May 2013
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Safest browser is surprisingly IE 10
NSS Labs tested the effectiveness of five leading web browsers against 754 samples of real-world malicious software and the results shows that Internet Explorer 10 is the safest, blocking 99.96 % of known malicious downloads. Google Chrome is second with 83.16 % and others like Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Apple Safari managed to get around 10 % detection only. Betanews reports that...
May 19th
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“We do not believe in miracles at all but that apparently strange things may be...”
– Swami Vivekananda Interview, January 15, 1894. Complete Works, 5. 183.
May 17th
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“There is bhakti within you, only a veil of lust and greed covers it, and as soon...”
– Swami Vivekananda Selections from the Belur Math Diary. Complete Works, 5. 314.
May 9th
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“Knowing is only relative; we can be God, but never know him. Knowledge is a...”
– Swami Vivekananda Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 27, 1895. Complete Works, 7.17
May 4th
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February 2013
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January 2013
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December 2012
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“Rishihood, the power of supersensuous perception of the Vedas, is real religion....”
– Swami Vivekananda From “Hinduism and Sri Ramakrishna,” originally written in Bengali. Complete Works, 6. 181 
Dec 25th
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So, do not worry.. The world is not going to end on December 21, 2012.
Dec 13th
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November 2012
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“Neither we in the East nor they in the West understand how the One became the...”
– Swami Vivekananda From “The East and the West,” originally written in Bengali. Complete Works, 5. 520 
Nov 12th
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Nov 10th
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“Put out self, lose it, forget it. Just let God work, it is his business. We have...”
– Swami Vivekananda Retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 26, 1895. Complete Works, 7. 14 
Nov 1st
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October 2012
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Oct 25th
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Oct 20th
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Malala Yousafzai recovering, the hope of humanity...
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham  London, where Malala Yousafzai is undergoing treatment, publishes updates about her health status on their website. According to the latest updated posted on Friday 19 October 2012 1.50 PM, her condition seems to be improving. Parts of the update which explains about her present status is reproduced below. She is not on a ventilator; she has had a...
Oct 19th
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Oct 18th
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“Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must...”
– Swami Vivekananda From USA: December 26, 1894. Letter to Alasinga. Complete Works, 5. 55 
Oct 17th
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Govt. of Tamil Nadu extended the lease on...
In the 150th year of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, Govt. of Tamil Nadu extended the lease on Vivekananda House on the Marina Beach by 99 years from 2012 to 2111. Vivekananda House, used as a cultural center by the Mission, is where Swami Vivekananda stayed in 1897 on his return after addressing the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. Ramakrishna Math, Chennai thanked the...
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Oct 14th
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Oct 14th
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Quick fix for Android USSD dialer vulnerability
A serious vulnerability has been detected on smartphones running on Android operating system in which you may unknowingly initiate a “factory reset” process or permanently damage your SIM card by simply clicking a normal looking link in your phone’s browser. According to sources, this vulnerability affects almost all versions of the Android operating system including the latest...
Oct 1st
September 2012
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“I am a tyagi [detached] monk. I only want one thing. I do not believe in a God...”
– Swami Vivekananda From USA: October 27, 1894. Letter to Alasinga. Complete Works, 5. 50
Sep 29th
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Sep 28th
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“So long as there will be in human society such a thing as the triumph of the...”
– Swami Vivekananda From “The East and the West,” originally written in Bengali. Complete Works, 5. 485
Sep 28th
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Apple’s CEO recommends Google Maps !
Apple launched its own maps service in iOS 6, the latest mobile operating system from Apple which powers Apple iPhone 5, replacing Google Maps. But soon after the launch of iOS 6, Apple faced numerous complaints about its own map service. Users reports that the maps data provided by the iOS 6 is simply incorrect or incomplete most of the time and it lacks many features such as street view,...
Sep 28th
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Sep 26th
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Sep 7th
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“They are free, they are great, who have turned their back upon the world, who...”
– Swami Vivekananda Sayings and Utterances. Complete Works, 5. 419
Sep 7th
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August 2012
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Aug 31st
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Aug 30th
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Indian Railway online booking will soon be easier...
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is the official online ticket reservation wing of the Indian Railways. The IRCTC website, even though using high end hardware and super fast connectivity, is often being criticized for never ending delays, poor load time, failed transactions even after successful payments etc. At the peak time of Tatkal booking (10.00 AM - 11.00 AM), the site...
Aug 29th
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Aug 29th
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Supreme Court of India called live reporting of...
A bench of the Supreme Court of India with justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad in its verdict which upheld the death sentence of terrorist Ajmal Kasab talked tough on live reporting of the commando operations. The court said that the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 or putting the national security in jeopardy can never be justified by stating the freedom of speech and expression. Many...
Aug 29th
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“Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? “He that loseth his life for my...”
– Swami Vivekananda, Complete Works, 2. 100.
Aug 6th
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July 2012
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“It is not sacrifice of a high order to die for one’s young. The animals do...”
– Swami Vivekananda Sayings and Utterances. Complete Works, 5. 416-17. 
Jul 19th
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importance of renunciation in spiritual life by...
Swami Vivekananda was talking to his disciples about the importance of renunciation in spiritual life. Disciple: If it is so, Swamiji, how is it then that the texts on Bhakti say that too much of renunciation kills the feelings that make for tenderness?  Swamiji : Throw away, I say, texts which teach things like that! Without renunciation, without burning dispassion for sense-objects,...
Jul 18th
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“Oh, to live even for a day in the full light of freedom, to breathe the free air...”
– Swami Vivekananda Complete Works, 7. 509 
Jul 17th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 11th
“Call up the divinity within you, which will enable you to bear hunger and...”
– Swami Vivekananda Complete works Volume 4 / Writings : Prose
Jul 11th
“We must get beyond emotionalism if we want the power to renounce. Emotion...”
– Swami Vivekananda Sayings and Utterances. Complete Works, 5. 416 
Jul 8th
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“Never identify yourself with the errors you have committed. You are God’s...”
– Paramahamsa Yogananda Founder of the Divine Life Society, USA and Self Realization Fellowship, India 
Jul 7th
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Jul 6th
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you. This...”
– Swami Vivekananda (Complete Works, 3. 36-37.)
Jul 5th
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West Bengal govt to give special status to RKM...
Business Standard reports that the educational institutes of Ramakrishna Mission would be granted autonomy by West Bengal government, which would help in their development according to the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. “We have taken a policy decision that all schools and colleges under them would be excluded from school service commission. We will give them self autonomy,”  Chief...
Jul 4th