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Google delivers 'return to sender' code for iOS

Code is king at Google, and a Google-made software module for iOS released on Tuesday allows you to go from third-party app to Chrome for iOS and back again with a simple tap.

The module, called OpenInChromeController class with x-callback, is the second end-run around core Apple restrictions in as many days. On Monday, Google updated Gmail for iOS with the ability to open links from Gmail in Google's other iOS apps. Once developers incorporate the new software module, it will open links from the app in Google Chrome, provided that the user has Chrome for iOS installed.

Both the Gmail update and the software module circumvent one of iOS's most-complained about and unique restrictions, which forces all links to open in the browser Safari, even when the default browser has been changed. Apple did not immediately return a request for comment, but it's hard to imagine that Apple would allow Google or any other app maker to alter such a central iOS behavior.

Current iOS behavior requires developers to either create a Web browser frame inside their app, or force their users out of their app and into Safari.
Google engineer Michele Aiello wrote in the blog post announcing the callback module that it will be not only be able to detect if Chrome for iOS is installed, but that it can open links in Chrome in a new tab or in the current tab. Developers can also choose whether they want the return button to appear.

Source: Cnet

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The Indian rupee fell by 46 paise to a record low of Rs 54.17 per US dollar in early trade today, breaching the Rs 54 per dollar-mark for the first time in history on sustained foreign capital outflows and dollar gains against the euro and other rivals overseas.

The domestic currency had tumbled by 48 paise to close at a record low of Rs 53.71/72 per dollar in the previous session on strong demand for the American currency and strengthening of the dollar against its rivals overseas.

Forex dealers said in addition to continued demand for the American currency from importers and some banks, dollar gains against the euro and other currencies amid concerns over the euro zone debt crisis put pressure on the Indian rupee.

Meanwhile, the BSE benchmark Sensex fell by 158.51 points, or 1 per cent, to 15,722.63 in opening trade today.

Source :TOI

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Customers suffer the brunt of the bulk SMS ban

New Delhi :

Shivani Anand, 28, was mystified when she didn't receive transaction alerts after swiping her credit card in a shopping spree.

A concerned Shivani called up her bank's (ICICI) helpline, only to find out she would not be getting any updates or alerts from the bank on her transactions till Sep 30.

The bank's automated voice response system informed customers that they would not be receiving any alerts in the in the wake of the government banning bulk SMS service across the country.

'I was very confused and a little nervous as I these messages help me in keeping a track of my account,' said Shivani.

For Anvesh Ghosh, a manager in a multi national company in Gurgaon. things turned out to be hilarious when he gave his credit card to his wife for shopping but did not receive any details of the purchase done.

'I was relaxed that I will get the transaction alerts but now I have no idea of how much amount remains remains in my account,' he said jokingly.

There are many like Shibani and Anvesh who have been affected by the government's decision to extend the ban on all bulk SMS services until Sep 30 after the Supreme Court decided to defer by a week its judgement in the Ayodhya land title suit.

The government had initially banned bulk SMS and MMS services till Saturday ahead of the Ayodhya verdict Sep 24, in a bid to check the spread of rumours or hateful messages. However, the Supreme Court on Thursday postponed the verdict till Sep 28, resulting in an extension of the ban till Sep 30.

Complying with the centre's rule, banks and financial companies have stopped sending SMS alerts to customers and equity trading account holders on transactions carried out via the ATM or Internet.

Most of banks have issued statements on their websites and customer helplines stating that the customers will not receive SMS alerts during the ban period.

'As per the telecom ministry directive, SMS alert services will not be available till midnight of Wednesday, 30-09-2010. We would advise you to exercise additional caution in your banking and credit card transactions. Inconvenience caused is regretted,' said a note on the HDFC Bank's website.

The cellular operators association of India (COAI) has also submitted a request to the department of telecom (DOT) to relax the ban for certain essential services for the convenience of subscribers.

'We have already submitted request to the telecom department to relax the ban for essential services,' said Rajan Mattews, director general of COAI.

'The operators communication with its customers can be easily tracked,' he added.

However, the DOT could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.

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A regulation to control unsolicited commercial calls/messages on mobile phones will be finalised by this month-end, while a national broadband plan with the aim of reaching every home by 2020 will be ready by October-end, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman J. S. Sarma.

Talking to reporters after TRAI held its first 'Open house discussion on national broadband plan' with stakeholders here on Monday, he said the TRAI finalised the report and the "necessary regulation" would be in place by September-end. It would come into effect immediately after the announcement.

He said studies have proved that broadband utilisation had tremendous effect on gross domestic product (GDP). A 10 percentage point increase in broadband penetration accounted for 1.38 percentage point increase in per capita GDP growth in developing economies.

Although the National Broadband Policy of 2004 envisaged 20 million broadband connections by 2010, only 50 per cent was achieved with the country having 10 million broadband users at present.

Mr. Sarma said TRAI had set out the idea of developing a National Broadband Plan by using different technologies to ensure broadband access to at least 100 million homes by 2014.

The plan would seek to achieve the objective through telecom, internet and cable operators.

Issues such as definition of minimum speed of broadband, the type of spectrum to be allocated for wireless broadband, separate broadband speeds for urban and rural areas, the charges being collected by municipalities for giving Right of Way (RoW) permission and the lack of power supply were discussed in the open house. Some of the stakeholders suggested the need for a national telecom infrastructure policy and wanted the proposed National Broadband Plan to be implemented in three phases up to 2020.

Replying to a question, he said number portability for mobiles would be allowed from November 1.

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Wipro recognised as first Bluetooth test facility in India

Bangalore:  Global software major Wipro Technologies has been recognised as India's first Bluetooth qualification test facility by the Bluetooth trade association, the IT bellwether said late Tuesday.

Bluetooth is an open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances (using short length radio waves) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks (PANs) with high levels of security.

The recognition makes Wipro competent to perform Bluetooth qualification conformance or compliance tests, the company said in a statement here.

"We will test products submitted by members of the Bluetooth special interest group at our test lab in the electronics city campus. The tests will also include Bluetooth protocol conformance," said Wipro vice-president C.P. Gangadharaiah.


Bluetooth qualification is the certification process required for any product using Bluetooth wireless technology and a pre-condition of the intellectual property (IP) license for Bluetooth technology.

"India is known for its strong software expert pool. Many profiles and protocol stacks of Bluetooth-enabled products were developed in India. This market is influential in the Bluetooth original equipment manufacturer (OEM) automotive market and in the Bluetooth mobile advertising," Bluetooth chief technology officer Andy Glass said in the statement.

Bluetooth technology has expanded beyond headset and mobile phone applications to high-growth market segments, including health and fitness and gaming.

"Gaming is the second largest application in terms of Bluetooth shipments. About 1,000 new Bluetooth enabled product designs were evolved and over 3,000 Bluetooth enabled products were tested and qualified in 2009," Glass added.

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'Re-examination of jobs must in knowledge era'

COIMBATORE: Re-examination of jobs, managers and work processes is a must in knowledge era, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Coimbatore, K. Karunakaran, said here on Thursday.

Speaking at the 'First International Conference on Intelligent Information Systems and Management', organised at RVS Group of Engineering and Management Institutions, he said, "the reassessment is necessary because knowledge will form the foundation of successful enterprises in future."

Organisations

"Knowledge built on intelligent information will allow organisations to be more flexible and better able to adapt to the continuously changing and often complex environment."

This was because intelligent systems helped identify relevant causes of problems, evaluated the benefit of proposed solutions and documented them even where they involved vagueness and uncertainty.

Result

"Intelligent systems focus on how to achieve desired result rather than simply providing data or reports that are required," he said.

Intelligent information systems, when built, should provide support to decision makers with an emphasis on semi-structured and unstructured decisions. It should support managers at all levels and provide integration between levels.

Intelligence would have to be added to the available data to adequately support complex decisions that required interpretation and evaluation to potential consequences and outcomes.

And finally, a friendlier computer interface, including visualisation and multimedia support, would be needed to be incorporated.

M. Durai Singh, Country Business Manager, HP India Sales Private Limited, Bangalore, spoke on the company's green computing initiative and also on how technology got transferred to students. K. Senthil Ganesh, Managing Trustee, RVS Educational Trust, presided over the function.

V. Gunaraj, Principal, Welcomed the gathering. K.V. Kupusamy, Chairman, was present on the occasion.

MVL Telecom introduces push mail feature

GURGAON: MVL Telecom has introduced push mail feature in its mobile handsets. According to a release, the company plans to roll out its mobile handsets under MVL brand. It is setting up its own international R&D centre for offering latest technology. It also plans to set up an L4 Service centre in Gurgaon.

L&T bags Rs. 747-crore orders

MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro has secured orders aggregating Rs. 747 crore from various customers such as Coal India, Indiabulls Power and Hindalco Industries. The company has secured a contract for coal handling plant at Northern Coalfields, Amlohri in Madhya Pradesh. It has bagged an order from Indiabulls Power for supply and creation of coal handling plants at Amaravati and Nashik thermal power plants in Maharashtra and one from Hindalco for aluminium rolling mill complex at Hirakud, Orissa.

Wipro gets contract from TVS & Sons

BANGALORE: Wipro and TV Sundram Iyengar & Sons have signed a 10-year total outsourcing contract. According to a release, the partnership aims at leveraging the power of information technology to drive business efficiencies across all business units and functional areas of TVS & Sons. The scope of services includes comprehensive suite of IT infrastructure and applications across the enterprise.

SBI plans Rs. 20,000 cr rights issue

NEW DELHI: State Bank of India on Wednesday announced that it had plans to raise Rs.20,000 crore through a rights issue along with another Rs.200 crore from bonds this fiscal to fund business growth.

"We are expecting to raise Rs.20,000 crore from a rights issue,'' bank Chairman O. P. Bhatt told reporters here on the sidelines of a CII event.

He said the issue might come up by this fiscal end since the bank was now talking to the government about it. "It is still at the talks stage. That is why if at all it comes up, it would be towards the end of this fiscal,'' he added. The government holds about 59 per cent stake in SBI and the rights issue is subscribed by the existing shareholders.

On the bond issue to retail investors, Mr. Bhatt said, the bank planned to raise around Rs.200 crore in the first half of this fiscal. The money would be raised from the domestic market and bonds would be offered to retail investors..

LIC to act as registrar for UID project

MUMBAI: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to act as a registrar for the delivery of the unique 12-digit identity numbers to customers, making it the first institution other than State governments to sign up with UIDAI.

UIDAI has envisioned the UID as a number that will make it possible for Indian residents to easily establish their identity to facilitate their interaction with various public and private agencies across the country. It is to be based on demographic and biometric data, that is, photograph, fingerprints (all ten fingers) and iris scan of an individual and hence prevents duplication. The UID number has been branded 'Aadhaar' (foundation).

Addressing the media here, LIC Chairman T. S. Vijayan said, "LIC will be able to uniquely identify its customers thereby enhancing its efficiency in service delivery and achieving a high level of effectiveness in various operations. We know how to contact people and that is our strength. With over 14 lakh agents last year, we covered over six crore lives selling 3.88 crore new policies.''

Big challenge

UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said, "when conceptualising UID, we took a few decisions very early on, one of which was to provide a number and not a card to all Indian residents. The big challenge is to ensure no duplication and so we will use biometrics. We also needed to have the concept of 'online authentication' where an individual comes to a service point and his identity can be verified in seconds. The only equipment required is a mobile phone with a fingerprint reader. We decided to have multiple registrars to give as many UIDs as soon as possible and LIC is appropriate as the first registrar. We are also talking to organisations like the Reserve Bank of India, the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) and the Ministry of Finance.''

He added that the two main matrices of success were the speed of getting more people to have UID numbers and the speed of having them being able to derive value from it. "Inclusion is also most important because there are a few 100 million Indians with no IDs and ID has effectively become a divide between 'haves and have-nots''. The UID project is a platform to bridge that gap.''

On schedule

According to UIDAI Director General and Mission Director R. S. Sharma, the roll out of the UID numbers is on schedule and would be between August 2010 and February 2011. "We are in the process of setting up back-end business continuity centres in Bangalore and New Delhi. The software is being delivered on time and there is a whole list of empanelled agencies to choose from for data collection.''

Mr. Sharma also clarified that the UID was "as of now only for resident Indians and non-resident Indians and other categories are not covered although the government may decide at a later date to do so.''

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Videocon launches GSM mobile service

The Videocon group, leading white goods manufacturer, on Friday announced the launch of its GSM mobile service in Kerala.

The launch in the State is part of the company's rollout plan to cover 100 key towns over 100 days (since its launch on March 25), said Aravind Santhanam, chief operating officer, at a press conference here.

He said the company would invest Rs.400 crore in the State and had already commissioned a network of 1,500 base transreceiver stations (BTS). This will go up to 2,500 by the year-end.

The brand will have a retail presence in over 15,000 outlets in the State and 22,500 outlets within six months.

Kerala is the sixth circle where Videocon has launched its GSM mobile services, said Justin Damodaran, business head of the company based in Kochi.

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Eye camp organised

PERAMBALUR: A large number of men and women were screened for eye disorders during the two-day camp organised jointly by the Mahatma Gandhi Eye Hospital and Perambalur Panchayat Union for the benefit of the noon meal staff, cooks and assistants which concluded here on Tuesday.

Collector M. Vijayakumar visited the camp and made enquiries with the beneficiaries.

In a statement he said, similar camps for the noon meal staff, cooks and assistants will be held in Veppanthattai union office on May 5 and 6, Veppur union office on May 7 and 8 and in Alathur union office on May 10 and 11. He called upon the target groups to take advantage of the camp.

ICICI Bank to hire up to 7,000 employees in fiscal 2010-11

ICICI Bank said it plans to increase its headcount by up to 7,000 this financial year.

"We plan to hire around 5,000-7,000 people this fiscal.

We have also declared bonus and increments for our employees," ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar told reporters after inaugurating the 2,000th branch of the largest private sector bank in Mumbai.

ICICI Bank has become the first private sector bank to reach this milestone, giving it a wide distribution reach in the country, Kochhar said.

The bank plans to add more branches and ATMs in the current fiscal, she said.

"The inauguration of this 2,000th branch signifies our commitment to getting closer to our customers through an enhanced branch network. Our branches are well-equipped to address customer needs through a wide range of products and services. Our branches now have dedicated service area for privilege banking customers," she added.

The bank has 33 per cent branches in metro areas, 26 per cent in other urban areas and 41 per cent in semi-urban and rural areas.

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'Railway season tickets being misused'


Coimbatore: The Coimbatore Consumer Cause (CCC) has appealed to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee to check misuse of monthly season tickets issued for those below the poverty line.

In a memorandum to the Minister, Secretary of CCC K. Kathirmathiyon pointed out that as per the norms, people whose monthly income is below Rs.1,500 could travel a distance of up to 100 km..

For a distance of up to 100 km, the cost of normal season ticket was around Rs.300 and it was Rs. 25 under concession.

The regular season ticket itself was cheaper compared to the bus fare. From the statistics available, it was found that concessional tickets issued at Coimbatore Jn. Tirupur, Erode and Salem are nearly 50 per cent. Nearly 3,900 monthly season tickets were issued at concession rates in these stations for a month. In Erode, it was found that the concession tickets issued were more than the season tickets. Before introduction of the scheme, the total season tickets issued at Erode were 1,377. But under the concession scheme 1, 718 tickets were issued at the particular station. The scheme was announced to help those living below poverty line. Unfortunately, a sizeable number of people are misusing it.

More than 40 per cent of the people travelling with the season tickets have concessional tickets.

Some people are even travelling more than 100 km also by availing the concessional ticket. CCC expects the Railways to be transparent in collecting its fare. There was no proper mechanism to verify the genuineness of the beneficiaries and no provision for any penal action if the scheme was misused.

NEYVELI: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Jayalalithaa on Sunday promised a power-cut free Tamil Nadu if returned to power in 2011.

It would be her priority to tide over power shortage within months of coming back to power and ensure uninterrupted supply round the clock to all sections of society, she said while addressing a demonstration here to protest against the failure of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government on the power front.

During the AIADMK rule till May 2006 the State was surplus in power. Now it had turned power deficient. The entire State had been plunged into darkness and day-to-day life had come to a standstill, affecting the economy.

However, ruling party functionaries, government officials, dignitaries and foreign companies in Chennai were assured of 24-hour supply while the rest of Tamil Nadu was sweating it out.

She cited the following reasons for the present state of affairs: dismal functioning of thermal stations owing to lack of maintenance and administrative lapses, corruption in the TNEB, reduction in Tamil Nadu's share from the Central power grid and import of substandard quality coal.

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was not staking claim to the State's rightful share from the Central grid for fear of losing power and was passing on the blame to her.

Ms Jayalalithaa said that during her regime the total installed power generation capacity was 10,011 MW, which had now declined to 7,300 MW.

The Chief Secretary had gone on record stating that the power situation would not improve before 2011, implying that as long as the present DMK government lasted, there would be no respite from power cut.

TNEB losses

Besides causing immense hardships to all sections of society by imposing frequent power cuts, both scheduled and unscheduled, the Karunanidhi government had inflicted losses to the tune of Rs.2,522 crore on the TNEB.

She alleged that in the procurement of coal, corruption was taking place. For instance, about 2.1 million tonnes of coal was being imported annually from Indonesia at $103 a tonne, while the actual cost was $82, thereby causing a loss of $44 million (Rs.200 crore).

Army recruitment camp from May 10

DINDIGUL: Army recruitment camp will be conducted in Dindigul from May 10 to 16 by the Army Recruitment Centre, Coimbatore, according to Col. M.P. Varghese, Director of Coimbatore centre.

In a release issued here on Monday, candidates in Dindigul, Theni, Dharmapuri, Nilgiris, Krishnagiri, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Erode, Madurai, Tirupur and Salem may take part in the camp. Verification of certificates for soldier (technical) and nursing assistant will be held on May 10. Candidates from Dindigul, Theni, Dharmapuri, Nilgiris, Krishnagiri, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Erode, Madurai, Tirupur and Salem may participate on this day. Educational qualification for soldier technical is 50 per cent marks in HSC (Maths, Physics, Chemistry and English) and for nursing assistant 50 per cent marks in HSC (Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.)

Selection for soldiers (general duty) will be held on May 11 for candidates from Dindigul, Theni, Dharmapuri, Namakkal, Nilgiris and Krishnagiri districts and on May 12 for candidates from Coimbatore, Namakkal, Erode, Madurai, Tirupur and Salem. Eligibility for this post was a matriculation or SSLC with 45 per cent marks and a minimum of 35 per cent marks in each subject.

Recruitment for tradesmen post will be held on May 13. Candidates of all the above mentioned districts may take part. Educational qualification is eighth or Tenth standard.

Selection for Soldier clerk and store keeper (technical) will be conducted on May 14 and eligibility is HSC with 50 per cent marks. Candidates in all these districts may take part.

Age limit for all the posts is between May 12, 1987 and November 13, 1992. For soldier general duty, they should be born between May 13, 1989 and November 1992.

Candidates with arts subjects are not eligible for soldier technical, soldier nursing assistant, and soldier clerk/ store keeper technical posts.

Community certificate and residential proof should be in English. Candidates should attend the test with original certificates and seven passport size photographs, he added. "Recruitment drive is free. No one needs to pay any amount to any agents to take part in the recruitment drive."

Over 1,000 vacancies filled in Corporation

COIMBATORE: As many as 1,008 vacancies to various posts in the Coimbatore Corporation were filled in the last three years, Minister for Rural Industries and Animal Husbandry said here recently.

Handing over orders of appointment to 32 persons to the post of Junior Assistant-cum-typist and to 76 conservancy workers, the Minister said the present government had enabled the filling up of a huge number of vacancies caused by a ban on recruitment before it assumed power.

The Minister said the city would witness a great amount of development as infrastructure works were on in connection with the World Classical Tamil Conference to be held in June this year.

Apart from the conference-related works, the projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission would step up the development in the city.

Mayor R. Venkatachalam and Deputy Mayor N. Karthik also listed the efforts being taken to improve the city's infrastructure.

Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra said that 73 employees in various positions had been promoted in the Corporation. While 1,008 persons were recruited directly, 243 were appointed on compassionate grounds.

The Corporation was taking efforts to get another 288 posts, including that of doctors in its health centres, filled.

16,300 candidates appear for TNPSC examination

TIRUCHI: As many as 16,300 candidates appeared for the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (Group II) Combined Subordinate Services Examinations held in various centres in the central districts on Sunday.

The examination was organised at 77 centres in Tiruchi, Thuraiyur, Musiri and Manapparai towns in Tiruchi district.

K. Lakshmanan, Member of the TNPSC, who inspected various examination centres in Tiruchi city, said that about 4.50 lakh candidates were appearing for the examination being conducted for the 1,300 vacant posts in 22 categories including municipal commissioners, executive officers in town panchayats, assistant section officers, Revenue assistants in the State.

He said that the examinations were conducted smoothly.

District Revenue Officer V. Dakshinamurthy, Revenue Divisional Officer Mahalakshmi and TNPSC officials visited various examination centres in the district.

Thanjavur:

Thanjavur District Revenue Officer M. Karunakaran, who is also the chief examination officer, inspected the examination centres in the town.

He saw 260 candidates writing examinations at St. Peter's Higher Secondary School, 300 candidates taking part in the examination at Rajah's Higher Secondary School. Later, he told presspersons that a total of 15,461 candidates wrote the examinations at Thanjavur, Pattukottai and Kumbakonam.

Pudukottai:

Nearly 5,200 candidates appeared for the examination in 16 centres in Pudukottai district on Sunday. District Revenue Officer J. Raghavan and 20 invigilators from the TNPSC inspected the examination centres at several places in Pudukottai and Aranthangi revenue divisions.

The DRO said that out of the total 6,186 candidates only 5,220 appeared for the examination.

Perambalur:

In Perambalur district, the examination was conducted only in Perambalur town and 3,038 candidates appeared for the examination.

District Revenue Officer S. Palanisamy and officials from the TNPSC visited the examination centre.

Ariyalur:

In Ariyalur district, as many as 3,268 candidates appeared for the examination in 13 centres. District Revenue Officer R. Pichai and invigilators from the TNPSC inspected various centres.

Hindi students told to develop skills

VELLORE: The first vice-president of Dhakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha -Tamil Nadu, S. Arunachalam, has urged Hindi students to develop their communications skills in the language by practising to converse in Hindi.

He was speaking at a function got up by the Vellore branch of the sabha here on Saturday to distribute grants to Hindi teachers under the Union government's scheme, certificates to students who have passed the Hindi typewriting examinations and prizes to students who have scored high marks in Hindi examinations.

Mr. Arunachalam urged the students to learn other languages as well when they get an opportunity. He stressed on the students learning Hindi with perfection. He distributed certificates to 12 persons who passed typewriting examination.

S. Jayaraj, secretary, Dhakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha -Tamil Nadu, urged Hindi teachers to increase the number of students learning the language and create a conducive atmosphere among students for learning.

D.V. Yagnanarayanan, Trust Board member, Dhakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha -Tamil Nadu, presided over the function and distributed prizes to students who obtained first place in various levels of Hindi examinations from 'Prathmic' to 'Praveen' conducted in February 2010.

Vasantha Sridhar, Principal, Dhakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha, Vellore branch, welcomed the gathering. K. Raja, Executive Committee Member (North Zone), Dhakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha -Tamil Nadu, stressed the need for introducing computer applications as a subject in Hindi classes. He sought steps to construct a permanent building for the Vellore branch of the sabha. Hindi teachers from Vellore, Gudiyatham, Ranipet, Arcot, Ambur, Sholinghur, Arakkonam, Kancheepuram and Kalpakkam participated in the function. M.R. Santhagowri, Hindi typewriting instructor, proposed a vote of thanks.

Maths "tough" at IIT-JEE

CHENNAI: About 6,000 students took the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) in 12 centres across the city on Sunday. A total of 4.72 lakh students appeared for the examination all over the country.

This year's examination pattern did not spring too many surprises. The only minor changes were the absence of negative marking in two sections and a partial marking system (marks based on the number of right choices) in the multiple right answer questions.

Explaining the rationale behind the removal of negative marking in some sections, T. S. Natarajan, organising chairman, JEE 2010, said, "Students who study so hard end up getting frustrated when they get negative marks on something. We do not want to stretch it beyond a point and want to move towards a system in which the effect of negative marking is minimised."

The testing followed the same kind of pattern that has been adopted over the past four years with questions from the following categories — multiple choice, assertion and reasoning, reading comprehension and match the following.

Ajay Antony, course director, IIT-JEE, TIME, said: "The integer type questions in maths were especially tough."

Suchit Vasudevan, one of the test takers, said: "Maths was twice as hard as the last year paper that we took during mock exams. It was a good mix of conceptual and numerical questions. But there were some questions that you have a look at and you are absolutely clueless."

Pointing out that most students found the mathematics paper time consuming, K.K. Anand, founder and director of SMART Institute, said that it might result in the cut-off coming down in comparison to last year.

The results of the examination will be out in the last week of May.

"The counselling and seat allotment process will go online this year," said Mr. Natarajan.

General candidate students can select their course from the convenience of their homes. However, students availing themselves of the quota will have to go in person to show proof of identity.

Students will be able to fill in their preference of courses and college online, and seats will be offered in order of rank and preference. It will be held between May 27 and June 9.