Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 jointly to
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

"for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome"

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Phishing attempt at many hotmail and live email account

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As per BBC NEWS and Microsoft's site there has been a big phishing attempt on several e mail accounts specially hotmail and live email accounts were compromised so if you have logged in on your hotmail or live account during the last weekend then check out whether your account is safe or not and even if you have not logged in its better to change your password. It's said that the email id and password were posted on a site named http://pastebin.com/ said to be used by developers for code purposes but as per some other sites it's used by many people for sharing such things from last few months.

Phishing :

In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administrators are commonly used to lure the unsuspecting public. Phishing is typically carried out by e-mail or instant messaging, and it often directs users to enter details at a fake website whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one. Even when using server authentication, it may require tremendous skill to detect that the website is fake. Phishing is an example of social engineering techniques used to fool users, and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, public awareness, and technical security measures.

A phishing technique was described in detail in 1987, and the first recorded use of the term "phishing" was made in 1996. The term is a variant of fishing, probably influenced by phreaking, and alludes to baits used to "catch" financial information and passwords.

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Creative Commons

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CREATIVE COMMONS

"Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright."

creativecommons.org

Briefly...

Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.

Noncommercial means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Share Alike means:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

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Gandhiji's relevance in present era.

Where we forget these principles ?
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When the west is following Gandhiji's ideal we only remember him on Gandhi Jayanti, How sad ?

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Gram Swaraj : How much ?

Gram Swaraj : How much ?
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50 years and still we are talking about empowering Panchayati Raj !

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RPSC Results

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Result and Cut off of IIIrd Grade Primary/Upp.Primary Teacher (Sanskrit) Post Code 21 & 24 (Sanskrit Deptt.)

• Result
• Key
• Preamble 

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How to change the style of the default font in Word 2007

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I was working on my thesis and every time I opens  a new Word document the default font becomes Calibri and I have to make Times New Roman every time. After going through some tutorials I found the following tutorial useful so sharing with you.

How to change the style of the default font in Word 2007

To change the style of the default font in Word 2007, follow these steps:

1. If you do not have a document open, create a new document that is based on the Normal template.
   
   To do this, click the Microsoft Office Button, click New in the New Document task pane, click Blank Document, and then click Create.
2. In the Font group, click Fonts.
3. Select the font, the point size, and any attributes that you want in the Fonts dialog box.
4. Click Default.
5. Click Yes when you receive the following message:
   Do you want to change the default font to font name?
   This change will affect all new documents based on the NORMAL template.
6. Click OK.
7. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
8. In the Customize tab, select Commands Not in the Ribbon in the list, and then select Save All.
9. Click Add, click OK, and then click Save All in the customized Quick Access Toolbar.
   
   Note If Word prompts you to save the new blank document, click Cancel. If you want Word to prompt you to save the changes to the Normal template, follow these steps:
   1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
   2. In the Advanced tab, click to select the Prompt before saving Normal template check box in the Save group.

source : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291291

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2016 Olympics in Rio

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Rio de Janeiro has won the contest to host the 2016 Olympics and take the games to South America for the first time after the shock elimination of Chicago in the first round of voting today.

There were celebrations on the streets of the city this evening after the announcement by the IOC president Jacques Rogge.

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ICC Awards

ICC Awards presented in Johannesburg

Cricketer of the Year Award - Mitchell Johnson (Aus)

Test Player of the Year Award - Gautam Gambhir (Ind)

ODI Player of the Year - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind)

Women's Cricketer of the Year - Claire Taylor (Eng)

Emerging Player of the Year - Peter Siddle (Aus)

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FAQS : Electronic Voting Machines

Electronic Voting Machines [EVMs]

Q1. What is an Electronic Voting machine? In what way its functioning is different from the conventional system of voting?

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CPF(AC) Examination 2008 Result

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UPSC has declared the final result of Central Police Forces(Asstt. Commandants Examination 2008.

Check out at UPSC Website

CENTRAL POLICE FORCES(ASSTT. COMMANDANTS) EXAM., 2008

GOVERNEMENT OF INDIA

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU

PRESS NOTE

Based on the result of the Central Police Forces (Assistant Commandants) Written

Examination, 2008, held by the Union Public Service Commission on 5th October, 2008 and

the Personality Test held in August-September, 2009, the following is the list, in order of

merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to:-

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Oceansat 2 launched successfully

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With help of PSLV C14, ISRO launched 960 Kg Oceansat II and six other nano satellites weighing 20 Kg altogether from Shri Harikota. The nano satellite are from Germany which sends 4, Switzerland and Turkey one each.Earlier in Apr 2008 ISRO launched 10 satellites.Oceansat II is India's second satellite to study oceans and interaction of Oceans and Atmospher and 16th Remote Sensing Satellite.




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Education Video Contest

In two minutes or less, America's students have an opportunity to show the nation and the world how far education can take them and how they will achieve their dreams.The U.S. Department of Education is asking students to respond by participating in a national video contest titled “I Am What I Learn.”

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RAS 2007 Result by Name

Friends if you forget your roll number or not have access to your roll number or you want to see the marks of your friends and relative then you can use following method.

Go to the following link and see the roll number by name.

Find out the Roll No.by Name



Go to this link and put the roll number to see the result.

Find out the Final Result of RAS 2007

Cheers !

UPDATE :

Preamble for RAS/RTS(final)Ex-2007

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RAS 2007 MERIT LIST BY ROLL No.

For all those who are looking into fine prints of Newspaper I tried my best to present the data in Rank Wise although there may be some errors. Kindly point out if you found any in this.

RANK WISE LIST OF RAS 2007

UPDATE :

Preamble for RAS/RTS(final)Ex-2007

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RAS 2007 Toppers Marks and Cut Off

Krishna Devi with 966 marks out of 1460 topped the RAS 2007 exam.
Her Marks Statement :
GKI 63
GK II 63
Hindi 120
English 40
OPT (I) I 142
OPT (I) II 134
OPT(II) I 147
OPT(II) II 158
INTERVIEW 102

Total 966

Many Congratulations to her and all those who secure good Ranks.

RAS 2007 Cutoff : RPSC not come out with the cutoff as of now and I don't think there would be any cut off as such because it will only give the merit positions and on the basis of which services will be allotted so one can only have an idea with their merit number.

UPDATE :Vacancies and Toppers ( Courtesy : Bhaskar Newspaper)

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