Maintain separate e-mail ids for social networking and banking: Symantec

Maintain separate e-mail ids for social networking and banking: Symantec Tech2 Symantec Managing Director, Shantanu Ghosh, in his statement to reporters, while addressing a query pertaining to staying protected against cyber attacks on social networking sites, said that users should keep their e-mail ids for social networking... See all stories on this topic »

Social causes fire up projects of college students

Social causes fire up projects of college students
Times of India
While some are launching drives as part of their project, some have just taken up causes to create awareness in different forms, be it on social networking sites, through marathons or just a street play. Students of Bachelors in Mass Media and ...
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Social media has potential but risks involved: Kurien

Social media has potential but risks involved: Kurien
Business Standard
Kurien's comments came in the backdrop of India's assertion last month that elements in Pakistan were using social media networking sites to whip up communal sentiments and create a scare among people from the northeast. "It is an ocean of information ...
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Boxed In, in Bangalore: Analyzing Sentiment on Indian Traffic Congestion

Boxed In, in Bangalore: Analyzing Sentiment on Indian Traffic Congestion
Internet Evolution
But the recent analysis of publically available social media showed that the worst congestion inIndia is primarily caused by accidents and bad weather (three out of four times) when looking at the three cities together. It also indicated some ...
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Leaders battling it out on social media

Leaders battling it out on social media
Business Standard
Mamta Banerjee – a key ally of UPA-2 government and West Bengal chief minister has taken a Facebook path to oppose the government's FDI decisions apart from the warning the government directly. Look at her messages on Facebook since yesterday.
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Why Aadhaar ? Aadhaar enrollment process ...

Why Aadhaar?

    Great potential for not-so-privileged, poor and the marginalised people, mostly living in the rural areas
    Clear proof of identity
    Facilitate entry for poor and underprivileged residents into the formal banking system
    Opportunity to avail services provided by the government and the private sector
    Giving migrants mobility of  identity
    Financial inclusion with deeper penetration of banks, insurance and easy distribution of benefits of government schemes.

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Once a person is on the Aadhaar database the person will be able to establish identity easily. Aadhaar will become the single source of identity verification. Residents would be spared the hassle of repeatedly providing supporting identity documents each time they wish to access services such as obtaining a bank account, passport, driving license and so on. By providing a clear proof of identity, Aadhaar will also facilitate entry for poor and underprivileged residents into the formal banking system and the opportunity to avail services provided by the government and the private sector.  Aadhaar will also give migrants mobility of identity.


Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification (UID) number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is issuing for all Indian residents. The UID number is stored in a centralised database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information – photograph, ten fingerprints and iris – of each individual.
Uidnumber.org is the place to educate masses about Aadhaar, its benefits, applications


Aadhaar enrollment process

    Resident goes to enrollment camp. (In coming times there might be online appointment) to get an application and token number of appointment for a particular day.
    On that day the applicant visits the camp with original residential documents of address proof, identity proof and proof of relationship (for children below 5 years) and proof of date of birth along with photocopies of the documents.
    En-roller (operator) enters resident data into system.
    Resident validates data entry.
    Face photograph of resident is captured.
    Iris scan is done.
    Fingerprint capturing of Left hand.
    Fingerprint capturing of Right hand.
    Thumb-print capture (both thumbs).
    En-roller (operator) signs with his own finger print.
    Resident receives printed acknowledgement.
    He/she will receive Aadhaar number is 60 – 90 days by speed post.

Kindly note:
* As per UID norms, the application can be submitted anywhere in India.
* Photocopies of form are valid. know more

72 teachers awarded by Delhi govt to mark Teacher's day

72 teachers awarded by Delhi govt to mark Teacher's day
Indian Express
Bhuwan Chandra Tewari quit a government job to become a teacher 25 years ago and his passion for teaching and guiding youngsters was recognised with an award on Teachers' Day today. Tewari, posted in RPVV school in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar, was ...
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Recognition, job is what Girisha wants after winning silver

Recognition, job is what Girisha wants after winning silver
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda has dedicated his silver medal winning feat at the London Paralympic to the disabled community in the country and asserted that their hard work and sacrifice was no less than the medal winners at the ...
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SC/ST job promotions quota bill introduced in RS

SC/ST job promotions quota bill introduced in RS Zee News New Delhi: Amid pandemonium, the government tabled a Bill providing for reservation to SCs and STs in promotions in government jobs in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The bill was introduced in Parliament after the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to ... See all stories on this topic »

Announcing Jeff Bezos at AWS re: Invent

Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon has been added to the AWS re: Invent agenda in Las Vegas, November 27-29. Jeff will keynote the conference alongside Andy Jassy, Sr. VP of AWS and Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.Register today to hear these visionary technology leaders speak at AWS’s inaugural customer and partner conference.

Getting Started with DynamoDB: $500 
November 27, 9:00am-5:00pm
In this course for you'll learn about and work with Amazon DynamoDB, a fully-managed, scalable NoSQL database service. We'll give an overview of NoSQL databases, DynamoDB's creation at Amazon and how to translate relational database concepts to a non-relational world. We'll offer best practices and hands-on exercises covering such topics as using large objects, relational database mappings, composite indices and hot keys. You'll finish by building a sample social gaming application implementing many of the best practices covered throughout the day.