the Greenland Ice Cap, the rise in sea level could exceed twenty feet or more. The effect on major coastal cities, if warming continues, is likely to become significant by the end of the twenty-first century and will be disastrous or even catastrophic if the warming exceeds moderate increases of a few degrees Fahrenheit.

Many other damaging effects of global warming are known with near certainty. Warming increases the incidence of pathogens responsible for many human and animal diseases. Warming induces changes in weather patterns And warming means that a smaller fraction of the Earth's surface will be covered by snow and ice, which reflect sunlight more effectively than other land and sea surfaces. This increased absorption of sunlight sets in motion an unstable process that further enhances global warming.

IS HUMAN ACTIVITY THE CHIEF CAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING TODAY?

It is often noted by critics of the current consensus that many natural processes might contribute to global warming and that one or more of them may be the dominant driver or drivers. It is therefore necessary to look at this claim and see if it holds up.

The lack of a convincing argument based on solid research for any hypotheses leads us to ask what we humans are doing that may be causing global warming. This leads naturally into an examination of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Unlike the more speculative discussion of possible causes reviewed above, a very strong case can be made that carbon dioxide, in particular, is probably a significant driver, and could well be the dominant driver, of the current rapid rise in global mean surface temperatures.

There is no disagreement over the occurrence of the greenhouse effect to which carbon dioxide contributes. The question becomes how much greenhouse effect is good for us. Carbon dioxide is a well-studied gas that readily absorbs Earth's infrared radiation and reradiates part of it back to the Earth, thus causing warming.

The most effective driver of global warming reported in the IPCC 2001 report identify carbon dioxide as the strongest contributor. To summarize, the extensively studied and well-known greenhouse effects of carbon dioxide are so strong that, combined with its persistence in our atmosphere, we can reasonably conclude that the increasing atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide from human activity is very likely the dominant driver of global warming, and the warming effects will probably become worse with time for several decades, even after the emission rate has subsided.

There are other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Methane is the most important of these, but nitrous oxides also contribute and their concentration is rapidly increasing. All these gases are well mixed and will remain in the atmosphere for many decades. Aerosols also play an important role in global warming, and the effect of most of them, especially the sulphates, is generally toward cooling, as we have learned from the effect of large volcanic eruptions

TOWARD A SOLUTION

Given all this, what can be done? Unfortunately, at this moment, there seem to be no technologically workable schemes for removing enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to make a measurable difference.

There are, after all, things that can be done. Reopening a serious international dialogue, and not just saying a few good words, would be a useful if inadequate start. Not every problem must be solved before the weight of evidence becomes so compelling that certain initial steps become almost mandatory. We already know how to make more fuel-efficient automobiles, yet no national policy has surfaced to accomplish this. The scientific and engineering communities are the ones best suited to identify the scientific research that is still needed and the technical projects that show the greatest promise. These issues should be decided by them and not the politicians. Once solutions look promising, as a few already do, industry will be all too ready to jump in, for at that stage there is money to be made. And only a fool would underestimate human ingenuity when given a proper incentive, or the strength of American industry once the boiler is lit under it.

The important thing is to get started doing some of these things in earnest, and not for us to stick our head in the sand doing business as usual until the water comes in over our eyelids. If we wait long enough, it will.

Source : Internet

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RAS 2007 Fact File and Cut Off

Name of the Exam : Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services 2007

Total Posts 713

Pre Exam 23rd Dec.2007

Total Candidates 2,99,461

Candidates appeared 2,25,000

Result of Prel declared March 2009

Candidates Qualified in Prel 10,120

Mains Exam 30th July to 25th Aug 2008

Candidates qualified in Mains 2,678

Cut off RAS MAINS :

(MAX MARKS : 1300 )

	General	OBC	SC	ST	ST (TSP)
Men	656	656	625	643	541
Women	656	656	595	578	541
PH	521	521	472	490

Departmental Candidates 499

EX-SERVICEMEN 583

RAS 2003 Cut Off

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RAS Mains 2007 result declared

RPSC declared the result of RAS Mains 2007 check out at :

http://rpsc.gov.in/Exams/RAS_March_09/barcodewise.asp

To download the RAS Mains 2007 Result Click Here

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Japan's HRP-4C fashion model robot unveiled

Can you believe that the Japanese lady standing is actually a fashion model robot



HRP-4C has been developed by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.

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Civil Service aspirants hold protest demanding transparency in marking

Dissatisfied with the evaluation process of the Union Public Service Commission, members of a student body, Youth for Justice, held a protest outside the commission on Monday. They demanded more transparency in the evaluation process of the UPSC. The protesters submitted an RTI application to know the process through which “scaling” of a candidate is done — through scaling marks of students are reduced or increased arbitrarily.

more at : INDIAN EXPRESS

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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Official Visit to India

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is on five day official state visit to India. During this she will be meeting various dignitaries. The meeting with Indian President will be really remembering as both head of states are the first woman to become President in their respective countries. Dr Bachelet is polyglot, speaks Spanish, English, German, Portuguese and Frenchand is in the list of most powerful women in the world.The last Chilean Presidential visit to India was by Ricardo Lagos in early 2005

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CPI-M releases election manifesto

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) released its manifesto for the upcoming general elections in New Delhi on March 16. The policy calls for an alternative to Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led alliances
 CPI(M) MANIFESTO

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BJP’s IT Vision Document

The Bharatiya Janata Party today laid out a grand vision for transforming India and empowering Bharat using the power of information technology (IT). Unveiling the BJP’s IT Vision document, the National Democratic Alliance’s prime ministerial candidate Shri LK Advani said, “A future NDA Government, if elected to office in the coming parliamentary elections, would give high priority to the realisation of this vision, which would help India overcome the current economic crisis; create productive employment opportunities on a large scale; accelerate human development through vastly improved and expanded education and healthcare services; check corruption; and make India’s national security more robust.”

Shri Rajnath Singh, Party President, and Shri Arun Shourie, BJP MP and former Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the Vajpayee Government , were also present.

The highlights of the 30-page IT Vision document are:

1. Multipurpose National Identity Card (MNIC) with unique Citizen Identification Number (CIN) for every Indian citizen in 3 years; to replace all other identification systems.
2. 1.2 crore (12 million) new IT-enabled jobs in rural areas.
3. 1 crore (10 million) students to get laptop computers at Rs 10,000. Interest-free loan for anyone unable to afford it.
4. National Digital Highway Development Project to create India's Internet backbone, and Pradhan Mantri Digital Gram Sadak Yojana for last-mile access even in the remotest of villages.
5. Broadband Internet (2 Mbps) in every town and village, at cable TV prices (less than Rs 200/month).
6. All schools and colleges to have Internet-enabled education.
7. 100% financial inclusion through bank accounts, with e-Banking facilities, for all Indian citizens. Direct transfer of welfare funds, preferably to the woman of the house.
8. Every BPL family to be given a free smart mobile phone, which can be used by even illiterate users for accessing their bank accounts.
9. Number of mobile subscribers to be increased from 40 crore at present to 100 crore in five years. Internet users to equal mobile subscribers. India to equal China in every IT parameter in five years.
10. Video conferencing to be made affordable and universally accessible.
11. Primary Health Centre in every village to be linked to the National Telemedicine Service Network. Basic health insurance scheme for every citizen, using the IT platform. Cashless hospitalisation.
12. India’s ranking in the United Nations’ Human Development Index, which is currently 128, to be improved to 50 in five years, with the long-term objective of bringing India within Top Twenty by 2020.
13. Massive expansion in the use of IT in agriculture, rural development, SMEs, retail trade, and informal and unorganised sectors of the economy.
14. National e-Governance Plan to cover every Government office from the Centre to the Panchayats. The ‘E Gram Vishwa Gram’ scheme, launched by Shri Narendra Modi in Gujarat, to be implemented nationwide.
15. Government spending to be made corruption-free. A former Prime Minister had once said, “If I put Rs. 100 in the pipeline in Delhi, only Rs. 15 reach the end beneficiary.” In contrast to Congress governments’ Leaky Pipeline, the BJP’s IT Pipeline will ensure 100% benefit to people. Those who misappropriate public funds will be punished.
16. All post offices to be converted into IT-enabled Multi-Service Outlets. All telephone booths to be upgraded to Internet kiosks.
17. Citizens will have a simple 1-800 BSNL Toll Free Number, which will be accessible 24x7x 365 days of the year, to contact their Member of Parliament.
18. Unlimited VoIP access to all
19. e-Bhasha: National Mission for Promotion of IT in Indian Languages.
20. Special focus to bring women, SC/STs, OBCs and other weaker sections of society within the ambit of IT-enabled development.
21. Use of IT for the protection of India’s priceless cultural and artistic heritage.
22. Government to standardise on ‘open standard’ and ‘open source’ software.
23. Domestic IT hardware industry to be aggressively promoted to minimise dependence on imports.
24. Domestic hosting industry to be promoted to minimise international bandwith charges.
25. An independent body, Digital Security Agency (DSA), to be set up for cyber warfare, cyber counter-terrorism, and cyber security of national digital assets.

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CSIR JRF NOTIFICATION

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for more details visit : www.csirhrdg.res.in

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Bank of Baroda PO Result

Recruitment of Probationary Officers - Project 2008 - Notification of Results

The following are the Roll Numbers of candidates who are found provisionally eligible for appointment as Probationary Officers in JMG/S I on being found medically fit and verification / submission of requisite  certificates / documents:

11100034	11100102	11100405	11100539	11100682	11101026	11301184
11501339	11501525	11501596	11501599	11501607	11701762	11701767
11701786	11701878	11701925	11701935	11701990	11702125	11702291
11702307	11702354	11702662	11702739	11802863	11802864	12100245
12100379	12100424	12100513	12300598	12300599	12300623	12300713
12500906	12500955	12501092	12501194	12501199	12501255	12501256
12602990	12701865	12702094	12702210	12702862	12702885	12803003
12803036	13100003	13100068	13500379	13500436	13700645	14100075
14100116	14100148	14100317	14100620	14100792	14301129	14301182
14301248	14301359	14301373	14501558	14501589	14501692	14501715
14501720	14501885	14501892	14501991	14502024	14502041	14502075
14502124	14502167	14502219	14502248	14502267	14502281	14502289
14502319	14502330	14502363	14702528	14702723	14702734	14703064
14703657	14703668	14703720	14703892	14704111	14704165	14704316
14704476	14704486	14704520	15100497	15101052	15301147	15301201
15501338	15501419	15501440	15501464	15501502	15701590	15701642
15702231	15702370	15702584	15702646	15702809	15703006	15703051

15703069	15703082	15703134	15703313	16100018	16100321	16100547
16100620	16100667	16100788	16100948	16501591	16502385	16502680
16502789	16503062	16503112	16604711	16604770	16604842	16703368
16703649	16703683	16704002	16704351	16704577	16804808	16804831
17100045	17100052	17100066	17100075	17100150	17100185	17100289
17100313	17100394	17100491	17100532	17100551	17100747	17100936
17100975	17101164	17101188	17101227	17101499	17101560	17101699
17101782	17101856	17101971	17302175	17302214	17302223	17302330
17302362	17302364	17302437	17502649	17502698	17502780	17502853
17502991	17503039	17503160	17503281	17503292	17503327	17503350
17503374	17503398	17503430	17503622	17503654	17503661	17503665
17503669	17503780	17503799	17503807	17503826	17503893	17503932
17503940	17503953	17503962	17504025	17504026	17704125	17704126
17704131	17704325	17704476	17704484	17704522	17704674	17704898
17704938	17705093	17705161	17705191	17705234	17705283	17705365
17705373	17705551	17705627	17705719	17706042	17706346	17706523
17706599	17706691	17706805	17706886	17706904	17707099	17707127
17707226	17707287	17707781	17707865	17708347	17708537	17708623
17709033	17709090	17709119	17709147	17709257	17809382	17809391
17809452	17809470	18100006	18300212	18300216	18300261	18300293

18300338	18300372	18500425	18500438	18700747	18700765	19100129
19100691	19100828	19100853	19101042	19301661	19301676	19301835
19301886	19502143	19502249	19502548	19502885	19502907	19503121
19503197	19503631	19703799	19704018	19704631	19704679	19704839
19806348	20100031	20100062	20100136	20100181	20100237	20100372
20100406	20100520	20100534	20100564	20100715	20100756	20100766
20301092	20301109	20301140	20301242	20301306	20301402	20301589
20501704	20501765	20501877	20501890	20501911	20501927	20501929
20501945	20502290	20502317	20502323	20502349	20702409	20702428
20702480	20702508	20702643	20702652	20702735	20702809	20702821
20702866	20702884	20702907	20702958	20702989	20703010	20703085
20703113	20703199	20703240	20703496	20703699	20703703	20703777
20703870	20703877	20703887	20703917	20703929	20704049	20704079
21100045	21100046	21100098	21100109	21100121	21100145	21100187
21100203	21100227	21100304	21100308	21100337	21100389	21100470
21100510	21100667	21100714	21100754	21100789	21100796	21100868
21100931	21100995	21101038	21101071	21101075	21101113	21101124
21101131	21101144	21101183	21101221	21101263	21101270	21101272
21101280	21301327	21301437	21301500	21301553	21301659	21301696
21301701	21301799	21301819	21301857	21301871	21301916	21301937

21301971	21302138	21302195	21302197	21302199	21302269	21302283
21302341	21302420	21302447	21302485	21302620	21302635	21302715
21302736	21302741	21408193	21502747	21502750	21502773	21502778
21502787	21502790	21502791	21502797	21502842	21502853	21502884
21502886	21502891	21502944	21502951	21502977	21502980	21502989
21502993	21503000	21503019	21503025	21503069	21503085	21503129
21503152	21503153	21503192	21503197	21503211	21503224	21503232
21503246	21503248	21503253	21503255	21503314	21503372	21503410
21503433	21503446	21503472	21503478	21503516	21503521	21503534
21503543	21503549	21503584	21503592	21503646	21503651	21503654
21503659	21503674	21503737	21503751	21503837	21503842	21503852
21503861	21503915	21503924	21503931	21503934	21503944	21503965
21504009	21504031	21504067	21504090	21608207	21608237	21608239
21704112	21704129	21704171	21704242	21704332	21704360	21704431
21704443	21704489	21704526	21704572	21704666	21704685	21704725
21704779	21704796	21705060	21705085	21705100	21705126	21705212
21705222	21705229	21705239	21705354	21705360	21705529	21705668
21705686	21705740	21705812	21706077	21706122	21706133	21706138
21706155	21706162	21706218	21706321	21706324	21706336	21706345
21706413	21706428	21706580	21706651	21706743	21706791	21706831

21706844	21706861	21706863	21706889	21706939	21706975	21707020
21707050	21707220	21707237	21707267	21707279	21707317	21707352
21707430	21707493	21707627	21707826	21707905	21707931	21707981
21708042	21708047	21708124	21808306	21808318	21808319	21808322
21808327	22100269	22100290	22100317	22100501	22100730	22100824
22101279	22501779	22501869	22501891	22501920	22501961	22501973
22501980	22501987	22502000	22502095	22502120	22502140	22502342
22502533	22502536	22502551	22502557	22502560	22502679	22502691
22502693	22502745	22502772	22502804	22502880	22502931	22503007
22503091	22606774	22703327	22703425	22703495	22703526	22703678
22703798	22703831	22703918	22704060	22704074	22704355	22704416
22704450	22704573	22704846	22704935	22704941	22705055	22705095
22705211	22705464	22705909	22705951	22706159	22706260	22706280
22706584	22806811	22806815	23100023	23100200	23100236	23100341
23100360	23100412	23100520	23100779	23100843	23100856	23101084
23101107	23101181	23204753	23301331	23301374	23501505	23501528
23501579	23501598	23501615	23501711	23501716	23501778	23501822
23501958	23502047	23502084	23502102	23502118	23502140	23502232
23502244	23502284	23702373	23702410	23702519	23702572	23702594
23702790	23702817	23702823	23702889	23702902	23702917	23702923

23702975	23702986	23703005	23703032	23703378	23703560	23703584
23703673	23703708	23703779	23703856	23703881	23704104	23704124
23704128	23704223	23704273	23704500	23704614	23704624	23704699
23704723	23804854	24100177	24100574	24301343	24410628	24501439
24501484	24501518	24501570	24501744	24501872	24501913	24502077
24502133	24502153	24502470	24502544	24503233	24503241	24503245
24503528	24503789	24504190	24504216	24504227	24504988	24610636
24610637	24706062	24706446	24706999	24707014	24707067	24707453
24707734	24707897	24708181	24708725	24708783	24708941	24708956
24709457	24709458	24710009	24710146	24710296	24710403	24710534
24810758	24810869

Necessary intimation will be sent to the above candidates about the details regarding the medical examination, completion of further formalities  etc.

All care has been taken in compiling the list. However, Bank reserves the right to rectify any inadvertent error.

No separate communication shall be sent to candidates whose Roll Numbers do not find a place in the above list. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.

Decision of the Bank in all matters pertaining to selection process shall be final and binding.

General Manager
(HR & Marketing)

source : http://www.bankofbaroda.com/recruitment.asp?artid=2217&modid=36

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