India Today CVoter Mood of the Nation poll: Narendra Modi's popularity is waning, but he remains the best choice for PM

The popularity of the campaign committee chief of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for 2014 Lok Sabha polls -- Narendra Modi -- is on the downhill, the finding of India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation opinion poll suggests.

The latest study, based on a national representative sample of 15,815 randomly selected respondents across 28 states between August 2 and 10, comes as a setback to the Gujarat chief minister, who has been banking on his popularity to emerge as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.

Pics: India Today/CVoter Mood of the Nation survey-The Congress' best PM candidate

The opinion poll shows that Modi is preferred by only 45 per cent people as the future prime minister as compared to 57 per cent in the previous survey, held in January this year.

He, however, continues to be the most popular face among those in the prime ministerial race with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi finishing again next to him. Like Modi, the Gandhi scion's popularity has also been waning as he polled 32 per cent votes compared to 41 per cent in January 2013.

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Power systems easy target for cyber criminals

 India's power systems could be vulnerable to crippling cyber attacks on a scale that can have serious implications for national security and the economy, an inquiry into the July 30-31 grid collapse that grabbed global attention has said.

Although cyber attacks have been ruled out in last month's grid collapse, destabilization of the energy sector could lead to a "cascading effect on national security and economy", the report says. It points out that the main vulnerabilities are in the transmission and distribution sectors.

"Cyber attacks can be perpetrated from any side, either by outsiders or insiders and may have far-reaching and detrimental effects on power systems' controls," the report says. It points out that "the effect of vulnerabilities in centralized systems in transmission sector is wide and may impact synchronous operation of the entire power system , leading to grid collapse."

The reason why generating units are less vulnerable is because switching operations are independent of computer networking. It is not clear if an outmoded system is a buffer against cyber shocks, but it helped investigators rule out comparisons with a China-based attack on US power systems.

A cyber assault can disrupt services to critical users like hospitals and Metro rail systems and such an attack may choose to target distribution where the bulk of automation is evident. The report says a reliable telecom network — currently not in place — can be built.

"Since Powergrid has its own fibre optic cables ... a proper communication/IT network may be built using dedicated fibres to avoid cyber attacks on the power system," the report says.
It has also highlighted a serious threat to operations of Delhi Metro in the event of a massive power breakdown.

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5 SMS per day limit comes into effect

 To check spread of rumours which has led to exodus of northeastern peoplefrom certain states, government banned from today bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days across the country.
"We have banned bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days," Union Home Secretary RK Singh told PTI.
The decision was taken after reports of widespread circulation of SMSes and MMSes containing misleading information about 

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London Olympics closing ceremony

A general view of the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium. 

Indian athletes enter the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games in London. (AFP Photo)

British model Kate Moss performs during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games at the Olympic stadium in London. (AFP Photo)

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Google Chrome Extensions for College Students

How Google Chrome extensions are beneficial for College Students  

Now more than ever college students rely on the Internet to get their work done. From online college courses to researching term papers and getting online help with math homework, the Internet is a crucial central part of the college students learning experience. Google Chrome is an excellent Internet browser that students can use to take full advantage of their online learning experience. Besides being the fastest Internet browser for most web surfing scenarios, Google Chrome also offers a wide range of free open source add on tools, called Chrome Extensions.

Here is a list of some of the best Google Chrome Extensions for college students -

StayFocused 

While the Internet is a great tool for connecting with peers, professors and experts, it can also be a real time drain when time is spent unwisely. The StayFocused app helps you focus on important tasks on the Internet without getting bogged down with constantly checking your friends’ Facebook status or going through endless Reddit posts. This app works by limiting the number of minutes per day that you allow yourself to stay on any particular site that you program in. So, for instance while you may want to be able to spend unlimited amounts of time at websites assigned by your professor, you can limit your daily time to sites like Reddit to one or two hours.

Diet Diary 

One of the biggest lifestyle changes for students leaving home for college for the first time is the change in eating habits. As a full time student with a limited budget, it can be difficult to keep healthy eating habits at college. The Diet Diary extension can help you keep track of what you eat on a day to day basis, and also help you track your ideal weight and set goals for yourself to help you achieve your weight and healthy eating goals. 

Open Library Book Search 

If you are looking for a good read but do not have the money to spend on the latest best seller at the corner bookstore, the Open Library Book Search extension may help you find a good read at a great price – that is, free! The extension searches the openlibrary.org database to find books that are free to read. This is a great extension whether you are doing research for a term paper or just trying to get a juicy bit of fiction to read between classes relax a bit. 

RapidMailReader 

College students often find themselves with multiple email accounts assigned and used for different purposes. Besides your personal email account, you also may have a high school account, any other special purpose accounts you may have set up for product or social site registration and now a student account from the college which requires regular checking. RapidMailReader is a Chrome extension that allows you to converge up to ten email accounts together to read at the same time. This is a great time saving app since it removes the necessity and confusion of having to check all of these accounts individually. 

WordStash 

WordStash is a Chrome extension designed to help you learn anything you need to learn based on flash cards. The app allows you to create a blank flash card based template and then enter in your own custom questions and answers. This is a great extension for studying for tests or just quizzing yourself on information you want to remember later. 

Utube Trends 

Utube Trends allows you to search YouTube for the most popular videos in a specified country. With the massive amount of YouTube videos uploaded every minute, this app is a great way to quickly find and share the best of what YouTube has to offer.

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Prabhu Deva and Shruthi Starts Work!

Prabhu Deva who earlier announced that he is working with Shruthi Haasan in his next Hindi movie after the success of Rowdy Rathore is all set to start shooting from August 1st. Producers in Bollywood are trying to rope in Director Prabhu Deva as he is the hot property in town. 

In this new project with Shruthi as the female lead, Girish Kumar will play the male lead.

This movie will be a remake of his own Telugu Superhit movie titled "Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana". Like this one, his previous movie Rowdy Rathore is also a remake of the movie 'Vikramarkudu'

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Gagan Narang wins bronze in Olympics 2012

India watch:

India opens its medal account in London 2012!
Gagan Narang wins bronze in the 10m Air rifle event. He finished with an overall score of 701.1 just behind the Gold medalist Alin George Moldoveanu (702.1) and Silver medalist Niccolo (701.5).
Gagan Narang WINS INDIA'S FIRST MEDAL WITH A BRONZE IN THE 10M AIR RIFLE EVENT.
billian $ moment for every indian & photo....

narang with olympic bronz medal.. he said 1 more medal to come...

1 carore ka prize hariyana sarkar ki taraf se
IAS ki manad padvi bharay sarkar ki taraf se

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