Tripura put up brave fight against TNCA

Unheralded Tripura held their nerves to score 221 and then reduced title contenders TNCA XI to 66 for four on the first day of the Group-B match of the Buchi Babu cricket tournament here today.

Electing to bat first, Tripura top order batsman Nirupam Sen Chowdhury (82) and Manisankar Murasingh (49) helped their team post a fighting total.

Then and then its right arm medium pacer scalped the opening batsmen cheaply with 2 for 22.

A Prathiban (3/57) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2/44) shared five wickets between them for TNCA XI.

At close, home batsmen K Bharath Shankar 29 and Rahil Shah 2 were at the crease when bad light stopped play.

In a Group-D match, Assam, put in to bat, made 224 all out in 86.5 overs with strong contributions from Awijeet Roy (54, 5x4), Tarjinder Singh 56 (3x4, 1x6) and J Syed Mohammed 41 and Gokul Sharma 29 and Baroda replied with 14 without loss in eleven overs.

Baroda left arm spinner Lukman Meriwala took three for 31, while Aditya Vasava (2/53) and Jyot Chhaya (2/26) were the other wicket takers.

In a truncated Group-A match, which started at 2.20 pm and under reduced over rate at 82 overs a side, opting to bat first, Andhra against Bengal mustered 207 for three in 52.1 overs when bad light stopped play.

Openers KS Bharat (45) and DB Prashanth (79) batted well for Andhra and added 94 runs for the first wicket in 27.1 overs. Bharath Reddy (42) and AG Pradeep (27) were at the crease when stumps were drawn.

Bengal off spinner Amir Goni claimed 3 for 67.

In the other two matches, TNCA districts made 132 all out in 80.4 overs and Hyderabad replied with 36 for one in 16 overs in a Group-C tie and TNCA President XI amassed 371 for seven in 100 overs against Kerala in Group-D.

West Bengal and Tripura only two states yet to accept NPS

Only two states, West Bengal and Tripura, have not accepted the New Pension Scheme.

"There are only two states left to accept NPS, West Bengal and Tripura," Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority chairman Yogesh Agarwal said here today.

He indicated that there was nothing much PFRDA could do if the states continued to subsidise the pension burden.

"For some states pension burden is as high as 130 per cent of their revenue," he said.

"I had talked with Amit Mitra twice, but he said the matter would be decided by the Chief Minister," Agarwal told an interactive session with MCC Chamber of Commerce and Industry members.

The ruling Trinamool Congress was against NPS system since it was mooted. NPS allowed the government to switch from a defined pension to defined contribution toward pension.

Meanwhile, PFRDA was considering partial withdrawal of funds from the National Pension System corpus, before maturity.

There was tremendous pressure and some representations in cases of emergency needs like medical condition were received, which were being looking into, Agarwal said.

Currently, partial withdrawals were not allowed in NPS. So far, Rs 37,000 crore was under management of NPS.

Hidden Wi-Fi Dangers Revealed

An independent security expert has warned that millions of mobile Wi-Fi users are at risk from hackers. Raul Siles told Help Net Security that a well-known bug, identified several years ago, remains a problem on many handsets, including BlackBerry, Android, iPhone and some Windows devices.

The issue is with the Preferred Networks List, or PNL, that is stored in Wi-Fi enabled smartphones. This list queries networks that are detected by the phone and attempts to join those on the PNL first.

The bug enables hackers to access this list if the device is connected to public Wi-Fi, using eavesdropping software.

Networks on the list could include any Wi-Fi connection you’ve set-up previously, including other public Wi-Fi hotspots, your work network or your home broadband. When your Wi-Fi is switched on, it specifically looks for those preferred networks first. Your phone is effectively broadcasting the networks that it’s looking for.

With this data being broadcast, a would-be hacker can set up a fake Wi-Fi network with the same details as one on the phone Preferred Network List. As a result, your phone’s Wi-Fi is automatically connected to the hacker’s network - exposing all data you subsequently transmit during your session. All data, from passwords to credit card numbers. The “man in the middle” (the hacker who set up the fake Wi-Fi network) would have access to all this information.

“This situation has been known since 2004,” Siles told Help Net Security, “Microsoft fixed it for Windows XP in 2007 and recently in Windows Phone devices but it seems the other mobile device vendors are not as concerned.”

The bug affects several smartphone operating systems in wide use, including Android 2, 3 and 4 and BlackBerry 7. The bug is also in iOS versions 1 to 6, if users manually add networks to their preferred list.

On BlackBerry, you can go to Settings, then Networks and Connections. Choose Wi-Fi Network then “Saved Wi-Fi Networks”. In each of ‘saved networks’ in the list, enable the “SSID (Service Set Identifiers) Broadcasted” option. This means that the device will only connect to a network if the Wi-Fi identifier is being broadcast. In cases like this, the fake network will usually have a hidden SSID - as it’s configured just to catch you out.

Unfortunately, the other affected operating systems have no easy solution. The most drastic way to work around this is to turn off Wi-Fi in public places. However, with a little common sense and care, you should still feel safe surfing the web in public.

Until the vulnerability is patched, it’s advised that mobile users continue to be vigilant when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks. If you do connect to Wi-Fi in public places, pay attention to which network you’re connected to.

If you find that you have somehow joined a network that appears to be your home or work connection while you’re out and about - that’s a clear sign that a third party may have accessed your phone’s PNL and is faking the network address.

You should also ensure that your device is protected by security software, like Norton Mobile Security. A man-in-the-middle attack could be directing users to phishing websites, which Norton Mobile Security will spot and block. On iOS devices you can use Norton Hotspot Privacy, that creates secure login details that can’t be seen by eavesdropping software.

PWD expects to finalize fly-over plan by early September

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The PWD is expecting to finalize conceptual plan of fly-over scheduled to come up at Agartala by the first week of September, Engineering Chief of the Public Works Department said here today. Speaking to reporters at the civil secretariat here this evening, Bhowmik said that a Delhi-based consultant has readied conceptual plan for the projects. A final presentation is scheduled to be held in the first week of September. “They gave a few presentations. We asked them to make some modifications which are currently in progress. If the proposal is approved during the presentation next month, we would be well on our way to make the DPR”, he said.

To cope with the rising pressure of population in Agartala city, the state government resolved to come up with two fly-overs connecting the city with its suburbs. The first and most significant one would connect Badharghat drop-gate and Battala, mainly to ease heavy traffic on the National Highway. The second fly-over would connect North Gate and Circuit House. The fly-over from drop-date to Battala is likely to be extended to parts of Akhaura Road, Durga Chowmuhani to be more particular, in phased manner.

Engineering Chief Bhowmik has assured that the Shiv Mandir or the legendary banyan tree at Battala wouldn’t be hampered in any way by the fly-overs. “They (fly-over) will go in a ring above the temple and the tree. We consider this spot significant enough for nearly everybody”, he said.

Meanwhile, work has been set afoot for double laning of Jogendranagar-Takarjala road. Tender for award of contract is being scrutinized. Earth formation has already been made till Takarjala. Bhowmik said that existing formation can be used to make the double lane road straight till Jampuijala.

Beware Maggi Lovers : Cooking Maggi Noodles in wrong way is very dangerous for health.

Many of us can't live without " Maggi " especially when one is away from home, in a foreign land. Here is a piece of information to share so that we can remove the potential health hazard of consuming Maggi. Maybe you should print this e-mail to keep as a reminder, pin it up in the kitchen or dining room as reminder or in your purse if you are always traveling.
Do Not Ignore This ... Especially those fond of Maggi...

Correct Way Of Cooking Noodles
The correct way to cook instant noodles without harming our bodies and health:
Normally, how we cook the instant noodles is to put the noodles into a pot with water, throw in the powder and let it cook for around 3 minutes and then it's ready to eat. This is the WRONG way and dangerous method of cooking the instant noodles like Maggi. By doing this, when we actually boil the ingredients in the powder,normally with MSG, it will change the molecular structure of the MSG, causing it to be toxic. The other thing that you may or may not realize is that, the noodles are coated with wax and it will take around 4 to 5 days for the body to excrete the wax after you have eaten the noodles.

CORRECT METHOD:

1. Boil the noodles in a pot of water.
2. Once the noodles are cooked, take out the noodles, and throw away the water which contains wax.
3. Boil another pot of water, add the cooked noodles into the hot boiling water and then turn off the stove.
4. Only at this stage when the stove is off, and while the water is very hot, add the flavouring powder into the water, to make noodle soup.
5. However, if you need dry noodles, remove the noodles and add the flavoring powder and toss it to get dry noodles.

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