India is at number 2 in Cyber Crime Victims

Over three-quarters of Indians web surfers are most victimised by hackers and cybercriminals, including computer viruses, online credit card fraud and identity theft, security solutions provider after the Chinese, says a report released by Symantec, the makers of Norton security software. But Indian web surfers might also be safer from the cyber criminals because of their lying habits. The report finds India as the third least honest nation on the net after China and Brazil

About 65 per cent of Internet users globally have fallen victim to cybercrime, while the number is much higher forIndia at 76 per cent, second most victimised nation after China in terms of cyber attacks or cyber crime. About 60 per cent respondents said they were attacked by some form of computer virus and malware, making it one of the most common ways of attack, report added.

Symantec’s Regional Consumer Product Marketing Manager David Hall said cyber criminals can use viruses and Trojans (that give remote computer access) to gather personal information such as mothers’ maiden names and data on birth, driving licences, credit cards and passwords.

“These identities are known to be sold as complete package in the cyber world for prices as low as US $ 10,” Hall said. The study on the human impact of cyber crimes across 14 nations showed that only 8 per cent Indians think that they would become victim of a cyber attack. Once victimized, solving a cyber crime would take around 44 days and cost Rs 5,262 in India, in comparison to 28 days and US $334 (Rs. 15,700) elsewhere in the world.

The report noted that while 58 per cent of the victims (India) said they felt angry, 51 per cent said they felt cheated, while another 46 per cent annoyed/upset. In many cases, they blame themselves (88 per cent) for being attacked.

Nearly 57 per cent respondents said they expect cybercriminals will not be to be brought to justice, resulting in a reluctance to take action and a sense of helplessness.

Australian Colleges not refunding fees to Indian Students

Many students from India's Punjab state are facing frustration as they are being denied fee refunds by some colleges in Australia, and an educational consultant said that 'we are sick and tired'.

The Indian students are seeking fee refunds as their visa applications were turned down. Many of the applicants had also decided to withdraw from the visa application process for various reasons.

Despite promises by the Australian government to make the fee refund from the ESOS Assurance Fund, the students concerned are yet to get their money back.

The ESOS Assurance Fund is managed by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

'We are sick and tired of Australian and UK governments preaching to us about ethical practices while denying fees refunds to overseas students whose visa applications have been refused,' Harpreet Kamboj, an education consultant from Mohali in Punjab.

'A number of colleges sitting on the hard-earned money of our clients are not being forced by the Australian government to make the refund as per the law while student visas are being refused for trivial reasons,' added Kamboj, who was here recently to pursue refund applications with Hales Institute in Melbourne.

According to the Australian law regulating overseas students, the college concerned should make the refund within 28 days of getting relevant information from a student.

Vipin Bajaj, another educational consultant from Mohali, said: 'The Australian government has failed Indian students once again by not paying out of the ESOS Assurance Fund.'

'ESOS Assurance Fund managers are making payments to adjust those overseas students who are already in Australia and whose colleges have gone bankrupt in the recent past,' said Bajaj.(IANS)

US Ambassador did voluntary service at New Delhi Municipal Council School

For moving towards the cooperative relation between US and INDIA. US Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer on Friday did voluntary service at a New Delhi Municipal Council school to extend a friendly hand towards the common people of India.

The US ambassador, along with his wife Sally, his children and other participants from the America-India Foundation and Clinton Foundation contributed towards painting a classroom in the school located in a poor neighborhood.

"President Obama has asked me to serve as an ambassador to all of India, especially to the common people," Roemer said.

"This will also be an honor to Gandhiji, whose birth day is coming on October 2. He gave the message of serving the people of India, we are doing so by reaching out to the people," he added.

UPSC introduced Online Application

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), has introduced the system of online submission of applications for the competitive examinations to facilitate candidates. The organization is already famous for conducting several important recruitment processes for high profile jobs in India.

UPSC says about this trend, " Candidates have shown great interest in online application procedure, an increasingly good number of candidates have already started applying online for the UPSC Examinations notified during 2010.Although this facility is in addition to the option of submitting paper applications already available, the prospective candidates are encouraged to prefer online mode of applying for the UPSC Examinations using the link www.upsconline.nic.in.

For fee payment, one may choose any one of the three options:- pay through any VISA/MASTERCARD, Debit or Credit Card issued by any Bank/Institution; pay through the Internet Banking facility of State Bank of India or one can pay cash at any Branch of State Bank of India, through a challan generated through the above website.".

There are several benefits of applying online like risk of postal delays, take print out of his/her application for future reference, application form unavailability, candidate can apply from anywhere through net, it is secured and Reliable.

Top coaching institutes for CAT in India

Here is a list of best training institutes that offer coaching classes as classroom programs and as correspondence course for CAT, CET, XAT, NMAT, SNAP, and JMET and other MBA entrance exams in India. Most of these have specific courses for CAT, which will also help you prepare for other entrance tests.

Institute	Type	Centers	Free content on website
T.I.M.E(among the best)	Triumphant Institute of Management Education) Pvt. Ltd.	Several cities and towns, all over India (complete list on their website)	Analysis and answer key
IMS (among the best)		Several cities and towns, all over India (complete list on their website)	Analysis and answer key
Career Launcher (very good)	Career Launcher India Limited, founded by IIM alumni	Several cities and towns, all over India (complete list on their website)
C A T a l y st (very good).	Group tutions for CAT by Munira Lokhandwala		Articles by Munira
Career Forum		57 centers across 40 cities, all over India
Rooster Education	Coaching classes		CAT Answer Key and Analysis
Patherfinder Education Services	Coaching classes	Bhopal, Indore, Vidisha, Trichy, Tanjore, Ujjain	CAT Answer Key
SharpMinds	Coaching classes		CAT & SNAP Answer Key and Analysis, online tests
Bulls Eye	Coaching classes by IIM and XLRI alumni		Analysis of SNAP, JMET, IIFT, CAT, IRMA. Some free material (such as puzzle, vocab etc.)
Endeavor
Career Avenues			Free downloads
Cerebral Heights		Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Ajmer, Jaipur + other proposed centers
2IIM	Coaching classes by IIM alumni (Ascent Education)	Chennai
Erudite	Coaching classes	Kolkata, Barrackpore, bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Jorhat, Patna, Ranchi, Siliguri
PTI			Analysis
Solid Gyan	Online coaching	Online

World, 70 million Children are not getting Education

Those people who lives in north-eastern Africa are mostly don’t like to go school, according to new world rankings. Around 70 million children across the world are prevented from going to school each day. Education for the rural poor is crucial in Africa, those living in north-eastern Africa are the least likely to receive a good education or any education at all, an umbrella body of charities and teaching unions known as the Global Campaign for Education has found.

The ranks of world's poorest countries according to their education systems. Somalia has the least functional system in the world with just 10% of children going to primary school, while Eritrea is second worst. In addition, the others are Haiti, Comoros, Ethiopia, Chad, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Liberia.

The Worst Places in the World – warns that attempts to ensure all children can attend school are under severe threat. By 2015, there will be more children out of school than there are today, unless the richest countries dramatically increase the aid they give to the poorest nations."Poor countries are on a worsening trajectory, as severe and deepening pressure from the economic downturn caused by the crisis of the rich world's banking system bites on their budgets," David Archer, one of the authors from Action Aid says. Some £2.9bn is expected to be lost to education budgets in sub-Saharan Africa because of the economic crisis, he warns.

Kenya, which is rated in the 50 worst countries for education, delayed plans to provide a free primary school education to 8.3 million children in September. The global economic crisis was one reason given for this.

Girls are far less likely to attend school than boys in many of the world's poorest countries. In Malawi, of those that enroll, 22.3% of boys complete primary compared to 13.8% of girls. In rural Burkina Faso, 61% of girls are married by the age of 18 and over 85% never get to see the inside of a secondary school.

Most rich countries have failed to keep their promises to help poor countries improve their education systems, according to the study. While the UK fares relatively well, along with the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland and Ireland, others – such as Greece, Austria, Italy and Germany – are not giving nearly as much as they should.

Queen Rania of Jordan, a co-founder of the Global Campaign said "Education doesn't just beat poverty It beats disease. It beats inequality, and for girls education is nothing less than a lifesaver, from stigmatism, insecurity and violence.

CBSE, Introducing New aptitude test for Class 10 students

CBSE announced to introduce a new aptitude test for students of Class 10.Before this CBSE had implemented grades and Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) in place of marks The aptitude test that has been developed by the CBSE, called the Students' Global Aptitude Index (SGAI)will be made available to students in all 10,000 schools that are affiliated with the Board. The test aims at helping all students to make a better choice regarding their career.

The first such SGAI test will be conducted on January 15, 2011. A fee of Rs.100 will have to be paid by each student to appear for the aptitude test. According to CBSE, the test will be two-and-half hour long and will be a paper-pencil test. It would help in determining the scientific, numerical, social, behavioral science and art aptitudes of a student of Class 10.

The SGAI has been customized by the CBSE specifically for Indian students. While conventional aptitude tests help in determining a student's professional orientation .The test would also help students by empowering them with self-knowledge in terms of their aptitude as well as interests so as to help them make the best decision regarding what subjects or stream to pursue after class X.

A CBSE circular said that the SGAI intends to reduce the difference between a student's aptitude and interests. This will help in further optimizing a students' potential, enhance satisfaction, increase motivation and also help in reducing wastage of human and financial resources. The SGAI test has already been tested on a group of secondary students from around 100 schools affiliated to CBSE across the country. The decision to conduct the test will lie with the schools. CBSE will also be organizing training workshops to familiarize school principals to the new aptitude test.

UK Students, will teached by Indians Maths Tutors

Punjab, graduates from math are being taught the British syllabus so they can give private lessons by phone and through internet.

Graduates based in India are being trained to give maths tuition to British children over the telephone and online, at all hours of the day and night.

A tutoring agency has hired 100 tutors in Punjab and coached them in the primary school curriculum and GCSE and A-level syllabuses, so that they can teach school children of all ages.

London-based Bright Spark Education Company –said they had turned to India because it was so difficult to find maths graduates in the UK who wanted to be fulltime tutors. The Indian tutors will be available 24 hours a day and seven days a week. They will be paid £7 an hour. The minimum wage in Punjab is £2.52.The agency says parents can cut costs by hiring an Indian-based home tutor, rather than one who lives in the UK. It is charging £12 per lesson, less than half the amount parents would normally pay for one-to-one private tuition.

Maths teachers are in chronic short supply in this country. Maths graduates are offered a golden handshake of £5,000 when they enroll on postgraduate teacher training courses. In 2009, some 5,980 students graduated in maths in the UK. In India, 690,000 students graduate with degrees in science and maths each year.

The tutors use an interactive whiteboard to conduct lessons. They communicate with pupils through a headset. Pupils can see the tutor's face on their screen. The agency takes bookings from parents and teachers, and timetables when the tuition will take place. Each session is recorded so that students, parents and teachers can replay it.

IGNOU is soon going to Open Study Centres in six European Countries

Now, the world largest university Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), is going to open its study centres in six European nations, including France and Germany.IGNOU will open its centre in Paris next month. Negotiation is going on with Germany. May be, at the end of this year study centre in Germany will start. The target is to open five-six centres in Europe by July 2011.

The Netherlands and Austria are other European countries where IGNOU, is considering to open study centres. It already has a centre in London.IGNOU would also offer personalized courses in Gandhian studies and some Indian languages such as Sanskrit through its new study centres in Europe, apart from the regular courses.

Discussion are going on with several institutes in the US, Australia and Europe to develop personalized courses. It will be done because of the needs of partner institutes.IGNOU’S fee is quite low as compare to other universities in the developed countries. Therefore IGNOU is planning to change fees structure for courses offered outside India.

IGNOU has presence in 35 countries through 56 study centres. Over 42,000 students are enrolled at its overseas centres. More than 90 percent of them are the people of India origin.The number of student enrolments in the last four years at the university has almost trebled. Presently there are 3.2 million active enrollments.

IGNOU courses were also become popular in Africa and the Gulf region. Many African universities approached IGNOU for collaboration. It is also planning to introduce e-books within six months to increase the popularity of e-learning. The university is also thinking on introducing video-conferencing facilities for all its 56 overseas study centres within a few months.

Important of Science In my Opinion

In this era every concept is based on science there is some scientific reason behind every concept. First time this thought came to my mind when I was in 9th standard, from that time I am keen interested in science subject. Science is very important and interesting subject, it tells the causes and effects of many phenomena. When scientists see a connection between one fact and another, they try to show a cause-and-effect relationship. The cause explains why something happens. The effect describes what happens. Almost all writing about science is concerned with cause and effect.

Typical science activities include observing, measuring, categorizing, asking questions, forming a hypothesis (guessing how something works), proposing solutions, trying solutions (experimenting), summarizing findings, evaluating results, recycling back to observing, and sometimes reporting.

At academic level science is common for all students after that science is divided into many categories, there are various branches of science at present. Science is a good option for choosing a carrier option for a student because there are lots of opportunity in this field.

There is Need of 500 Medical Colleges in Next Five Years

Aim to need for 500 medical colleges in the next five years. The council has given the central government certain recommendations and now the government has to disclose them. According to the new regulations proposal, a Medical College should have at least 10 acres of land to build a college and hospital. Earlier, the medical colleges were asked to have at least 25 acres of land.

The council also suggested that in small towns and cities, the hospital should build within the distance of 5 km from college. The colleges in which there are 50 students, there should be 300 beds, for 100 students 300 beds, 150 students 700 beds, 200 students 900 beds, and for 250 students 1,100 beds. And these Medical Colleges can admit up to 250 students, earlier the figure was 200.

The recommendations also focused on increasing the retirement age of the professors up to five tears in medical colleges. Currently, the retirement age is 65 years. Sarin said, if these regulations are followed, 8,000-10,000 medical graduates would increase annually in the country. As of now, there are 35,000 medical graduates in the country. He said, apart from private sector the country needs 500 more medical colleges in the next five years. The government stopped constructing medical colleges 15 years ago about 54 percent of the medical colleges are in private hands.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations. For every 1,000 people there should be one doctor. Our country will take another 15 years to achieve this standard.

IIM Raipur, first Academic Session from October 10

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Raipur will start its first academic session from October 10 this year. IIM-Indore officials said, first session will commence with a batch of 70 students enrolling for the two-year 'Post Graduate Programme in Management. The classes for the new IIM will be held at the campus of the Government Engineering College in Sejbahar area of Raipur. The Central Government has made IIM-Indore as the academic mentor of IIM-Raipur Under the 11th five year plan, the Centre had given approval for proposals of opening new IIMs in seven cities of the country including Raipur.