How To Enable Facebook Timeline Right This Second

This morning Facebook announced Timeline, a crazy (and kind of creepy) omnibus look at everything that has ever happened in your Facebook lifespan. It’s like a story book of your life — or at least the online, documented parts. Facebook said that Timeline would be on the way for everyone sometime in the coming weeks… which is great and all, for everyone else. You’re the type of person who reads TechCrunch, and are thus likely the type of person who likes their new and shiny things right now. That’s okay. We can make it happen. Fortunately, enabling Timeline a bit early isn’t too difficult — but it’s not at all straight forward, either. You see, Facebook is enabling Timeline early for open graph developers. You, too, can be an open graph developer — even if you’re just looking to dabble A few things to note: - You probably don’t want to do this unless you’re actually a developer. Expect bugs. - Only you will see your timeline at first (unless you decide otherwise), but it will automatically go public after a few days. My timeline was automatically hard-set to go public on September 29th. - It seems that if you login into Facebook on another machine, Timeline gets disabled automatically on all of your machines. With that said, it seems you can get back to your timeline (but ONLY after following the steps below) by navigating to http://www.facebook.com/YOURUSERNAMEHERE?sk=timeline - You’ll need to have a “verified” account for one of the steps, which means you need a credit card or phone number attached to the account. Here’s how to do it: 1. Log into Facebook 2. Enable developer mode, if you haven’t already. To do this, type “developer” into the Facebook search box, click the first result (it should be an app made by Facebook with a few hundred thousand users), and add the app.

3. Jump into the developer app (if Facebook doesn’t put you there automatically, it should be in your left-hand tool bar) 4. Create a new app (don’t worry — you wont actually be submitting this for anyone else to see/use). Give your shiny new app any display name and namespace you see fit. Read through and agree to the Platform Privacy agreement. This is the step you need to be verified for. 5. Ensure you’re in your new app’s main settings screen. You should see your app’s name near the top of the page 6. Look for the “Open Graph” header, and click the “Get Started using open graph” link. Create a test action for your app, like “read” a “book”, or “eat” a “sandwich”

7. This should drop you into an action type configuration page. Change a few of the default settings (I changed the past tense of “read” to “redd” — again, only you can see this unless you try and submit your application to the public directory), and click through all three pages of settings 8. Wait 2-3 minutes 9. Go back to your Facebook homescreen. An invite to try Timeline should be waiting at the top of the page And you’re done! We’ve seen this work quite a few times now, so it should work without a hitch for just about anyone. Courtesy: a web page
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Some facts about Congress people

A daring letter by an IIT'an to Rahul Gandhi. Plz read . . (HOPE EVERY ONE KNOW THIS ..) A REPLY LETTER WRITTEN BY: NITIN GUPTA (RIVALDO) B. Tech, IIT Bombay ON Rahul Gandhi: "I feel ashamed to call myself an INDIAN after seeing what has happened here in UP". Dear Rahul, YOU REALLY WANT TO FEEL ASHAMED??????? But don't be disappointed, I would give you ample reasons to feel ashamed... You really want to feel Ashamed..? * First Ask Pranav Mukherjee, Why isn't he giving the details of the account holders in the Swiss Banks. * Ask your Mother, Who is impeding the Investigation against Hasan Ali? * Ask her, Who got 60% Kickbacks in the 2G Scam ? * Kalamadi is accused of a Few hundred Crores, Who Pocketed the Rest in the Common Wealth Games? * Ask Praful Patel what he did to the Indian Airlines? Why did Air India let go of the Profitable Routes ? * Why should the Tax Payer pay for the Air India losses, when you intend to eventually DIVEST IT ANYWAY!!! * Also, You People can't run an Airline Properly. How can we expect you to run the Nation? * Ask Manmohan Singh. Why/What kept him quiet for so long? * Are Kalmadi and A Raja are Scapegoats to save Big Names like Harshad Mehta was in the 1992 Stock Market Scandal ? * Who let the BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY Accused go Scot Free? (20,000 People died in that Tragedy) * Who ordered the State Sponsored Massacre of SIKHS in 84? * Please read more about, How Indira Gandhi pushed the Nation Under Emergency in 76-77, after the HC declared her election to Lok Sabha Void! * WHY ONLY HIGHLIGHT THIS ARREST? Dear Rahul, to refresh your memory, you were arrested/detained by the FBI the BOSTON Airport in September 2001. You were carrying with you $ 1,60,000 in Cash. You couldn't explain why you were carrying so much Cash. (Incidentally He was with his Columbian girlfriend Veronique Cartelli, ALLEGEDLY, the Daughter of Drug Mafia. 9 HOURS he was kept at the Airport. Later then freed on the intervention of the then Prime Minister Mr. Vajpayee.. FBI filed an equivalent of an FIR in US and released him. When FBI was asked to divulge the information, by Right/Freedom to Information Activists about the reasons Rahul was arrested ... FBI asked for a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from Rahul Gandhi. So Subramaniyam Swami wrote a Letter to Rahul Gandhi, " If you have NOTHING to HIDE, Give us the Permission" HE NEVER REPLIED!) Why did that arrest not make Headlines Rahul? You could have gone to the Media and told, "I am ashamed to call myself an INDIAN?". Or is it that, you only do like to highlight Symbolic Arrests (like in UP) and not Actual Arrests (In BOSTON) Kindly Clarify.....In any case, you want to feel ashamed, Read Along... YOUR MOTHER'S SO CALLED SACRIFICE OF GIVING UP PRIME MINISTERSHIP in 2004. According to a Provision in the Citizenship Act, A Foreign National who becomes a Citizen of India, is bounded by the same restrictions, which an Indian would face, If he/she were to become a Citizen of Italy. (Condition based on principle of reciprocity) Now Since you can't become a PM in Italy, Unless you are born there. Likewise an Italian Citizen can't become Indian PM, unless He/She is not born here! Dr. SUBRAMANIYAM SWAMI (The Man who Exposed the 2G Scam) sent a letter to the PRESIDENT OF INDIA bringing the same to his Notice. PRESIDENT OF INDIA sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi to this effect, 3:30 PM, May 17th, 2004. Swearing Ceremony was scheduled for 5 PM the same Day. Manmohan Singh was brought in the Picture at the last moment to Save Face!! Rest of the SACRIFICE DRAMA which she choreographed was an EYE WASH!!! In fact Sonia Gandhi had sent, 340 letters, each signed by different MP to the PRESIDENT KALAM, supporting her candidacy for PM. One of those letters read, "I Sonia Gandhi, elected Member from Rai Bareli, hereby propose Sonia Gandhi as Prime Minister." So SHE was Pretty INTERESTED! Until She came to know the Facts! She didn't make any Sacrifice, It so happens that SONIA GANDHI couldn't have become the PM of INDIA that time. You could be Ashamed about that Dear Rahul!! One Credential Sonia G had, Even that was a HOAX! THINK ABOUT YOURSELF. You go to Harvard on Donation Quota. ( Hindujas Gave HARVARD 11 million dollars the same year, when Rajiv Gandhi was in Power) Then you are expelled in 3 Months/ You Dropped out in 3 Months.... (Sadly Manmohan Singh wasn't the Dean of Harvard that time, else you might have had a chance... Too Bad, there is only one Manmohan Singh!) Then Why did you go about lying about being Masters in Economics from Harvard .. before finally taking it off your Resume upon questioning by Dr. SUBRAMANIYAM SWAMI (The Gentlemen who exposed the 2G Scam) At St. Stephens.. You Fail the Hindi Exam. Hindi Exam!!! And you are representing the Biggest Hindi Speaking State of the Country? SONIA GANDHI's EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Sonia G gave a sworn affidavit as a Candidate that She Studied English at University of Cambridge According to Cambridge University, there is no such Student EVER! Upon a Case by Dr. Subramaniyam Swami filed against her, She subsequently Dropped the CAMBRIDGE CREDENTIAL from her Affidavit. Sonia Gandhi didn't even pass High School. She is just 5th class Pass! In this sense, She shares a common Educational Background with her 2G Partner In Crime, Karunanidhi. You Fake your Educational Degree, Your Mother Fakes her Educational Degree. And then you go out saying, " We want Educated Youth into Politics!" WHY LIE ABOUT EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS? Not that Education is a Prerequisite for being a great Leader, but then you shouldn't have lied about your qualifications! You could feel a little ashamed about Lying about your Educational Qualifications. You had your reasons I know, Because in India, WE RESPECT EDUCATION! But who cares about Education, When you are a Youth Icon!! YOUTH ICON You traveled in the Local Train for the first time at the Age of 38. You went to some Villages as a part of Election Campaign. And You won a Youth Icon!! ... That's why You are my Youth Icon. For 25 Million People travel by Train Every day. You are the First Person to win a Youth Icon for boarding a Train. Thousands of Postmen go to remotest of Villages. None of them have yet gotten a Youth Icon. You were neither YOUNG Nor ICONIC! Still You became a Youth Icon beating Iconic and Younger Contenders like RAHUL DRAVID. SURNAME Shakespeare said, What's in a Name? Little did he knew, It's all in the Name, Especially the Surname! Speaking of Surname, Sir DO YOU REALLY RESPECT GANDHI, OR IS IT JUST TO CASH IN ON THE GOODWILL OF MAHATMA? Because the Name on your Passport is RAUL VINCI. Not RAHUL GANDHI.. May be if you wrote your Surname as Gandhi, you would have experienced, what Gandhi feels like, LITERALLY ( Pun Intended) You People don't seem to use Gandhi much, except when you are fighting Elections. ( There it makes complete sense). Imagine fighting elections by the Name Raul Vinci... You use the name GANDHI at will and then say, " Mujhe yeh YUVRAJ shabd Insulting lagta hai! Kyonki aaj Hindustan mein Democracy hai, aur is shabd ka koi matlab nahin hai! YUVRAJ, Itna hi Insulting lagta hai, to lad lo RAUL VINCI ke Naam se!!! Jin Kisano ke saath photo khinchate ho woh bhi isliye entertain karte hain ki GANDHI ho.. RAUL VINCI bol ke Jao... Ghar mein nahin ghusaenge!!! You could feel ashamed for your Double Standards. YOUTH INTO POLITICS. Now You want Youth to Join Politics. I say First you Join Politics. Because you haven't Joined Politics. You have Joined a Family Business. First you Join Politics. Win an Election fighting as RAUL VINCI and Not Rahul Gandhi, then come and ask the youth and the Educated Brass for more involvement in Politics. Also till then, Please don't give me examples of Sachin Pilot and Milind Deora and Naveen Jindal as youth who have joined Politics. They are not Politicians. They Just happen to be Politicians. Much Like Abhishek Bachchan and other Star Sons are not Actors. They just happen to be Actors (For Obvious Reasons) So, We would appreciate if you stop requesting the Youth to Join Politics till you establish your credentials... WHY WE CAN'T JOIN POLITICS! Rahul Baba, Please understand, Your Father had a lot of money in your Family account ( in Swiss Bank) when he died. Ordinary Youth has to WORK FOR A LIVING. YOUR FAMILY just needs to NETWORK FOR A LIVING If our Father had left thousands of Crores with us, We might consider doing the same. But we have to Work. Not just for ourselves. But also for you. So that we can pay 30% of our Income to the Govt. which can then be channelized to the Swiss Banks and your Personal Accounts under some Pseudo Names. So Rahul, Please don't mind If the Youth doesn't Join Politics. We are doing our best to fund your Election Campaigns and your Chopper Trips to the Villages. Somebody has to Earn the Money that Politicians Feed On. NO WONDER YOU ARE NOT GANDHIs. YOU ARE SO CALLED GANDHIs!! Air India, KG Gas Division, 2G, CWG, SWISS BANK Account Details... Hasan Ali, KGB., FBI Arrest.. You want to feel ashamed..? Feel Ashamed for what the First Family of Politics has been reduced to... A Money Laundering Enterprise. NO WONDER YOU ARE NOT GANDHI'S BY BLOOD. GANDHI is an adopted Name. For Indira didn't marry Mahatma Gandhi's Son. For even if you had one GENE OF GANDHI JI in your DNA. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY SUCH 'POVERTY OF AMBITION' (Ambition of only EARNING MONEY) You really want to feel Ashamed? Feel Ashamed for what you ' SO CALLED GANDHI'S' have done to MAHATMA'S Legacy.. I so wish GANDHI JI had Copyrighted his Name! Meanwhile, I would request Sonia Gandhi to change her name to $ONIA GANDHI, and you could replace the 'R' in RAHUL/RAUL by the New Rupee Symbol!!! RAUL VINCI : I am ashamed to call myself an Indian. Even we are ashamed to call you so! P.S: Popular Media is either bought or blackmailed, controlled to Manufacture Consent! My Guess is Social Media is still a Democratic Platform. (Now they are trying to put legislations to censor that too!!). Meanwhile, Let's ask these questions, for we deserve some Answers. YOURS SINCERELY NITIN GUPTA ( RIVALDO) B. Tech, IIT Bombay
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Ten most corrupt Indian politicians : Excl

While everyone has been animatedly supporting Anna Hazare's fight against corruption, people seem to have forgotten who the people are who actually led to this situation.

The peak of irony was when Anna was, allegedly, lodged in the same jail that housed the people who were responsible for two of the biggest scams in the country ever. How must the authorities have felt when they saw Raja and Kalmadi fill their plates while Anna was on a fast because of their misdeeds?

Corruption has become an unavoidable part of politics and every now and then, one or the other politician re-affirms this fact.

Here is our pick of the 10 most corrupt politicians of India.

Suresh Kalmadi

Suresh Kalmadi, almost single handedly caused a loss of hundreds of crores of rupees to the country. The Commonwealth Games, organized by Kalmadi was no less than a loot with numerous reports of the magnum opus event being soaked in corruption making headlines way before the Games had even started. Apparently, out of Rs. 70000 crores spent on the Games, only half of the amount was actually spent. Owing to his involvement in the scam, Kalmadi was charged with corruption and sent to Tihar jail

A. Raja

A scam worth Rs. 176,000 crore had former Union Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Andimuthu Raja at the centre. A. Raja as he is generally called, was the prime accused in the 2G spectrum scam, which was the largest that the country had seen in a long time. Following the shocking exposure, Raja was indicted and forced to resign. Presently, he is too has been lodged at the Tihar jail and is awaiting his trial.
Mayawati

Mayawati has always been criticized for ostentatious display of power in her state. She has allegedly used her status as chief minister to amass large amounts of personal wealth. She was charged with corruption when the Taj Heritage Corridor Case was uncovered. Mayawati's birthdays have always been media events, where she usually appears decked in diamond jewellery and also accepts public donations for which, she often comes under fire. Her assets are worth millions of dollars and in the year 2007-08, she had paid an income tax of Rs. 26 crores, which placed her amongst the top 20 taxpayers of the year
Lalu Prasad Yadav

The fact that Lalu Prasad Yadav has been an accused in 63-odd cases serves for the fact that Lalu stands as one of the strongest competitor in the list. The biggest scam that rocked Lalu's political career was the fodder scam which involved the embezzlement of Rs. 950 crore approximately. The accusation of nepotism against him has come up time and again but hardly any action has been taken against him owing to his 'connections' in the government

Madhu Koda

Former Jharkand Chief Minister, and only the third independent legislator to assume the office of chief minister in India, Madhu Koda was responsible for a scam worth over Rs. 4000 crore. The man exploited the state's natural resources by licensing illegal mining leases and stashing away the wealth amassed during the undertaking. Furthermore, the Maoists received a 30% share of the booty. Koda was arrested on charges of money laundering and is still in prison following the rejection of numerous bail applications.
Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav is also known as one of the most corrupt ministers in the country despite not being directly involved in any major scams. Apart from his name being involved in appointments of tainted officers and mishandling of his power as chief minister, Mulayam Singh had one major allegation levelled against him-accumulation of disproportionate assets. The case drew limelight on his sons and daughter-in-law as they too were holders of the assests that amounted to crores of rupees.
Karunanidhi

The corruptions charges against M. Karunanidhi are so many that he is often referred to as the king or emperor of corruption. He was accused of lending support to the LTTE and was indicted for abetting the LTTE in the interim report which oversaw the investigation into Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.Karunanidhi reportedly institutionalized corruption in the South. He was a leading player in the cash for votes scams that are common in the southern region, as well as notorious foe extreme nepotism shown under his rule. Not so surprising, is the fact that the main accused in the 2G scam, A, Raja, considers him to be his mentor
Sharad Pawar

Very few people can miss the cosy relationship that Sharad Pawar shares with power and money.Every now and then, Pawar draws flak for alleged investments made by him and his family in various illegal projects. He was named by Abdul Karim Telgi, during a narcoanalysis test, stating that it was Pawar's brainchild to print fake stamp papers across the country and mint money. He was also accused in a multi-crore scam involving wheat imports and institutions headed by him and his close associates were served notices by the Bombay High Court for showing favoritism to his family.
Jayalalitha

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has a staggering 46 corruption cases against her. Amongst the various scams were the Rs. 70 million coal import scam, Tansi land deal case, case of disproportionate assets and colour TV case, amongst many others. A raid in her residence and business establishments led to the seizure of some 28 kg of jewellery (worth Rs 51 crore), 91 wrist-watches, 41 air-conditioners, 10,500 sarees, 750 pairs of footwears, etc. She along with her former cabinet colleagues and senior bureaucrats who worked with her are still facing investigation with regard to corruption.
B. S. Yeddyurappa

former Chief Minister of Karnataka, B. S. Yeddyurappa. While he has a number of corruption lying against him, the one that toppled his career was his alleged involvement in the illegal iron ore export scam in districts of Karnataka. A lot of blame game followed and ended up with Yeddyurappa losing his ministerial post last month. Despite his denial, his image as one of the most corrupt politicians of the country will not fade anytime soon.

Source: Gulte

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Facebook to be destroyed on Nov 5th!

The Unknown Internet hacking group plans to "kill" Facebook. According to a Fox News report they call it "Operation Facebook". The group have announced that it attempts to do so on November 5 In a YouTube video, the hacking group warns, "Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed."

The group calls people willing to protect their privacy to join them for the cause.

It claimed the social network, based in Palo Alto,Calif., provides information to "government agencies" so they can "spy on people."

While not necessarily a single entity, Anonymous links hackers across the word with the goal of committing acts of civil disobedience online.

The Anonymous Internet hacking group claims to have "defaced and destroyed" the websites of scores of US police agencies in retaliation for the arrests of cyber attack suspects.
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Second recession could be more painful than the first

The Great Recession of 2007 that rocked the entire globe might have compelled many jobless to take up the drastic step of committing suicide. But, the recent warnings by the economists claim that if the economy falls back into recession now, exorcising of its demons could be a lot more painful than the last time.“It would be disastrous if we entered into a recession at this stage, given that we haven’t yet made up for the last recession,” said Conrad DeQuadros, senior economist at RDQ Economics.

In a quick response, US president Barack Obama said that the country’s “urgent mission” now was to expand the economy and create jobs. US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said in an interview on CNBC on Sunday, Aug 7 that the United States had “a lot of work to do” because of its “long-term and unsustainable fiscal position". In fact, the policy makers used most of the economic tools at their disposal to combat the last recession, and have few options available.

During the last recession, the employers had shed all the extra work shifts and weak or extraneous employees that they could. As shown by unusually strong productivity gains, companies are now squeezing as much work as they can from their newly “lean and mean” work forces. Should a recession return, it is not clear how many additional workers' businesses could lay off and still manage to function. With fewer jobs and fewer hours logged, there is less income for households to spend, creating a huge obstacle for a consumer-driven economy.

“There are only so many times the Fed can pull this same rabbit out of its hat,” said Torsten Slok, the chief international economist at Deutsche Bank. “There is no approachable precedent, at least in the postwar era, for what happens when an economy with 9 percent unemployment falls back into recession,” said Nigel Gault, chief United States economist at IHS Global Insight. “The one precedent you might consider is 1937, when there was also a premature withdrawal of fiscal stimulus, and the economy fell into another recession more painful than the first.”

“In the financial crisis, when markets were freezing up, the first response was, ‘I’ve got to get some cash,’ ” said Neal Soss, the chief economist at Credit Suisse. “The fastest way to get cash is to not have a weekly payroll, so that’s why we saw such big layoffs.”
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Upload And Share Files Upto 2GB On Facebook With Filefly

Facebook serves a recreational purpose for the most part and features like photo sharing, events and chat make it easier for us to justify the large amounts of time we invest on the site. What would have really increased the usefulness of Facebook ten time; a simple file sharing feature. Facebook never added one and focused on ‘improving’ the photo viewer instead. Well, file sharing still hasn’t been added as an official feature, instead there is Filefly; a Facebook app that lets you store and share files on Facebook. The app has a 2GB limit, all uploaded files cannot collectively exceed 2GB. Folders can be created and shared with friends and you can delete the files any time you like.

To add a new folder, open the app, a default folder name with your Profile Name and the current date is already added, you can edit it by clicking Set title. Click the Add files button and start uploading files. You can upload multiple files at the same time.

By default, all files and folders are hidden from your friends. In order to allow friends to view uploaded files, you need to share the folder with them. To share a folder, click the Invite friends button and pick who you want to share it with

Your friends will receive a request in their Facebook notifications, they will of course have to grant the app permission to view and download the files you’ve shared. And of course, you can comment on the folders, it just wouldn’t be a Facebook app without a comment feature
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Banned from Google+, Hackers launch social site AnonPlus

If you heard about Microsoft's upcoming social network Tulalip, here is another! After being banned form Google's latest social networking site Google Plus, the notorious hacker group Anonymous has announced the launch of their own social networking site dubbed as AnonPlus. Few Days back, Google deleted Your Anon News group's profile page from Google+ for allegedly violating community standards. Few hours after this, the hacker group announced their plan to launch new social site where evry users will be anonymous.

"As some of you know we got banned from Google+ due to some of our content. What we didn't know at the time is that we were just one of a handfull of Anonymous accounts that was silenced. This is the sad fact of what happens across the internet when you walk to a different beat of the drum," group wrote in a blog post.

"We've all heard the stories of activists being banned from FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, and governments blocking their people from these sites as well through organized black outs. That day has came to an end. Not only did a few people organized an Operation ageist Google+, but we have started to build our own Social Network."

The group said that the new site will be totally different from the current social sites. "This is one social network that will not tolerate being shut down, censored, or oppressed - even in the face of blackout,"

The new AnonPlus social networking has not yet launched for the public as it's in production stage. The hacker group said that it's a new "revolution" and users will not have to face any censorship.

"Welcome to AnonPlus. This will be your future. This will be our future. Today, we welcome you to begin a new... to watch this glorious incipience happen one upon which will you never your back on. Welcome to the Revolution, a new social network where there is no fear... of censorship... of blackout... nor of holding back, " message on AnonPlus said.

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4 Indians named in All Time Test XI

The public has spoken: current Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag as well as former players Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar have been named in the Great All Time Test XI chosen in an online poll. Sehwag and Gavaskar took both the openers' slots. They beat competition from the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Hanif Mohammad and Herbert Sutcliffe.

Two West Indians, one Pakistani and four Aussies also made it to Peoples' Dream XI as more than 250,000 people voted on ICC's official website as part of the lead-in to the England-India Test match at Lord's to celebrate the 2000th cricket Test.

Tendulkar secured the no. 4 batting spot, one slot down Australian legend Don Bradman and one above West Indian Brian Lara, who was chosen at number five. The three beat the likes of Greg Chappell, Wally Hammond, George Headley, Javed Miandad, Graeme Pollock, Ricky Ponting and Vivian Richards.

Kapil was chosen as the only all-rounder ahead of the likes of Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Gary Sobers and Frank Worrell.

Australian Adam Gilchrist made it into the team as wicket-keeper by beating the likes of Mark Boucher, Jeff Dujon and Rod Marsh while Shane Warne got the approval of online voters, beating out India's Bishen Bedi and Anil Kumble and Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan.

Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose and Glenn McGrath were named in the three fast bowlers' slots. The likes of Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee, Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh missed out
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Microsoft entering the social networking domain?

Internet giant Microsoft may soon be a player in the social domain. First spotted by fusible.com, going to socl.com reveals a landing page for a new social networking site where users can log in with their Facebook or Twitter accounts. As of now, logging on to the site displays a message that reads, "Thanks for stopping by. Socl.com is an internal design project from a team in Microsoft Research, which was mistakenly published to the web. We didn't mean to, honest."

The service supposedly called "Tulalip" sounds like a real tongue twister but sounds catchy at the same time.

How Microsoft plans to makes its name in the social networking circle still remains to be seen. The fact that you can log in with your Facebook or Twitter account eliminates the need for you to have a separate login account all together.

As of today, Microsoft's gaming hardware, the XBOX 360 is a market leader when it comes to social networking on gaming consoles with Twitter and Facebook integration on the consoles XBOX Live service.

Facebook is still the largest social networking group with over 750 million subscribers. Google Plus recently launched by the search giant already has an install base of over 10 million users.
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Google+ Ad On Facebook Is Banned

What happens on Google+, stays on Google+. At least that’s the way Facebook would like to see things. Web developer Michael Lee Johnson found that out the hard way. He was trolling for Google+ friends on Facebook by running a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on Google+. Facebook, apparently, did not like him using its site to build his own social network somewhere else. So it pulled his ads. He writes on Google+:

I recently ran a Google+ advertisement on Facebook that got all of my campaigns suspended. – Great.

Yeah, Facebook frowns on people promoting competing products with Facebook ads. It’s even in its Terms of Service. But seriously, where else is he going to find friends for Google+?
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Historic dates in the Test cricket

The origins of cricket lie somewhere in the Dark Ages - probably after the Roman Empire, almost certainly before the Normans invaded England, and almost certainly somewhere in Northern Europe. All research concedes that the game derived from a very old, widespread and uncomplicated pastime by which one player served up an object, be it a small piece of wood or a ball, and another hit it with a suitably fashioned club.

Dates in cricket history

1550 (approx) Evidence of cricket being played in Guildford, Surrey.
1598 Cricket mentioned in Florio's Italian-English dictionary.
1610 Reference to "cricketing" between Weald and Upland near Chevening, Kent. 1611 Randle Cotgrave's French-English dictionary translates the French word "crosse" as a cricket staff.
Two youths fined for playing cricket at Sidlesham, Sussex.
1624 Jasper Vinall becomes first man known to be killed playing cricket: hit by a bat while trying to catch the ball - at Horsted Green, Sussex.
1676 First reference to cricket being played abroad, by British residents in Aleppo, Syria.
1694 Two shillings and sixpence paid for a "wagger" (wager) about a cricket match at Lewes.
1697 First reference to "a great match" with 11 players a side for fifty guineas, in Sussex.
1700 Cricket match announced on Clapham Common.
1709 First recorded inter-county match: Kent v Surrey.
1710 First reference to cricket at Cambridge University.
1727 Articles of Agreement written governing the conduct of matches between the teams of the Duke of Richmond and Mr Brodrick of Peperharow, Surrey.
1729 Date of earliest surviving bat, belonging to John Chitty, now in the pavilion at The Oval.
1730 First recorded match at the Artillery Ground, off City Road, central London, still the cricketing home of the Honourable Artillery Company.
1744 Kent beat All England by one wicket at the Artillery Ground.
First known version of the Laws of Cricket, issued by the London Club, formalising the pitch as 22 yards long.
1767 (approx) Foundation of the Hambledon Club in Hampshire, the leading club in England for the next 30 years.
1769 First recorded century, by John Minshull for Duke of Dorset's XI v Wrotham.
1771 Width of bat limited to 4 1/4 inches, where it has remained ever since.
1774 LBW law devised.
1776 Earliest known scorecards, at the Vine Club, Sevenoaks, Kent.
1780 The first six-seamed cricket ball, manufactured by Dukes of Penshurst, Kent.
1787 First match at Thomas Lord's first ground, Dorset Square, Marylebone - White Conduit Club v Middlesex.
Formation of Marylebone Cricket Club by members of the White Conduit Club.
1788 First revision of the Laws of Cricket by MCC.
1794 First recorded inter-schools match: Charterhouse v Westminster.
1795 First recorded case of a dismissal "leg before wicket".
1806 First Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's.
1807 First mention of "straight-armed" (i.e. round-arm) bowling: by John Willes of Kent.
1809 Thomas Lord's second ground opened at North Bank, St John's Wood.
1811 First recorded women's county match: Surrey v Hampshire at Ball's Pond, London.
1814 Lord's third ground opened on its present site, also in St John's Wood.
1827 First Oxford v Cambridge match, at Lord's. A draw.
1828 MCC authorise the bowler to raise his hand level with the elbow.
1833 John Nyren publishes his classic Young Cricketer's Tutor and The Cricketers of My Time.
1836 First North v South match, for many years regarded as the principal fixture of the season.
1836 (approx) Batting pads invented.
1841 General Lord Hill, commander-in-chief of the British Army, orders that a cricket ground be made an adjunct of every military barracks.
1844 First official international match: Canada v United States.
1845 First match played at The Oval.
1846 The All-England XI, organised by William Clarke, begins playing matches, often against odds, throughout the country.
1849 First Yorkshire v Lancashire match.
1850 Wicket-keeping gloves first used.
1850 John Wisden bowls all ten batsmen in an innings for North v South.
1853 First mention of a champion county: Nottinghamshire.
1858 First recorded instance of a hat being awarded to a bowler taking three wickets with consecutive balls.
1859 First touring team to leave England, captained by George Parr, draws enthusiastic crowds in the US and Canada.
1864 Overhand bowling authorised by MCC.
John Wisden's The Cricketer's Almanack first published.
1868 Team of Australian aborigines tour England.
1873 WG Grace becomes the first player to record 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season.
First regulations restricting county qualifications, often regarded as the official start of the County Championship.
1877 First Test match: Australia beat England by 45 runs in Melbourne.
1880 First Test in England: a five-wicket win against Australia at The Oval.
1882 Following England's first defeat by Australia in England, an "obituary notice" to English cricket in the Sporting Times leads to the tradition of The Ashes.
1889 South Africa's first Test match.
Declarations first authorised, but only on the third day, or in a one-day match.
1890 County Championship officially constituted.
Present Lord's pavilion opened.
1895 WG Grace scores 1,000 runs in May, and reaches his 100th hundred.
1899 AEJ Collins scores 628 not out in a junior house match at Clifton College, the highest individual score in any match.
Selectors choose England team for home Tests, instead of host club issuing invitations.
1900 Six-ball over becomes the norm, instead of five.
1909 Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC - now the International Cricket Council) set up, with England, Australia and South Africa the original members.
1910 Six runs given for any hit over the boundary, instead of only for a hit out of the ground.
1912 First and only triangular Test series played in England, involving England, Australia and South Africa.
1915 WG Grace dies, aged 67.
1926 Victoria score 1,107 v New South Wales at Melbourne, the record total for a first-class innings.
1928 West Indies' first Test match.
AP "Tich" Freeman of Kent and England becomes the only player to take more than 300 first-class wickets in a season: 304.
1930 New Zealand's first Test match.
Donald Bradman's first tour of England: he scores 974 runs in the five Ashes Tests, still a record for any Test series.
1931 Stumps made higher (28 inches not 27) and wider (nine inches not eight - this was optional until 1947).
1932 India's first Test match.
Hedley Verity of Yorkshire takes ten wickets for ten runs v Nottinghamshire, the best innings analysis in first-class cricket.
1932-33 The Bodyline tour of Australia in which England bowl at batsmen's bodies with a packed leg-side field to neutralise Bradman's scoring.
1934 Jack Hobbs retires, with 197 centuries and 61,237 runs, both records. First women's Test: Australia v England at Brisbane.
1935 MCC condemn and outlaw Bodyline.
1947 Denis Compton of Middlesex and England scores a record 3,816 runs in an English season.
1948 First five-day Tests in England.
Bradman concludes Test career with a second-ball duck at The Oval and a batting average of 99.94 - four runs short of 100.
1952 Pakistan's first Test match.
1953 England regain the Ashes after a 19-year gap, the longest ever.
1956 Jim Laker of England takes 19 wickets for 90 v Australia at Manchester, the best match analysis in first-class cricket.
1957 Declarations authorised at any time.
1960 First tied Test, Australia v West Indies at Brisbane.
1963 Distinction between amateur and professional cricketers abolished in English cricket.
The first major one-day tournament begins in England: the Gillette Cup.
1969 Limited-over Sunday league inaugurated for first-class counties.
1970 Proposed South African tour of England cancelled: South Africa excluded from international cricket because of their government's apartheid policies.
1971 First one-day international: Australia v England at Melbourne.
1975 First World Cup: West Indies beat Australia in final at Lord's.
1976 First women's match at Lord's, England v Australia.
1977 Centenary Test at Melbourne, with identical result to the first match: Australia beat England by 45 runs.
Australian media tycoon Kerry Packer, signs 51 of the world's leading players in defiance of the cricketing authorities.
1978 Graham Yallop of Australia wears a protective helmet to bat in a Test match, the first player to do so.
1979 Packer and official cricket agree peace deal.
1980 Eight-ball over abolished in Australia, making the six-ball over universal.
1981 England beat Australia in Leeds Test, after following on with bookmakers offering odds of 500 to 1 against them winning.
1982 Sri Lanka's first Test match.
1991 South Africa return, with a one-day international in India.
1992 Zimbabwe's first Test match.
Durham become the first county since Glamorgan in 1921 to attain firstclass status.
1993 The ICC ceases to be administered by MCC, becoming an independent organisation with its own chief executive.
1994 Brian Lara of Warwickshire becomes the only player to pass 500 in a firstclass innings: 501 not out v Durham.
2000 South Africa's captain Hansie Cronje banned from cricket for life after admitting receiving bribes from bookmakers in match-fixing scandal.
Bangladesh's first Test match.
County Championship split into two divisions, with promotion and relegation.
The Laws of Cricket revised and rewritten.
2001 Sir Donald Bradman dies, aged 92.
2003 Twenty20 Cup, a 20-over-per-side evening tournament, inaugurated in England.
2004 Lara becomes the first man to score 400 in a Test innings, against England.
2005 The ICC introduces Powerplays and Supersubs in ODIs, and hosts the inaugural Superseries.
2006 Pakistan forfeit a Test at The Oval after being accused of ball tampering


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Infosys to hire 12,000 in Q2, 45,000 in FY12

India's second largest software exporter, Infosys is set to increase its headcount further by recruiting nearly 12,000 additional staff in the current July-September quarter. The firm is maintaining its annual target of hiring 45,000 additional employees. It total strength as on June 30, 2010-11 was 1,33,560 people The demand for workforce has increased with the pickup in business and increased IT expenditure. The IT company has already offered 26,000 job positions through campus placements this year.

The net profit of Infosys rose by 15.72% in the quarter ended 30 June, 2011-12 from Rs 1,488 crore in Q1 2010-11. However, it reported a decline in its net profit by 5.4% at Rs 1,722 crore in Q1, 2011-12 from Rs 1,818 crore in the January-March period of 2010-11.

The company and its subsidiaries hired 9,922 new staff in the reported quarter, 7,000 of its total staff quit during the quarter, thus the net recruitments during the quarter was 2,740 employees .

The company, which hiked salaries in the Q1, 2010-11, attributed its impact on the decline in its sequential margins. It raised its wages of its offshore employees by 10-12% and its onsite workers got a hike of 2-3% during the said quarter. The company is hopeful of containing the employee costs in the coming quarters.

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1,000 Days until Windows XP End of Life

In 1,000 days Microsoft will pull the plug on the operating system which it released back in 2001 and that still dominates the OS market.

The aging platform is already a decade old, almost, and will still pile up another three years, but come 2014, the Redmond company will discontinue all support for Windows XP.
XP is even now running on what some might interpret as borrowed time, since the software giant already retired Mainstream Support for the operating system.
On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will also no longer provide Extended Support for XP, which gives users little chance but to make the jump to another OS.
“On April 8, 2014, security patches and hotfixes for all versions of Windows XP will no longer be available. So bottom line, PC’s running Windows XP will be vulnerable to security threats,” revealed Microsoft’s Stephen L Rose.
“Furthermore, many third party software providers are not planning to extend support for their applications running on Windows XP, which translates to even more complexity, security risks, and ultimately, added management costs for your IT department if you’re still managing Windows XP environments.”
End of support is nothing short of a death sentence for XP. Make no mistake about it, XP can be considered obsolete even today, despite the fact that it’s still undisputed king of the OS market.
My personal prediction is that XP will lose its crown soon enough, even ahead of Windows 8’s launch, to Windows 7.
For those users that want to stick to Windows, the only viable alternative to XP for the time being is Windows 7. Even by the most optimistic estimates, Windows 8, the next major iteration of Windows, is approximately a year away.
Service Pack 3 (SP3) was the last upgrade provided to 32-bit (x86) XP, and similarly, SP2 was the last for 64-bit (x64) flavor of the platform. Microsoft will no longer release any additional service packs for Windows XP.

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Zuckerberg closes off his Google+ account

Wasn't it only a week ago that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was explaining to us yet again that we're all sharing more and more things with more and more people because we need to spread more and more of our love around the world?
And wasn't it mere days ago that he became the most followed human being on Google+?
I feel sullied beyond my normal coping mechanisms to tell you that he suddenly seems to have closed off his Google+ account from public eyes and disappeared from the Google+ popularity charts.

The Inquirer seems to have been the first to notice that Facebook's CEO has become curiously coy.
Moreover, Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, the stat man for Social Statistics, which gleefully presented the first results of Google+'s most-followed humans, offered that Zuckerberg was not alone in Coyville: "Mark Zuckerberg and Google management (Matt Cutts, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Vic Gundotra, and Marissa Mayer) all changed their profiles overnight and consequently dropped out of the Google+ top 100 list!"
Some may be pained at this news. They might have viewed Zuckerberg's entry and popularity as a fine Trojan horse infiltrating Google's new playground. I did, indeed, contact Facebook to see whether there might be some official explanation for this depressing, Howard Hughesian moment. This is the company's most cryptic reply: "We're in the early days of making the Web more social, and there are opportunities for innovation everywhere."
Of course, there will be some who will marvel at the lovely mental compartmentalization of someone who last year cheerily made lists of Facebook friends terribly public, thereby exempting them (until the usual uproar) from privacy settings. On Google+, however, we have no idea who Zuckerberg's friends might now be. (Oh, look. The Google+ default is to make your friends public, too.)
A few might be cheered, however, that Zuckerberg appears to have replaced the rather deer-in-the-camera-lights picture he had originally posted to Google+ with something more relaxed, more dignified, more brand-appropriate.
He's smiling now, you see. He doesn't fear Google+ anymore. He's just worried what some people might want to share with him, that's all.

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Infosys Employee applies for Peon's Job

Rupa, who is working as a software engineer for Infosys, queued up for a CAG interview for a multi-tasking job. Somehow, she missed to read the placement ad properly, where the Group D aspect of the post involving sweeping floors(peon's job). This is what happens when you fail to read ad completelyShe even had attractive and well-paying job but was tempted by the security and stability that a government job provides. But, she was not prepared for the kind of job the CAG had in mind.

"Initially, We were confused as to why she had applied for this job. She has been working as a techie with Infosys. We questioned her, whether she want to sweep the floors here," said an official, who interviewd her.

"At first, she couldn't believe the fact that she had applied for a sweeper post. Finally, the software engineer smiled after realising that she made a fool of herself," adds the official.

So, be careful while applying for jobs from now. As, there might be a chance to make a fool of yourself.
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Daily schedule at TCS ILP

Hi guys the following info is one of the TCSER experience at Trivendrum ILP center..


TCS unlike other competing companies has a hell lot of documentation and formalities at the time of joining...Don't wait for your date of joining, make sure you start acquiring all these documents and mark-sheets as soon as you receive your offer letter...The joining letter annexure would mention in detail what all documents you need...Mind you, if their is even a small discrepancy in your documents your appointment will be put on hold... Mind you TCS makes no arrangements for your food. TCS provides "Sodexho" meal coupons a while after you join which are accepted in any hotel that you can find...
Let me remind you guys that if you are not ready to commit yourself 24x7 to your job, then TCS is not the company for you.
The dress code being so specific i.e. formal shirts (solids, checks, pinstripes), formal trousers. And yes the neck ties are compulsory. Girls have a lot of options but not boys...Friday is a relief from the dress code but again, you can’t wear anything flashy or with messages on it.
If you get dressed wrongly or forget to shave, they send you back to the hostel and you lose a days pay.
The schedule
8.45am to 10:30am==Session A
10:30am to 10:45am==Break (You don't even notice this one because you are busy coding serious shit in your lab sessions or you enjoying life skills sessions)
10:45am to 1:00pm==Session B
1:00pm to 1:45pm==Lunch Break
1:45pm to 3:00pm==Session C (Sooooo long)
3:00pm to 3:45pm==Tea Break
3:45pm to 5:45pm==Sessions D (Seriously long again) Sessions get a bit bearable when case studies start, which are group activities.
TCS Trivandrum center operates in 3 shifts i.e. Morning shift (7am to 2pm), General shift (8:45am to 5:45am), and the Night shift (2pm to 9pm).
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Check List

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We all know how difficult it can be to prepare for ILP. It can be so easy to simply forget a very important item that you will need while you are on your ILP.

Attire Guidelines by TCS,

Monday to Thursday

Gentlemen

Full sleeves formal shirts with a tie, formal trouser and a formal belt.

Footwear: Formal Shoes and Socks

Women

Salwar Kameez, Sarees, Formal Blouses/ Shirts with formal skirts.

Footwear: Formal Shoes and Sandals

Friday’s

Gentlemen

Collar/Round neck t-shirts – worn tucked in, half-sleeve shirts, corduroy pants, or jeans

Women

Corduroy pants, formal skirts, jeans, Short kurtas, collar/round neck t-shirts, shirts, blouses, cardigans.

Now, here I am trying to make a list of few things that were discussed on our facebook group.

Some are:

A Positive Attitude,

Everyday Bag,

Medicine Kit (explained below),

Wrist Watch,

Alarm,

Umbrella,

Shoe polish and brush for the formal shoes,

Slippers, Floaters, Sport Shoes.

Nail cutter,

2-3 hangers,

Towel (both hand and bath),

Mosquito Machine,

Room fresheners,

Safety pins,

Needle and thread,

Locks (at least 2)

Lens case and lens solution for those who wear lens or specs cover,

3 pin multi-plug,

Cell phone and charger,

Blade, can/bottle opener or at least scissors,

Flashlight or Torch,
Common used Utensil,
Knife,
Salt, Sugar, Coffee Sachets and Tea Bag,

Sports gear like indoor games,

Sunglasses

Shaving kit,

Deodorant,
Perfumes,
Facewash,
Comb,
Small Mirror,
Tooth brush and paste,
Small quantity of detergent,
Lip Guard

All programming software and books that you are using for aspire,

Cello Tape,

Stapler,

Spiral,

Calculator,

Pen drive (you cannot take it to office)

NOTE: Requisite Joining documents and certificates

a. From TCS: Service Agreement between You and TCS.
b. From TCS: Affidavit Signed by Notary Public (Please don’t give more than Rs. 30 for the signature).
c. From TCS: Surety Verification Form attested by the Bank.
d. From TCS: Medical Certificate of Fitness attested by a Registered Medical Practitioner.
e. From TCS: Acceptance of Joining.
f. Academic: Matriculation and Inter/Higher Secondary marksheets.
g. Academic: All semester marksheets of our BE Degree issued by Anna University.
h. Academic: Degree certificate/provisional certificate for BE Degree issued by our college.
i. Personal: Birth certificate issued by the concerned government authorities.
j. Personal: A valid passport (if any).
k. Personal: Offer letter and joining letter.
l. Personal: 12 passport size photographs.
m. Personal: Date of birth and other details of the person you would like to nominate for Gratuity, Superannuation, Provident Fund and Health Insurance Scheme.
n. Personal: Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card copy.
o. Personal: National Skills Registry (NSR) Card copy.
p. Personal: Income Tax returns, Form 16 of Surety, (if salaried).
q. Personal: Driving License (optional)

Irons are not allowed

Yours MEDICINE KIT may have:

Copy of your’s medical prescription,

Antibiotic cream,

Anti-diarrheal medication,

Band-Aids,

Crocin or some for cold,

ENO/ Antacid,

Pain reliever,

Prescription medicines,

Small scissor

and many more

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Life @ TCS ILP

The foremost important thing to know for an corporate life, Rules:

1. Guys should be wearing only Full hand type of shirts and tie is a must to the ILP.
2. Communication should be mostly only be in English with the instructors.Instructors are not supposed to called by sir or more, instead by their name.
3. Trainees should be maintaining strict timings. Your entry time will be taken into account.
4. Behavior inside the training centre will be strictly noted. If found without being in a same place, you will be ???.
5. Trainees will be tested by keeping practical tests now and then.
6. Each recruit will be provided with a computer. I am not sure about the choice, either with the company or the recruits, but once selected with a computer, you will not be allowed to change your places till the end of your ILP.
7. Mobiles are not allowed inside the classes.
8. You have to get your own transport to the ILP Centre. While going home, you can use the transport provided, but only for a short distance. (different for different ILPs)
9. Internet will be enabled to the recruits with WebSense Firewall. You will be able to access only Google, Wikipedia, and other general sites. General mails such as GMail, Yahoo, etc. will be blocked. WordPress, blogspot, and other general blogging sites are blocked. Rapidshare, hotfile, megaupload, and other file sharing sites are blocked.
10. You will be getting an email address within the first week. You won’t be allowed for the names. You will only be able to choose the names, which they provide. It might be a combination of your first and last name, and those kind of stuffs, with dots (.) and some numbers. You will be using your mail with a mail client called Lotus Notes.

The trainees who are failing to comply with the above, will be batched again with the next set of trainees.

Regarding the Pre-ILP Test, Test will be in the third day of joining. Test will be of 40 marks with no negative marking in it. Test will have the questions from DBMS, Java, Software and WebTech.

If you don't clear the test you will be put in normal training in spite of fast track ILP of 50 days.

Regarding the batches, there will be 4 to 5 members in each batch with you. It will comprise of both CS/IT and Non-CS/IT, and the batching will be randomly done. You cannot choose our friends.

Knowledge in Java is important. Problems will be given and you will be expected to write coding using Java. Since it is a teamwork now, we will be able to cope up. But we should be prepared for the test, if not, u will suffer. Life skills classes are also there. So, there are fun activities also.

You are supposed to open a Savings Account and a Current Account. Those people from the bank will help you out to get started on the same day itself. In case if you have your accounts already, make sure that they are only from these supported banks:
1. Kotak Mahindra Bank.
2. Standard Charted Ltd.
3. ICICI Bank Ltd.
4. State Bank of India Ltd.
5. HDFC Bank Ltd.

In a single day, there will be two Lab Sessions and two Life Skills Session.
The Life Skills will have Sessions like Personal Grooming and Oral Communications

You will be getting your Permanent ID cards (the one with the SIM card embedded) within one and a half weeks of joining the ILP.

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