Cheapest 3G Phone From Nokia

Nokia has launched its most affordable 3G handset, Nokia 2730 classic, in the Indian market.

The device is equipped with Nokia’s Ovi Mail, Nokia Messaging, Nokia Life Tools and browsing. The phone also comes with an integrated Opera mini browser.

Vineet Taneja, Director Marketing Nokia India said, “Nokia has always had a holistic approach towards driving the adoption of 3G in India, both at the infrastructure and at the handset level.

Available in black and dark magenta colours, the handset measures 109.6 mm x 46.9 mm x 14.4 mm and weighs 87.7 grams.

The battery life offers maximum of 7.4 hours talktime and 16.5 days standby time. The handset is priced at Rs 4,499.

Sex addiction - a disorder?

Psychiatrists are examining what is commonly referred to as sex addiction, a controversial and often misunderstood condition that has most recently garnered news media attention because of the travails of golfer Tiger Woods .




Sex addiction is not recognised by any official diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), considered the definitive word on psychological disorders, reports the Courier Mail .



However, the term 'hypersexual disorder' is being proposed for the fifth edition of DSM, due out in 2012.



The proposal is being put forward by Dr Martin Kafka, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, in the US, who says the disorder has been neglected for years.



He says it causes everything from marital dysfunction and divorce to increased risk of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.



To be diagnosed with the disorder a patient would have to meet four of the following five criteria:



• Spending a 'great deal of time' consumed by sexual fantasies and urges.

• Using sexual behaviour to deal with stressful life events (or anxiety, depression, boredom or irritability).

• Disregarding the 'physical and emotional harm' to those involved.

• Patients must have tried but failed to curb the behaviour.

• Patients must have suffered distress and harm to their everyday life.



However, the controversial proposal has critics worrying that the criteria are too vague, and the chances for misdiagnosis and bogus pharmaceutical treatment are too great.



Dr Paul Fedoroff, director of the Sexual Behaviours Clinic at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, is a critic of Kafka's hypersexuality criteria.



He questions whether sex in response to stress is unhealthy, and what is meant by 'a great deal of time' consumed by sexual fantasies.



But Dr Dan Zucker, of the University of Toronto, who heads a working group dealing with the next edition of DSM, expects 'hypersexuality disorder' to be listed.



He admits the proposal is controversial but says the issue is about where to draw the line on what is normal, and what is not.

Nexus One is the Google Phone!

Washington: Nexus One is the Google Phone: Google is reportedly going to launch its branded cell phone, naming Nexus One.


Reports say that, though, HTC Corp. has designed the phone, but Google would sell it under its own brand.

According to the reports, the phone may be available into the market from first quarter of 2010. Various reports say that it would come with a little extra screen and a scroll wheel. Great touch screen, and Android.

Not only this, it would be looking like the HTC Passion, which everyone was including in their posts earlier, reports The Washington Post.

Now a Triple Sim Phone From INTEX

Kolkata: Intex is please to announce the launch of its first triple handset in India. This handset called the IN 5030 comes with a triple SIM facility (2 GSM + 1 CDMA).


Simultaneously it has also launched its Dual SIM handset—IN 4220. This handset comes with a dual SIM facility (2 GSM).

The IN 5030 is equipped with features like 2” TFT screen, mobile tracker, auto call record facility, dual LED torchlight, 1.3 mega pixel camera, Bluetooth, webcam, video and audio player and wireless FM radio.

All these features come in one single handset and that too at a very reasonable price–Rs 4,700.

Charles Darwin's genetic history unlocked by DNA project

Scientists have used DNA from Charles Darwin's great-great grandson to map the ancestry of the world's most famous naturalist.




Published almost 200 years after the birth, the results reveal that the father of evolutionary theory, who struck upon the theory that all humans are descended from one common ancestor, comes from a long line of adventurers, his forbears being some of the first modern humans to leave Africa for the Middle East.



The ambitious Genealogy Project, a five-year initiative backed by National Geographic and IBM, uses powerful new technology to examine DNA, allowing scientists to see back to the very earliest days of the human species and map how and when they moved around the globe.



One of the 350,000 members of the public tested so far was Chris Darwin, a tour guide and adventurer who lives in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.



Because genetic information is passed from father to son via the Y chromosome, Mr Darwin would share a large part of his genetic data with his great-great grandfather, who wrote The Origin of The Species.



Tests on Mr Darwin's DNA, collected from a swab of his saliva, showed that his ancestors, and those of Darwin himself, were among the first wave of modern humans to leave Africa for the Middle East about 45,000 years ago.



From there, they travelled into Europe, surviving the Ice Age by migrating south to Spain, before moving north to England about 12,000 years ago.



The tests revealed that Charles Darwin belonged to the Haplogroup R1b, direct descendants of the Cro-Magnon people who dominated the human expansion into Europe and heralded the demise of the Neanderthals.



Mr Darwin, who migrated to Australia from England in 1986, said his great-great grandfather would have been fascinated by the results of the study.



"He would have been amazed by the amount of detail you can get looking at your genes and the fact that you can tell where your ancestors were at a certain time," he said.



"Back then genetics was not understood at all, so he would have been fascinated to have seen that he got it basically right and that data like this is available."



Mr Darwin, whose great-grandfather was Darwin's astronomer son George, said the test showed that the desire for knowledge and thirst for discovery was in his genetic makeup.



"I was always a bit concerned that I hadn't inherited Charles Darwin's scientific abilities, but I hoped I had inherited his adventurous abilities, his desire to go over the hill and see what was on the other side," he said.



"From what I hear of my background we like looking over the tops of hills.



We were the first people to leave Africa for the crossroads of Asia."



Dr Spencer Wells, The Genographic Project director, said that he hoped to compile data on at least another 100,000 people before the study was completed.



"We all carry a historical document in ourselves that allows us to see back to the very earliest days of our species," he said.



"Through mutations in our genes we can track the migrations of our species all around the world."



The goal of the five-year study was to try to explain the migratory history of the human species, he said.

Role of CORBA in Molecular Biology

CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), as an open standard, is considered to be a good solution for the development and deployment of applications in distributed heterogeneous environements.




This technology can be applied in the bioinformatics area to enhance utlization, management and interoperation between biological resources.



Distributed object technology is considered to be a revolution for software design in heterogeneous computing environments. Using this approach, an application can be abstracted and divided into self-managing objects that can interoperate acros heterogeneous networks and operating systems. The OMG, the largest consortium of more than 700 member organisations, has been focussing on specifying the elegant architecture on which objects written by different vendors can interoperate across networks and operating systems. Its main product is the precise specification of the CORBA.



The specification describes a software bus, called as Object Request Broker (ORB), that provides an infrastructure on which a client can invoke the methods of server objects without the knowledge of where the server objects are located, how they are implemented, whether the object is currently activated and what communication mechanisms are used. Usually, a client only needs to know what types of operations an object can provide, i.e. the object s interface. Object interfaces are defined using OMG s Interface Definition Language (IDL). IDL is a declarative language which helps to define object interfaces separately from their implementation. Thus language independence, which is an essential feature of CORBA, is supported.



The use of CORBA in a biological context was introduced by Hu et al. and Lijnzaad et al.



Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) are cheap, easy, and quick to obtain relative to full genomic sequencing and currently sample more eukaryotic genes than any other data source. ESTs are particularly useful for developing Sequence Tag Sites (STSs for mapping), polymorphism discovery, disease gene hunting, mass spectrometer protemics, and most ironically for finding genes and predicting gene structure after the great effort of genomic sequencing.



Sequence databases are currently the most familiar biological database and a typical source for EST sequences. Traditionally these databases are presented and distributed using "flat file" views of the sequence originally submitted, but these static raw views are being superseded by novel interfaces better suited to the need of academic and industrial researchers. The new browsing interfaces are needed because current research may need to investigate nucleotide or protein sequences grouped by their function, phylogeny, map position, cellular location, expression regulation, disease association, annotation similarity or metabolic pathway etc.



To support these new investigative cross-database clients, it is useful to have standardized API level access to both data and services - a requirement where CORBA is starkly appropriate. In summary, ESTs are inherently difficult data to handle (yet extremely useful) so they are a natural target for new efforts to improve data quality, cross database browsing and novel visualization tools. Of all the biological databases, EST databases have been the most conspicuous in recent years both because of their prodigious growth rates and because of their increase in intrinsic importance connecting different areas of biological research.



ESTs have many problems that stem from their means of production. The cDNA library from which any ESTs are drawn will sample the levels of expression in a particular tissue at a particular time: rare transcipts will be missed and highly expressed genes will be overly abundant. This latter problem, redundancy, is both wasteful and difficult to handle due to the extreme volume of error prone data. Redundancy can be reduced in the laboratory using normalization techniques.



To address the redundancy problem using computer techniques, a variety of EST clustering programs have been implemented. Once clustered, gene fragments can be assembled using sequence assembly programs, or both steps can be combined in large-scale EST assembly and gene indexing protocols. An assembly stage adds two main benefits: first, it produces contigs and consensus sequences which can completely hide EST redundancy and second, it should also improve the length and quality of the gene reconstructions beyond that available from any one EST. For some applications, the clustering is all that is required, for example, the early stages of STS mapping but for others, sophisticated cluster partitioning or complex assemblies are more suitable.

A few hard questions with easy answers

Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?


A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)





Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 rd Rank Opted for IFS)





Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and fourapples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?

A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)





Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant withone hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)





Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?



A. No Probs, He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)







Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)





Q. What looks like half apple?

A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )





Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?

A : Dinner.





Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?

A : Liquid (UPSC 33 R ank ) Interviewer said "I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!" The boy thought for awhile and said,"my choice is one really difficult question."



"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this.



"What comes first, Day or Night?"



The boy was jolted in! to reality as his admission depends on thecorrectness of his answer, but he thought for a while and said, "It's theDAY sir!"



"How" the interviewer asked,

"Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!"

The New Latest Nokia 5530 Xpress Music

The 5530 XpressMusic has been a bit of a mystery. Although it’s been out there for a while now, it’s a bit elusive when it comes to being on the shelves. There are very few places that carry the handset and I don’t see why. But here's a closer look at Nokia's latest XpressMusic touchscreen device.



Form Factor

The 5530 is a neat looking touchscreen device. It has a certain simplicity about it and is aesthetically well balanced. The 2.9-inch touchscreen display is neither too big nor too small and makes for comfortable viewing. In direct sunlight though, display is a little hard to view. Nokia has gone with touch sensitive buttons for the call and menu keys and of course Nokia’s quick access media menu is also available from just above the display. The volume/Zoom keys, screen lock slider and camera key are located on one side and a micro USB port and 3.5mm handsfree socket are at the bottom. The MicroSD hot swap and SIM slot are placed on the other side and although it may seem like the SIM could be removed without having to remove the battery, it can’t. You’ll need to pop the battery to slide the SIM out.

At 107g, the 5530 is a light weight handset and is, like I said, simple and quite well designed.

Features & Performance

Interface

Although it’s a resistive display with the stylus coming in handy now and then, on the whole, the Symbian S60 UI (rel. 5) is easy on the fingers except for one small aspect, the double tap to access certain sub-menus is quite annoying. Handwriting recognition is also supported amongst the virtual keyboard options. The QWERTY keypad comes across as a little cramped but thanks to the responsive display, it’s very finger friendly. There’s just a slight hint of lag in the UI but not enough to raise an eyebrow. The various desktop home screens can be edited to suit your specific needs for showing email, the new Nokia contacts bar and other shortcuts.

It’s an XpressMusic handset so naturally the media player is expected to be good and the 5530 delivers on this commitment. The customizable 8-band graphic EQ and presets ensure that you can personalize the audio to your preference. The Loudness and Stereo Widening also make a significant difference to music playback. Nokia’s Bundled handsfree is quite comfortable for in-ear designs and come with adjustable sizes to suit your ears. Audio is both loud and very clear. Nokia has preinstalled the Playlist DJ app which is really handy for segregating tracks according to the kind of genre. The interface is quite well designed and makes listening to music convenient according to the beat.


Other audio features include the FM radio that was just satisfactory as reception wasn’t quite consistent in most places where I usually get good reception from other handsets. The voice recorder will allow you to keep the handset at least three feet away and still provide really decent vocal clarity for voice memos. A Podcasting app is also on board.

The video center app allows you to download and view videos from the Ovi Store.

3GP and MPEG4 files play without a hitch and the aspect ratio can be adjusted to fit the whole screen if you’re not comfortable with bands

Dalai Lama On Twitter

Watch out for tweets from no less than the Dalai Lama. The spiritual head of the Tibetan Buddhist community has joined the social networking website Twitter to keep in touch with followers.

"His Holiness the Dalai Lama has joined Twitter," said a post on the website of the Tibetan government-in-exile Tuesday.

The Dalai Lama had fled Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 and is now based in this Indian town. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Around 140,000 Tibetans now live in exile, over 100,000 of them in different parts of India. Over six million Tibetans live in Tibet.

Buddha Shaped Pears

Gao Xianzhang has managed to create what some would call the holiest fruits ever, pears shaped like Buddha.

Gao has been working on his pear-growing technique for six years and this season he managed to grow 10,000 Buddha-shaped baby pears. Each fruit is grown in an intricate Buddha mould and ends up looking like a juicy figurine. The ingenious farmer says the locals in his home village of Hexia, norther China, have been buying his Buddha pears as soon as he picks them from the trees. Most of them think they are cute and that they bring good luck.

Gao Xianzhang pears aren’t cheap, roughly $1.8 each, but their success in China convinced him to start exporting them into Europe.

Professor Masayuki Sumida, Research Team @ Hiroshima University’s Institute for Amphibian Biology has created a transparent frog whose internal organs are visible through its skin.

The researchers say the see-through frogs can help in the study of diseases and in the development of medical treatments by allowing laboratory scientists to check the status of internal organs and blood vessels while the frogs are alive and without having to dissect them.




According to Sumida, the transparent frog is the result of breeding two specimens of Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica) that had a genetic mutation giving them pale skin. By selectively breeding their offspring, the researchers were able to create a frog that remains transparent for its entire life cycle.

Most of the world’s known transparent creatures live underwater, and transparent four-legged animals are extremely rare.



The researchers also say that by fusing the genes of fluorescent proteins to the frog’s genes, they can create frogs that glow. Glowing frogs can help scientists study specific “problem” genes by providing a real-time visual indication (i.e. the frogs glow) when those genes become active.



Professor Sumida says, “Transparent frogs will prove useful as laboratory animals because they make it easier and cheaper to observe the development and progress of cancer, the growth and aging of internal organs, and the effects of chemicals on organs.”



Very Interesting..............

Ready To Eat Rice Without Cooking

Yes. Scientists of Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), developed new rice variant named "Aghaono Bora", a soft rice or komal chawl, takes 45 minutes if soaked in normal water and if the water is lukewarm, it is ready in 15 minutes.


However, the soft rice varieties grown across Assam and the North-East, are ready to eat after they are soaked in plain water. it is a low-yielding crop that grows only in a cool climate.

The Scientists from CRRI, one of the premier research institutes on grains in the world, developed a hybrid of traditional soft rice with a high yielding variety of regular rice, that could be grown in different climates across India.

"We wanted to see whether the same rice can be grown here and retain the same properties. We saw it behaves the same way. Simply soak it in water and the rice is ready to eat but the quality of water has to be clean and potable. The idea is to avoid any waterborne disease," said Tapan Kumar Adhya, director, CRRI.

“This rice variety, which comes under soft rice category, helps in saving fuel as it doesn’t require any boiling ,” said Tapan Kumar Adhya.

In Orissa where 'pakhal' or cooked rice fermented in water is a hot favorite, the soft rice is expected to be a hit. It's environment-friendly and will save a huge amount of fuel and time.

Notification For DBT JRF 2010

Applications are invited from Indian nationals for the award of “DBT-Junior Research Fellowship” (DBT-JRF) for pursuing research in frontier areas of Biotechnology and Applied Biology.

JRFs will be selected according to merit under two categories: Category A and B. Category A fellowships (Top100 in number) are tenable in any University/Institute in India where the students can register for Ph.D. Category B fellowships (150 in number) are tenable exclusively at the 69 DBT-supported Teaching Centres/Departments running DBT-supported masters programme, and 8 DBT Institutes, where the students can register for Ph.D.


ELIGIBILITY

Those who have passed after January 1, 2009 or will appear (till August, 2010) for Masters in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics (M.Sc./M.Tech./M.V.Sc.), Molecular Human Genetics offered at BHU, and Neuroscience offered at Jiwaji University and TIFR, and B.Tech. Biotechnology (4- year course) recognized by UGC/AICTE are eligible for this award. The applicants should be below the age of 28 years, and 33 years in case of reserved categories, and women candidates. Candidates with 60% (55% for reserved categories) of the total marks (equivalent in grade) are eligible.


DETAILS OF THE AWARD

The fellowship will be initially for a period of 3 years extendable for 2 more years based on performance. By the end of 2nd year the performance of JRF will be assessed and will be upgraded to SRF. The fellowship as JRF / SRF will be @ Rs. 12, 000/- / Rs. 14000/- per month) + HRA as per host Institute norms, and a research contingency of Rs. 30, 000/- per year.



MODE OF SELECTION

The candidates will be selected based on a written admission test, “Biotechnology Eligibility Test” (BET) to be conducted on 18th April, 2010 at nine different centres, namely, Anna University (Chennai), Assam Agricultural University (Jorhat), Central University (Hyderabad), Chinmaya Vidyalaya (New Delhi), Guru Harkishan Public School (New Delhi), Gyan Mandir Public School (New Delhi), Sri Venkateswara College (New Delhi), University of Pune (Pune) and West Bengal University of Technology (Kolkata). Candidates, only belonging to SC/ST/PH categories, called for BET will be paid II class railway (non-AC)/bus fare by the shortest route from their home town, on production of supportive documents of competent authority. The examination centres are tentative and will be confirmed later.

MODE OF APPLICATION

Candidates should apply in the prescribed application form obtainable online at the URL http://oasis.mkcl.org/bet/. The last date for submission of online application form is 10th March, 2010. Stepwise procedure for filling the online application form and its submission is given in the above URL. The completed application form along with the required documents and application fee in the form of a DD of Rs. 500/- (Rs. 250/- for SC/ST/PH categories) in favour of “:MKCL”, payable at Pune, drawn on any nationalized bank, should reach the address mentioned in the URL, on or before 15th March, 2010. The application fee is non-refundable and nontransferable.

Notification For ICMR JRF 2010

ICMR JRF Examination is the first step in the process of admission to the Ph.D/ Research Programme through council's support. Test for ICMR JRF fellowship are conducted at the seven centres viz. Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Mumbai once a year. The award of JRF is made on merit basis by holding an entrance examination after issuing a countrywide admission notice. The entrance examination is usually held in the first/second week of July.



Details of the Award

A total of 150 Fellowships would be awarded. 120 Fellowships would be awarded for work in the field of biomedical sciences with emphasis on Life Sciences (like microbiology, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, human biology, bioinformatics, biotechnology, biochemistry, biophysics, immunology, Pharmacology, zoology, Environment Science, botany, veterinary sciences, bio-informatics etc.). Thirty Fellowships would be awarded for work with emphasis on Social sciences like psychology, sociology, home science, statistics, anthropology, social work and Health Economics.



The candidates selected for the JRF programme of ICMR would be permitted to enroll themselves for the Ph.D. programme of any University recognised by the UGC/MCI. However, the JRF programme would not have any connection with the Ph.D. programme. The validity of fellowship awarded to a candidate will be six months.


Fellowship Offered

The duration of fellowship will initially be limited till three years carrying a monthly stipend of Rs. 12000/- and an annual contingency grant up to Rs. 20,000/- per annum. The progress of research work would be evaluated annually through annual progress reports. On completion of two years as JRF the stipend of a fellow may be increased to Rs. 14,000/- p.m. for 3rd year on the basis of assessment of candidate's research progress / achievements. Upon such a recommendation, the fellow will be called SRF. In the event of the Committee not recommending upgradation, the fellow will continue as JRF with a stipend of Rs. 12000/- per month for the 3rd year or his/her fellowship may be terminated depending on the decision of the Committee. The duration as SRF may be for a maximum duration of 3 years. Thus, the total tenure as JRF plus SRF shall not exceed 5 (five) years.



Educational Qualification

M.Sc./M.A. or equivalent degree with minimum 55% marks for General/OBC Candidates and 50% for the SC/ST & physically handicapped candidates in the subjects mentioned under the head method of selection.



Age Limit

The age limit for admission to the eligibility test is 28 years (upper age limit relaxable upto 5 years in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST, physically handicapped (PH) and female candidates, 3 years in the case of OBC category.





Syllabus

As prescribed by UGC.


Scheme of Test: The test will consist of one paper of 2 hours duration. The paper will consist of 2 Sections. The Aptitude Section (Section A) will have 50 questions on (i) scientific phenomenon in everyday life; (ii) general knowledge in sciences; and (iii) common statistics. All these questions would be compulsory with each question carrying 1 mark. The subject Specific Section (Section B & C) would pertain to (B) Life Sciences and (C) Social Science. The candidate may attempt questions in either of the two areas. Each area of section B & C would have 100 questions and the candidate may attempt any 75 questions in the predesigned area of Section B or C. Candidates are required to indicate the option for Section B or C in the application form too.



Each question carries one mark. Negative marking @ 0.25 will be made for each of the wrong answer. The questions in both the sections would appear in English only.



Date Of Exam - July 18th, 2010.

Notification For IFS Exam Conducted By UPSC, New Delhi

The Union Public Service Commission will hold the Indian Forest Service Examination, 2010 commencing from July 10th, 2010 for the recruitment to the indian forest service.




Qualification: Bachelors degree of a recognised University with at least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science Botany. Chemistry Geology Mathematics Physics Statistics and Zoology or a Bachelor S degree in Agriculture Forestry or in Engineering or an equivalent qualification

Physical Standards: Candidates must be physically fit according to the Regulations given in Appendix-Ill of Rules for the Indian Forest Service Examination. 2010 published in the Gazette of India dated 20lh February, 2010.

Age Limit: Not less than 21 years and not more than 30 years on 1st July. 2010

The upper age limit is relaxable for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes/ Other Backward Classes and certain other categories of candidates to the extent specified in the Notice



HOW TO APPLY :

(a)The Commission proposes to make available online application submission for Indian Forest Service Examination, 2010 from 27* February. 2010 to 15'" March, 2010 for which a separate notice is to be issued.

(b)The Candidates who wish to apply offline must apply in the Common Application Form devised by the Commission for its examinations which can be purchased from the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices (specified in Appendix-Ill of the Notice) throughout the country against cash payment of Rs.20/-(Rupees twenty only). Each such Form can be used only once and only for one examination



\In case of any difficulty in obtaining Application Forms from the designated HPOs/POs the candidates should immediately contact the concerned Post Master or UPSC s "FORMS SUPPLY MONITORING CELL" over Telephone No.011-23389366/Fax No.011-23387310.



Fee: Rs.100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) through Central Recruitment Fee Stamp only Female/SC/ST candidates are exempted from payment of Fees (OBC candidates are required to pay full fees)



Address and Last Date for sending applications

All offline applications must reach the "Secretary, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi - 110069" either by hand or by Post/Speed Post or by Courier on or before the 22nd March, 2010. However in respect of candidates residing abroad or in certain remote areas specified in the Notice the last date for receipt of applications by Post/Speed Post only (not by Hand or by Courier) is 29st March, 2010.