Reliance Energy - Google Power Meter supplier

Reliance Energy has partnered with Google to provide Google Power Meters in India. The initial phase will start in three states - Mumbai, Delhi & Orrisa. Google Power Meter will be made available to a limited group of customers now but will expand its roll out later this year.

For those who don't know about Google Power Meter, its an electronic power meter which shows your electricity consumption in a secure Google gadget on your iGoogle page- now, don't ask me what is google gadget?



To know more about the Google Power Meter and other global challenges addressed by google using the power of information and technology, visit Google.org.

Raining in andaman

Now, this is how it rains in andaman. All shots were taken from my window, couldn't go out.

The Marina @ Port Blair

View of the Andaman Sea behind the Netaji Stadium from Atlanta Point

The Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex

The Ross Island, was once the administrative head quarters of British rulers.Some scenes of the song uiren uiren(khaka Khaka) were shot in this island.

Inside the Marina Park

Statue of Rajiv Gandhi

The Aberdeen Jetty near the statue of Rajiv Gandhi. You can get a boat ride to the Ross Island from here

The road along the Marina shoreline. I come here everyday in the evening to relax. The cool breeze and the sound of the waves hitting the wall is really inviting. You can also catch fish here:)

A decommissioned battle tank - Vijayantha, in the Marina Park.

Road between the Rajiv Gandhi Velodrome and Ramakrishna Mission. Beautiful coniferous trees and a statue of Subash Chandra Bose (left) pointing towards Delhi.

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I received an IDBI Bank phishing email

A couple of hours before I received an email stating that my net-banking is suspended due to a password mismatch and I have to re-activate my online account. I knew that its a phishing email but to know, how they trick people to provide their banking information and part with their hard earned money.

When I clicked on the link, firefox blocked access to the website as it was reported for web forgery. I turned off the web forgery reporting and tried again, the link took me to a page designed to look like the IDBI net-banking login page.

I opened the IDBI net-banking in another tab to compare both and found that the similarities (including the verisign logo) were good enough to fool people who don't have much knowledge about the online threats. On the other hand, there were enough differences, like the missing virtual keyboard and some excise duty related information and a different verisign logo. The easiest difference to spot was the URL of the website, I suggest people to check the URL before clicking on any link. All secure URL's start with https not http and no bank will ask you your net-banking credentials.

As soon as I entered some random numbers in the form and submitted, surprisingly, it redirected to IDBI bank's Regulatory Updates page.