How to easily stay secure online? Simple and easy tips!

Every single time you connect online did you know that you face dangerous Computer security hazards. Viruses, Trojans, Root-Kits, hackers, and junk e-mail await you at every turn. The truth is that these menaces are forever going to comprise a constituent of being connected and also doing business online.

There are a number of safeguards you will be able to take to make yourself and your computer systems safe.

I will now list out to you the best proven tactics to enhance your Internet security whenever you are online:

Virus Protection. Make certain you've the up-to-the-minute virus updates installed on your system and allow the software to exhaustively scan your entire computer every day to guarantee that no computer virus are successfully embedded themselves on your disk drive. Use a modern anti-virus like VIPRE Antivirus Software to scan both your computer and your email. AVG, McAfee and Norton likewise offer similar products.

VIPRE used to initially produce CounterSpy which was a leading spyware and malware protection software online from many years.

Spam Blocker. I've a junk e-mail blocking agent that I use with Microsoft Outlook called Cloudmark Desktop that fares a excellent task of assisting my Microsoft Outlook to distinguish junk e-mail.

Use a Alias E-mail address : For instance, whenever I'm signing up for a free technology mailing list / product news, I might use something like jasonblr+technology@gmail.com, which will then end up with a special label in my gmail Inbox. Therein, you do not have to divulge your "real" e-mail address, and you will be able to ascertain whenever the list holder trades or leases your e-mail address to another. Therefore, if you all of a sudden start to get emails to your jasonblr+technology@gmail.com e-mail address from a hard disk maker you have never heard of, you'll know that the technology mailing list folks traded or leased your e-mail address to others.

Firewalls: Always make certain that you are using a firewall protection. At a lower limit, to protect your computer from being hacked while you're online you can use Windows Firewall. Or, use a free firewall like COMODO. Whenever you use a wireless router, make sure to configure a password to secure it so that anyone going past your residence or office can't hijack your signal and possibly hack your computer network. I was readjusting the wireless connection on my laptop last night and came across several unsecured wireless connections in my vicinity. I reside in a residential area without any business organizations, thus I cognize that these represented insecure wireless routers in my neighbors' residences.

Be safe and enjoy the internet super highway.

A few FaceBook Login Tips

Here are a few tips forFacebookLoginproblems that have become very common nowadays. if you follow these tips, you can be sure to reduce the number of issues you face with your Facebook login.

• You should NEVER and EVER click on links from other webpages to visit the Facebook login page. Many a times clicking a Short Url may land you on the Facebook login page - simply close the page and open a new browser session and type the url manually yourself.


• You must always remember to enter the url directly into your web browser's navigation bar to goto the Facebook login page.


• Take a few second to reconfirm the url displayed on the navigation bar and also do a check on the website before you start entering your log in information.


•  It is a good practice to use a password manager to enter the login details and process yourlogin. That way no key-press for key loggers to know.


• Always ensure that you have a very secure password with consists of atleast eight characters/digits. This should include atleast one number, atleast one CAPITAL letter andatleast one special character.


• Never give your username and password to anyone - let them be your best friend or family member. You'll never know how knowingly or unknowingly that information can land in the wrong hands.


•  Always make it a habit to change your online password the very minute you suspect the account has been compromised - No second thoughts. Well, that's all the gyan I could think off - if you have any other tips, do post it in the comments below - deeply appreciated.

Also you can find more Facebook login information and some very good security tips at theFacebook Official Login Helper site.

It's Official Chocolate Linked To Heart Disease

Madhubala was diagnosed with a heart disease.  She kept it a secret for years.

High levels of chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the risk of developing heart disease, finds a study published on bmj as well as this site on Aug'29,2011 under the head "Take Chocolate to Reduce Heart Disease". The findings confirm results of existing studies that generally agree on a potential beneficial link between chocolate consumption and heart health. However, the authors stress that further studies are now needed to test whether chocolate actually causes this reduction or if it can be explained by some other unmeasured (confounding) factor.

The findings will be presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris at 10:10 hrs (Paris time) / 09:10 hrs (UK time) Monday 29 August 2011.

The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2030, nearly 23.6 million people will die from heart disease. However, lifestyle and diet are key factors in preventing heart disease, says the paper.

A number of recent studies have shown that eating chocolate has a positive influence on human health due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This includes reducing blood pressure and improving insulin sensitivity (a stage in the development of diabetes).

However, the evidence about how eating chocolate affects your heart still remains unclear. So, Dr Oscar Franco and colleagues from the University of Cambridge carried out a large scale review of the existing evidence to evaluate the effects of eating chocolate on cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke.

They analysed the results of seven studies, involving over 100,000 participants with and without existing heart disease. For each study, they compared the group with the highest chocolate consumption against the group with the lowest consumption. Differences in study design and quality were also taken into account to minimise bias.

Five studies reported a beneficial link between higher levels of chocolate consumption and the risk of cardiovascular events and they found that the "highest levels of chocolate consumption were associated with a 37% reduction in cardiovascular disease and a 29% reduction in stroke compared with lowest levels." No significant reduction was found in relation to heart failure.

The studies did not differentiate between dark or milk chocolate and included consumption of chocolate bars, drinks, biscuits and desserts.

The authors say the findings need to be interpreted with caution, in particular because commercially available chocolate is very calorific (around 500 calories for every 100 grams) and eating too much of it could in itself lead to weight gain, risk of diabetes and heart disease.

However, they conclude that, given the health benefits of eating chocolate, initiatives to reduce the current fat and sugar content in most chocolate products should be explored.

Sources: European Society of Cardiology (ESC) &  http://tkbsen.blogspot.com

IPO Study Material on History. Useful for Paper IV

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Periods	Events/Significance
BC
300-5000	Indus Valley Civilisation
563	Birtd of Gautama Buddha (or 576 BC in some sources)
527-540	Birtd of Mahavir; Nirvana
327-326	Alexander's invasion of India. It opened a land route between India and Europe
313	Accession of Chandragupta Maurya, according to Jain traditions.
305	Defeat of Seleucus at tde hands of Chandragupta Maurya
273-232	Ashoka's reign
261	Conquest of Kalinga
145-101	Reign of Elara, tde Chola king of Sri Lanka
58	Beginning of Vikrami Era
AD
78	Beginning of Saka Era
120	Accession of Kanishka
320	Commencement of Gupta Era, tde golden age of Hindu India
380	Accession of Vikramaditya
405-411	Visit of Chinese traveller Fahien
415	Accession of Kumara Gupta I
455	Accession of Skanda Gupta
606-647	Harshavardhan's reign
712	First invasion in Sindh by Arabs
836	Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj
985	Accession of Rajaraja tde Chola ruler
998	Accession of Sultan Mahmud
1001	First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal, ruler of Punjab.
1025	Destruction of Somnatd Temple by Mahmud Ghazni
1191	First Battle of Tarain
1192	Second Battle of Tarain
1206	Accession of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak to tde tdrone oof Delhi
1210	Deatd of Qutub-ud-Din Aibak
1221	Changez Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)
1236	Accession of Razia Sultan to tde tdrone of Delhi
1240	Deatd of Razia Sultan
1296	Accession of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
1316	Deatd of Ala-ud-Din Khilji
1325	Accession of Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
1327	Shifting of Capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Deccan by tde Tughlaqs
1336	Foundation of Vijayanagar empire in Soutd
1351	Accession of Feroze Shah
1398	Invasion of India by Timur
1469	Birtd of Guru Nank
1494	Accession of Babur in Farghana
1497-98	First Voyage of Vasco de Gama to India (discovery of sea route to India via Cape of Good Hope) I
1526	First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi; foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur
1527	Battle of Kanwaha-Babur defeated Rana Sanga
1530	Death of Babur and Accession of Humayun
1539	Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and became India's empreor
1555	Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi
1556	Second battle of Panipal
1565	Battle of Talikota
1576	Battle of Haldighati - Rana Pratap defeated by Akbar
1582	Din-e-IIahi founded by Akbar
1600	East India Company established
1605	Death of Akbar and accession of Jehangir
1606	Execution of Guru Arjun Dev
1611	Jehangir marries Nur Jahan
1616	Sir Thomas Roe visits Jehangir
1627	Birth of Shivaji and death of Jehangir
1628	Shah Jahan becomes emperor of India
1631	Death of Mumtaz Mahal
1634	The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal)
1659	Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned
1665	Shivaji imprisoned, by Aurangzeb
1666	Death of Shah Jahan
1675	Execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs
1680	Death of Shivaji
1707	Death of Aurangzeb
1708	Death of Guru Gobind Singh
1739	Nadir Shah Invades India
1757	Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in India at the hands of Lord Clive
1761	Third Battle of Panipat; Shah Alam II becomes India's emperor
1764	Battle of Buxer
1765	Clive appointed Company's Governor of India
1767-69	First Mysore War
1780	Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1780-84	Second Mysore War
1784	Pitt's India Act
1790-92	Third Mysore War
1793	The Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1799	Fouth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan
1802	Treaty of Bassein
1809	Treaty of Amritsar
1829	Practice of Sati Prohibited
1830	Raja Ram Mohan Roy visits England
1833	Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1839	Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1839-42	First Afghan War
1845-46	First Anglo-Sikh War
1852	Second Anglo-Burmese War
1853	First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a Telegraph line in Calcutta
1857	The Sepoy Mutiny of First War of Independence
1861	Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
1869	Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1885	Foundation of Indian National Congress
1889	Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
1897	Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
1904	Tibet Expedition
1905	First Battle of Bengal under Lord Curzon
1906	Foundation of Muslim League
1911	Delhi Darbar; King and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the Capital of India
1914	World War I begins
1916	Lucknow Pact Signed by Muslim League and Congress
1918	World War I ends
1919	Montague-Chemsford Reforms introduced; Jallianwala Bagh Massacre at Amritsar
1920	Khilafat Movement launched
1927	Boycott of Simon Commission; broadcasting started in India
1928	Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Lord Irwain's Pact; resolution of complete independence passed at Lahore Congress
1930	Civil disobedience movement launched; Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi (6 April, 1930)
1931	Gandhi Irwin Pact
1935	Government of India Act enacted
1937	Provincial Autonomy; Congress forms ministries
1939	Word War II begins (September 1)
1941	Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India and death of Rabindranath Tagore
1942	Arrival of Cripps Mission in India; Quit India Movement launched (August 8)
1943-1944	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose forms provisional Azad Hind Fauj and Indian National Army; Bengal Famine
1945	Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort; Shimla Conference; World War II ends
1946	British Cabinet Mission visits India; Interim government formed at centre
1947	Division of India; Indian and Pakistan seperate independent dimensions
1948	Mahatma Gandhi assassinated (Jannuary 30); integration of princely states

Important Battles of Indian History BC 327-26 Alexander invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) 326 BC 305 Chandragupta Maurya defeats the Greek King Seleucus. 216 The Kalinga War. Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka. c. 155 Menander's invasion of India c. 90 The Saka invade India AD 454 The first Huna invasion 495 The second Huna invasion 711-712 The Arab invasion of Sind under Mohammed-bin-Qasim 1000-27 Mahmud Ghazni invades India 17 times 1175-1206 Invasions of Muhammad Ghori. First Battle of Tarain.
1191 - Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeats Muhammad Ghori; Second Battle of Tarain,
1192 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithvi Chauhan; Battle of Chandawar,
1194 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Jayachandra Gahadvala of Kanauj. 1294 Alauddin Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of the Deccan. 1398 Timur invades India. Defeats the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi 1526 Babur invades India and defeats the last Lodi Sultan Ibrahim Lohi in the first Battle of Panipat. 1539-40 Battles of Chusa or Ghaghra (1539) and Kanauj or Ganges (1540) in which Sher Shah defeats Humayun. 1545 Battle (siege) of kalinjar and death of Sher Shah Suri. 1556 Second Battle of Panipat. Akbar defeats Hemu. 1565 Battle of Rakatakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota) in which the forces of the empire of Vijanagar under King Sadasiva Raya and his regent Rama Raya are routed by the confederate forces of the Deccani states of Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar, and Bidar. 1576 Battle of Haldighati, Akbar defeats Rana Pratap of Mewar. 1632-33 Conquest of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan. 1658 Battles of Dharmat (April-May 1658) and Samugarh (June 8, 1658). Dara Shikoh, elest son of Shah Jahan, defeated by Aurangzeb. 1665 Shivaji defeated by Raja Jai Singh and Treaty of Purandhar. 1739 Invasion of India by Nadir Shah. 1746 First Carnatic War. 1748-54 Second Carnatic War. 1756-63 Third Carnatic War. 1757 Battle of Plassey. Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, defeated by Clive. 1760 Battle of Wandiwash, in which the English under Sir Eyre Coote defeated the French under Lally. 1762 Third Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali. 1764 Battle of Buxar. The English (under Munro) defeated Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh. 1767-69 First Mysore War. 1774 The Rohilla War between the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh supported by the East India Company. 1775-82 First Maratha War 1780-82 Maratha War 1780-84 Second Mysore War 1792 Third Mysore War 1799 Fourth Mysore War, Defeat and death of Tipu Sultan 1802-04 Second Maratha War 1817-18 Third Maratha War 1845-46 first Sikh War 1846 Battle of Aliwal between the English and the Sikhs. The Sikhs were defeated. 1848-49 Second Sikh war and annexation of the Punjab to British India. 1857 The Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence)

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50 Common Questions asked in Interview - useful for all

50 Common Questions asked in Interview - useful for all

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Restoration of SBCO union - Directorate Orders.

With Greetings 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Appanraj S                                                                                     S.P.Kulkarni, 

General Secretary                                                                            President.

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Plastic Currency Notes Coming soon in India!

There is a good news for all Indian as the Government of India is going to introduce the plastic currency note which will not only make sure that it is harder for forge notes to circulate in India but also make sure your husband is not angry on you because you missed checking his pocket for forgotten notes. 

According to the  Reserve Bank of India:

Though RBI did talk about it on Feb 24 2011,

“We are planning to try this out on a pilot basis starting with a plastic note in the 10 denomination, which we will distribute out of five of our regional offices in the country including our Bhubaneswar office. During the pilot phase, we need to study not only the relative costs but also the carbon footprint associated with the recycling and disposal of plastic notes vis-à-vis paper notes. If the pilot proves successful, we will mainstream the use of plastic currency. ”

Current plan is to Rupees 10 Plastic note and see how it goes. As of now, seven countries have converted fully to polymer banknote. They are Australia, Bermuda, Brunei, New Zealand, New Guinea, Romania  and Vietnam.  However there are many countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Mexico, Brazil etc where the plastic currency introduced as a trial basis.

What is Plastic Currency:

These are the currency note made up of plastic instead of paper. This plastic is not regular plastic but is called as Polymer Bank Note, which is thin like Paper but very hard to either tear off and definetly does not get wet in water. It was first introduced by Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)  in 1993.

How Plastic Currency are made ?

It is a four step process where First plastic is made opaque then made ready for printing. Once Printing is done, it is coated with varnish so it does not get wet.

Advantages of Plastic currency note:

• It will help the government to check out the fake currency problem as the technology used to create this one is very high and cannot be easily forged.



• The performance of the Plastic currency note will be better as the paper currency note but government needs to take care of recycling.


• Plastic currency note is durable and can be used 4-5 times more than Paper currency note.


• They are Eco-friendly, so it will be good for environment also.


• Now, you need not to count the note with the help of water or saliva.


• They can be washed if they become dirty, So no more holi colors.

Courtesy : http://www.technospot.in/

Qualfication for Appearing in IPO Exam for Postmaster Grade I Officials

No. 4 – 29 / 2011 – SPB.II

Government of India

Ministry of Communication  & I T

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg

New Delhi, Dated 24^th August, 2011

To

The Chief Postmaster General

Uttar Pradesh Circle

Lucknow – 226 001

Subject: Inspector of Posts Departmental Examination – Eligibility of officials qualified in Departmental Postmaster Grade – I Examination – Reg.

Sir,

I am directed to refer to Circle Office letter No. Rectt / M – 20 / IPOs Exam.-2011 / 3, dated 11.08.2011 on the above subject and to say that candidates who qualified the Departmental Postmaster Grade – I Examination and the officials who are undergoing training for Postmaster Grade – I may be permitted to appear in the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for promotion to the cadre of Inspector of Posts ( IPO ) to be held on 3-4 September, 2011 , if these officials are not yet appointed as Postmaster Grade – I.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

( D K Chanda )

Section Officer ( SPB.II )

Copy to all Heads of Postal Circles / Postmasters General

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WE MISS YOU ......

WE MISS YOU  ......

Sh. Kiran Pal

05-05-1975 to 29-08-2011

We inform with deep sorrow the tragic death in a road accident of Sh. Kiran Pal, System Manager Circle Office, Ambala. While on way to PEHOWA for performing his Duty. He is survived two sons aged 10 and 7. We express our deep condolences to the family members of Sh. Kiran Pal and pray to God to give them enough strength to bear this irrecoverable loss.

LGO & IP Exams Postponed – Dates will be announced later

A- 34012/02/2011-DE
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
(Recruitment Division)

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi – 110001

Dated 30.08.2011

To,

1. All Heads of Circles

2.Addl. DG APS West Block III. Wing No. 5, R. K. Puram, New Delhi – 110067

3.BD and PLI Directorates

4.Directors, Postal Staff College India Ghaziabad and Postal Training Centres

Sub: - Holding of Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LGO) and Inspector of Postal Examination, 2011

Sir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to this office letters No. A-34012/02/2011-DE and No. A-34012/04/2011-DE dated 26.04.2011 wherein the dates of Examination were notified as 4^th September 2011 for LGO and 3^rd & 4^th September 2011 for Inspector of Posts.

2. It is informed that the above mentioned two Examinations have been postponed until further orders. The dates of both the Examinations will be intimated very soon. Please inform all concerned candidates.

3. Receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.

Yours faithfully

Sd/-

(L. Mohan Rao)

Assistant Director General (DE)

Postal Index Number Code - PINCODE

A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration. PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972.

There are nine PIN zones in India, including eight regional zones and one functional zone. The first digit of the PIN code indicates the region in which a given post office falls in. The second digit indicates the sub-region, and the third digit indicates the sorting district within the region. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices.

The nine PIN zones cover the Indian states and union territories as follows:

1 - Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir(including Pakistan-administered Kashmir), Chandigarh
2 - Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
3 - Rajasthan, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4 - Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh
5 - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
6 - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep
7 - Orissa, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
8 - Bihar, Jharkhand
9 - Army Post office(APO) and Field Post office(FPO)

First 2/3 Digits of PIN	Postal Circle
11	Delhi
12 and 13	Haryana
14 to 15	Punjab
16	Chandigarh
17	Himachal Pradesh
18 to 19	Jammu & Kashmir
20 to 28	Uttar Pradesh/Uttrakhand
30 to 34	Rajasthan
36 to 39	Gujarat
40	Goa
40 to 44	Maharastra
45 to 48	Madhya Pradesh
49	Chattisgarh
50 to 53	Andhra Pradesh
56 to 59	Karnataka
60 to 64	Tamil Nadu
67 to 69	Kerala
682	Lakshadweep (Islands)
70 to 74	West Bengal
744	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
75 to 77	Orissa
78	Assam
79	Arunachal Pradesh
793, 794, 783123	Meghalaya
795	Manipur
796	Mizoram
799	Tripura
80 to 85	Bihar and Jharkhand

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_Index_Number