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अगर आप एक छात्र हैं और आगे पढ़ाई करने के लिए आपको लोन की दरकार है तो अब आपके पास शिक्षा लोन लेने का एक आसान तरीका है.

सरकार ने एक नया एडुकेशन लोन पोर्टल लांच किया है.
इसके ज़रिए छात्र कई बैंकों में शिक्षा के लिए कर्ज़ का आवेदन भर सकते हैं, अपने आवेदन पर नज़र रख सकते हैं और इस कर्ज़ पर उपलब्ध तमाम स्कीमों का फ़ायदा भी उठा सकते हैं.
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वित्तमंत्री अरुण जेटली ने फरवरी में बजट भाषण के दौरान जो घोषणा की थी उसी के तहत इस पोर्टल को शुरू किया गया है.
उन्होंने अपने भाषण में छात्रों को शिक्षा ऋण और छात्रवृत्ति के लिए एक ही इलेक्ट्रॉनिक प्लेटफॉर्म बनाने की बात की थी.
उन्होंने कहा था, "हम ये सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि कोई भी छात्र पैसे की कमी के कारण उच्चशिक्षा से वंचित ना रहे."
इस पोर्टल को नेशनल सिक्योरिटीज़ डिपॉज़िटरी लिमिटेड ने वित्त मंत्रालय के वित्त सेवा विभाग, मानव संसाधन विकास मंत्रालय के उच्च शिक्षा विभाग और इंडियन बैंक्स असोसिएशन की मदद से बनाया है.
स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया, आईडीबीआई, कैनरा बैंक, पंजाब नेशनल बैंक जैसे 13 बैंक इस पोर्टल में शिक्षा ऋण देने के लिए पंजीकृत हैं.
इनमें से पांच बैंकों ने इस पोर्टल को अपने सिस्टम में एकीकृत कर लिया है ताकि छात्रों को ये जानकारी भी मिल सके कि उनके आवेदन पर क्या कार्यवाही हो रही है और वह किस चरण में है.
छात्र को पहले इस वेबसाइट पर रजिस्टर करना होगा और फिर ऋण के लिए एक सरल फॉर्म को भरना होगा.
अगर उन्हें अपने आवेदन पर हो रही कार्यवाही पर कोई शिकायत है तो वे यहीं उसे दर्ज़ कर सकते हैं.

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नेशनल सिक्योरिटीज़ डिपॉज़िटरी लिमिटेड के मुख्य कार्यकारी और प्रबंधन निदेशक गगन राय ने बताया कि आने वाले दिनों में इस पोर्टल पर दर्ज बैंकों की संख्या बढ़ाई जाएगी.
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नौकरी नहीं रहने पर भी नहीं निकाल सकेंगे पीएफ का पूरा पैसा

  |21 Aug , 2015

नई दिल्ली। नौकरी नहीं रहने पर भी आप पीएफ के पूरे पैसे नहीं निकाल सकेंगे। सरकार इसके लिए नियम बदलने जा रही है। नए प्रस्ताव के मुताबिक 58 साल की उम्र तक आप अधिक से अधिक 75 फीसदी पैसे निकाल सकेंगे। मौजूदा नियम के मुताबिक अगर खाताधारक दो महीने तक बेरोजगार रहता है तो वह पीएफ के पूरे पैसे निकाल सकता है। श्रम सचिव शंकर अग्रवाल ने बताया कि इस आशय का प्रस्ताव मंजूरी के लिए मंत्रालय के पास है। इस पर 10-15 दिनों में फैसला ले लिया जाएगा।

सेंट्रल पीएफ कमिश्नर केके जालान ने भी कहा कि प्रस्तावित बदलाव 10-15 दिनों में नोटिफाई कर दिए जाएंगे। जालान के मुताबिक इस प्रस्ताव पर कर्मचारी संगठनों की भी सहमति है। जालान ने बताया कि 75 फीसदी पैसे निकालने की सीमा घर बनाने, शादी, बच्चों की शिक्षा जैसे मामलों पर भी लागू होगी। धीरे-धीरे यह सीमा घटाकर 50 फीसदी पर लाई जाएगी। कोई खाताधारक कितनी बार पैसे निकाल सकता है, इसकी भी सीमा तय होगी। जालान के मुताबिक अभी साल में पैसे निकालने के करीब 1.3 करोड़ आवेदन आते हैं। इनमें 65 लाख पूरे पैसे निकालने के होते हैं।

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#KoreanWar:North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchanging fire with South.South Korea evacuation after shelling on western border.North Korea warns of war after exchange of fire with South

• 42 minutes ago, Published August 21, 2015

North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchanging fire with South

The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his frontline troops to be on a war footing, state media says, after an exchange of fire with the South across their heavily fortified border.

Report said Mr Kim declared a "semi-state of war" at an emergency meeting late Thursday.
It threatened action unless Seoul ends its anti-Pyongyang border broadcasts.
The North often uses fierce rhetoric when tensions rise and it has made similar declarations before.
New 's South Korea correspondent Steve Evans says that although this ritual of aggression often sees such language escalate to the firing of ammunition, this time the rhetoric is fiercer and and artillery shells are now in use.

Reported that Mr Kim had ordered that troops be "fully ready for any military operations at any time" from 17:00 Friday local time (01:30 GMT), at the emergency meeting of the central military commission.

Residents evacuated

Earlier, the North warned that it would take strong military action if the South does not end border propaganda broadcasts and dismantles the broadcast facilities "within 48 hours".
However, in a separate letter Pyongyang said it was willing to resolve the issue even though it considers the broadcasts a declaration of war, South Korea Unification Ministry said.
The tensions were ratcheted up after North Korea on Thursday shelled across the border reportedly to protest the propaganda broadcasts which restarted after a hiatus of 11 years.
The South responded with artillery fire. There were no reported casualties.
South Korea ordered the evacuation of residents from an area of its western border.
The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

South Korea evacuation after shelling on western border

North and South Korea have exchanged cross-border fire several times in recent years

South Korea has ordered the evacuation of residents from an area of its western border after an exchange of fire with North Korea, reports say.

North Korea fired a shell at a South Korean military unit on Thursday, prompting the south to retaliate with several artillery rounds, the South's defence ministry said.
South Korea's National Security Council is due to hold an emergency session.
The western sea border has long been a flashpoint between the two Koreas.
North Korea fired a projectile towards Yeoncheon, a town north-west of Seoul, at 15:52 local time (06:52 GMT), the defence ministry said.
Reports suggest the target could have been a loudspeaker broadcasting anti-Pyongyang messages.
The South then fired "dozens of rounds of 155mm shells" towards where they thought the rocket was launched from, the ministry added in a statement.
There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damage on either side.

Residents have been ordered to leave their shops and homes and evacuate to bunkers and shelters

The two Koreas remain technically at war, because the 1950-1953 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.
The two sides have exchanged cross-border fire several times in recent years.
A local official told news agency that about 80 residents in Yeoncheon had been evacuated, with other residents in the area also urged to take shelter.
The latest incident comes amid heightened tensions between the North and South.
Seoul has blamed the North for planting a landmine that injured two South Korea soldiers earlier this month.
Since then, the sides have begun blasting propaganda broadcasts from loudspeakers along the border - restarting a practice both had suspended back in 2004.
South Korea and the US also began annual joint military exercises on Monday - they describe the drills as defensive, but North Korea calls them a rehearsal for invasion.

North Korea warns of war after exchange of fire with South

PYONGYANG, North Korea –  North Korea on Friday declared its frontline troops in a "a quasi-state of war" and warned of military operations a day after the rival Koreas exchanged fire across the world's most heavily armed border.

The North has made similar bombastic claims before and the huge numbers of soldiers and military equipment stationed along the Koreas' tense border mean the area is always essentially in a "quasi-state of war." Still, the declaration, following South Korea's firing of dozens of shells across the border after the North lobbed several rounds at a South Korean town, signals a worrying development.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un ordered at an emergency military meeting that his troops "be fully ready for any military operations at any time from 5 p.m. (0730 GMT) Friday."

The report said that "military commanders were urgently dispatched for operations to attack South Korean psychological warfare facilities if the South doesn't stop operating them."
Seoul said the North fired Thursday across the Demilitarized Zone to back up an earlier threat to attack South Korean border loudspeakers that, after a lull of 11 years, have started broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda. North Korea, which denies firing at the South, later said the South Korean shells landed near four military posts but caused no injuries. No one was reported injured in the South, either, though hundreds were evacuated from frontline towns.
The loudspeaker broadcasts began after South Korea accused the North of planting land mines that maimed two South Korean soldiers earlier this month.

Authoritarian North Korea, which has also restarted its own propaganda broadcasts, is extremely sensitive to any criticism of the government run by leader Kim Jong Un, whose family has ruled since the North was founded in 1948. Pyongyang worries that the critical broadcasts could weaken Kim's grip on absolute power, analysts say.
North Korea first fired a single round believed to be from an anti- aircraft gun, which landed in a South Korean border town on Thursday afternoon, Seoul said. About 20 minutes later, several more artillery shells fell on the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. South Korea responded with dozens of 155-milimeter artillery rounds, according to South Korean defense officials.
The exchange stopped there, but the North's army later warned in a message that it would take further military action if South Korea didn't pull down the loudspeakers.

South Korea raised its military readiness to its highest level. Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Jeon Ha-kyu told a televised news conference that South Korea is ready to repel any additional provocation. Defense officials said South Korea will continue the loudspeaker broadcasts despite the threats.
The artillery exchange comes during another point of tensions between the Koreas: annual U.S.-South Korean military drills that North Korea calls an invasion rehearsal. Seoul and Washington say the drills are defensive in nature.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye convened an emergency National Security Council meeting and ordered South Korea's military to "resolutely" deal with any provocation by North Korea.
In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. was worried by the North's firing into South Korea and closely monitoring the situation.

About 80 residents in the South Korean town where the shell fell, Yeoncheon, were evacuated to underground bunkers, and authorities urged other residents to evacuate, a Yeoncheon official said, requesting anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media. South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported that a total of about 2,000 residents along the border were evacuated.
While the Koreas regularly exchange hostile rhetoric, it is also not unusual for fighting to occasionally erupt. Last October, North Korean troops opened fire at areas in Yeoncheon, after South Korean activists launched balloons there that carried propaganda leaflets across the border. South Korea returned fire, but no casualties were reported. Later in October, border guards from the two Koreas again exchanged gunfire along the border, without any casualties.

Before that, the Koreas tangled in a deadly artillery exchange in 2010, when North Korean artillery strikes on a South Korean border island killed four South Koreans. Earlier in 2010, an alleged North Korean torpedo attack killed 46 South Korean sailors.
North Korea's army said recently in a statement that the South Korean propaganda broadcasts were a declaration of war and that if they were not immediately stopped "an all-out military action of justice" would ensue. Pyongyang says that Seoul fabricated its evidence on the land mines and demanded video proof.
South Korea has said the two soldiers wounded from the mine explosions were on a routine patrol in the southern part of the DMZ that separates the two Koreas. One soldier lost both legs and the other one leg.
The Koreas' mine-strewn DMZ is a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war.

Mobile Calling & Data: What is the difference between CDMA vs GSM vs LTE Technology?...Go link for more

CDMA vs GSM vs LTE, What is the difference?


CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is a "spread spectrum" for cellular networks enabling many more wireless users to share airwaves than alternative technologies.

GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is a wireless technology to describe protocols for cellular networks used by mobile phones with over 80% market share globally.

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a wireless broadband technology for communication of high speed data for mobile phones.



The main difference between the technologies is that both CDMA & GSM can support cellular and data, whereas LTE can only support data.

So what does this mean? It means that if the phone does not have CDMA/GSM technology then the cellular (voice) services would NOT work, only data.



Prior to the entrance of LTE Technology, it was very easy to determine a CDMA phone from a GSM phone. The GSM phone featured a SIM Card Slot, the CDMA phone did not. Now it is quite more complicated with the LTE Technology, both CDMA & GSM adopted this spectrum in which functions with the use of a SIM Card. Therefore, a CDMA/LTE Verizon Wireless phone now has a SIM Card but does work on GSM Networks such as AT&T.



There is two main reasons why CDMA/LTE and GSM/LTE are currently NOT compatible;

1) Phone (voice) runs on the 2G & 3G spectrum. CDMA and GSM run on different 2G/3G frequencies, thus voice is not compatible between the two.

2) LTE (Data) the common denominator, runs on the 4G spectrum. CDMA currently runs on Class 13 and GSM Class 17 LTE, thus data is not compatible between the two.



What LTE phones can be unlocked for GSM usage? In order for an LTE device to be able to be unlocked, it must have GSM technology so cellular and data will function.

In the below LTE phone examples, the AT&T Atrix HD can be unlocked because it has GSM capabilities, but the Sprint Evo and Verizon Thunderbolt can not as it only has CDMA technology.



AT&T Motorola Atrix HD (MB886) - (2G) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - (3G) HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - (4G) LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100

Sprint HTC Evo 4G - (2G) CDMA 800 / 1900 - (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - (4G) LTE 800 / 1900

Verizon HTC Thunderbolt - (2G) CDMA 850 / 1900 - (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - (4G) LTE 700 MHz Class 13



To complicate things a little more, the below example supports CDMA/GSM/LTE. If this phone were unlocked, it would only run GSM on the 2G spectrum without 4G LTE. (Verizon uses a separate 4G spectrum than other GSM networks.)

Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 - (2G) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G) CDMA 850 / 1900 - (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - (4G) LTE 700 MHz Class 13

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OROP Demand: 10 ex-chiefs write to PM, say nation can’t afford ‘imbroglio’

As seven retired Army chiefs, two Air Force chiefs and a Navy chief sent their letter to the PM, two ex servicemen began a fast unto death at Jantar Mantar to push for OROP.

18 aug 2015

 
The ten former Service Chiefs have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the issue should be resolved expeditiously within a time frame.
 
Days after four retired service chiefs raised the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue with the President, ten retired chiefs have written to PM Narendra Modi condemning the manhandling of protesting veterans at Jantar Mantar by the Delhi Police.
As seven retired Army chiefs, two Air Force chiefs and a Navy chief sent their letter to the PM, two ex servicemen — Col Pushpender Singh and Havaldar Major Singh — began a fast unto death at Jantar Mantar to push for OROP.
Arguing that “the nation can ill afford such an imbroglio”, the two page letter subtly warned the government about the consequences of the delay in implementing OROP.

“We are deeply perturbed and distressed by the highhanded treatment of our veterans on August 14, 2015 at Jantar Mantar. These veterans have been on a peaceful demonstration at this venue and have been trying to make the government hear their voice since June 12, 2015. We unequivocally condemn the action by the police and urge the government to investigate and take immediate action,” the letter by General V N Sharma, General Shakar Roy Choudhary, General N C Vij, Genral J J singh, General Deepak Kapoor, General Bikram Singh, Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Air Chief Marshals N C Suri and S P Tyagi said.

Adding that the “indiscretion on the part of the police has seriously impacted the pride and morale of all ranks of the three services and the veterans”, the letter claimed the “dignity and pride” of the soldier “ was scarred.
Explaining the decision to approach PM, the letter said: “We were also hopeful that the announcement of the implementation of the OROP would be made on Independence Day. Regrettably this has not happened. Also, the highhanded attitude of the police on August 14 has prompted us to raise this issue to your esteemed office.”

About the government’s argument of technical difficulties in OROP implementation, the letter added: “The often quoted technical difficulties without ever being specified and discussed are thus bewildering. This is simple arithmetic based on the Standard Pension Tables of the government…These delays are construed to be only with a view to bring in changes in the parameters and dilute the entitlements, which will be grossly unjust and unacceptable.”

The signatories to the letter claimed that while they had full faith in the political leadership, they were dismayed by the delay. “We stand steadfastly by the side of our colleagues and fully support their just cause. Our silence so far was due to the need to observe propriety… We would strongly urge the government to settle this issue expeditiously and in an urgent time frame. Any further delays, in our considered view, will be at the cost of damaging the pride of the veterans and lowering the morale of the armed forces. The nation can ill afford such an imbroglio,” the letter warned.

President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Smt. Suvra Mukherjee passes away

Suvra Mukherjee, who had been unwell, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Army Research and Referral Hospital last week.

New Delhi | Updated: August 18, 2015

 

 

President Pranab Mukherjee with Suvra in this file photo. 
 
President Pranab Mukherjee’s wife Suvra Mukherjee passed away at around 10 am this morning in a Delhi hospital. She was 74.

“It is informed with deep sorrow that First Lady, Mrs Suvra Mukherjee, passed away this morning at 10.51 am,” the President’s Twitter handle announced this morning.

Mrs Mukherjee, who had been unwell and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Army Research and Referral Hospital last week, following a respiratory ailment.
President Pranab Mukherjee had earlier this month cut short his visit to Odisha, where he was to preside over a function at the National Law University, Cuttack.

Smt. Mukherjee was also a talented painter who had many group and solo exhibitions to her credit pic.twitter.com/tKWQyP4U5t

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) August 18, 2015

Smt. Suvra Mukherjee was a vocalist of Rabindra Sangeet & founded the ‘Geetanjali Troupe’ pic.twitter.com/EWY6pQ6CRU

— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) August 18, 2015

Bangkok blast: Thai authorities launch hunt for male ‘suspect’

Thai Army chief Gen Udomdej Seetabutr told local media that security officials had obtained video footages at the bomb explosion scene which clearly showed a suspect carrying a bag into the scene before it went off.

Bangkok | Published:August 18, 2015

 

 

Police use a magnetic tool as they examine debris in front of the Erawan Shrine at Rajprasong intersection in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, as investigations continue the morning after an explosion. Police combed through shattered glass and other debris Tuesday from a bomb blast in central Bangkok, trying to determine who set off the most devastating single attack in the capital’s recent history.
 
Thai authorities on Tuesday launched a hunt for a male “suspect” who may have left a bomb inside the hugely popular Lord Brahma temple in a crowded area in central Bangkok that killed at least 20 people and injured 123 others. Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said there is a male suspect who appeared on CCTV near the scene of the blast.

“We are looking for this guy,” he said. He called an urgent war room meeting with Cabinet members and security agencies at Government House. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said that the perpetrators had used few people to commit the incident. He said the motive behind the blast has yet to be concluded. Thai Army chief Gen Udomdej Seetabutr told local media that security officials had obtained video footages at the bomb explosion scene which clearly showed a suspect carrying a bag into the scene before it went off.

He did not elaborate the nationality of the suspect but said the bomb attack might be a retaliation to the recent operation of the Thai government. He said security officials are following the case closely.

He had earlier said the tactics used in the blast did not match the Muslim separatist rebels in the country’s south. However, Nation newspaper said police were looking for a suspect with an “Arab” look who was seen leaving a bag at the shrine shortly before the blast occurred at 7 pm last evening.

The man was seen on a security camera sitting on a bench in the compound of the shrine after leaving his bag behind the bench, the paper said. After a while, he was seen standing and making a call from his phone and walking fast from the area, it said. Thailand’s baht currency slumped to a more than six-year low and shares fell in Bangkok after the blast.
The blast, which the government believed was aimed at damaging economy and tourism, occurred inside Erawan Shrine dedicated to Lord Brahma in the downtown Chidlom district. The temple is located on a main road through Bangkok’s commercial hub and is surrounded by three major shopping malls and big hotels of international chains. It is among Bangkok’s most popular tourist attractions visited by East Asian tourists and local Buddhists.

Authorities today put the death toll at 20, revising an earlier toll of 27. The dead includes two Malaysians, two Taiwanese, two Singaporeans, a Hongkongnese, and the rest Thais. Most of the injured foreigners are Chinese. However, there were no reports of any Indian casualties or injury in the blast, the first such attack in the Thai capital.

Sri Lanka polls: Mahinda Rajapaksa concedes defeat in parliamentary elections.Rajapaksa said that his UPFA has won eight districts and Wickremesinghe's UNP has 11 out of a total of 22.

18 aug 2015

 
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa
 
Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday accepted defeat in the parliamentary elections even before the announcement of the final results. Rajapaksa, 69, said his United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) had lost after a close battle with the United National Party (UNP) of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

The former two-time president was quoted in the media reports as saying that he conceded defeat “after a good fight”. Rajapaksa said that his UPFA has won eight districts and Wickremesinghe’s UNP has 11 out of a total of 22. It appears that neither the UNP or the UPFA would gain simple majority of 113 in the 225-member assembly. The UNP has gained votes in most polling divisions while the UPFA lost votes in comparison with the presidential election held in January. The UPFA’s big victory margins in January presidential elections, however, have not been affected by the UNP’s gains or the votes that have gone to the Marxist JVP or the People’s Liberation Front.

The final outcome would depend now on the number of districts won by the each major party. In the north’s Tamil districts, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) appears to have made a clean sweep. Early results have shown that TNA would win the Jaffna district with a near 60 per cent of the vote. President Maithripala Sirisena had vowed not to make Rajapaksa premier even if his UPFA wins a majority.

Sirisena was Rajapaksa’s health minister until he came forward as the opposition unity candidate to challenge the then president last year. He then handed Rajapaksa a shock defeat in the polls. Election Commissioner Deshapriya said he hope the final party positions would be released by this afternoon.
196 members will be elected for a five-year term while 29 will be appointed based on the national proportion of votes polled by each party.

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Technology: How to Disable Notifications in Google Chrome browser

18 August 2015

 

Desktop notifications are one of the best features of modern browsers. They show previews of email, football scores or even instant messages, letting you to take a quick glance at updates without leaving the work you're doing. But this can get a little overwhelming, particularly when it includes spam and advertisements. If too many sites have begun to send notifications, or if you need to shut out all the noise, you should disable Google Chrome notifications. Doing so is pretty simple:

1. Open the Google Chrome Settings page. You can either type chrome://settings in the address bar and hit Enter or click the hamburger icon at the top right > Settings.
2. Scroll to the bottom and click Show advanced settings.
3. Under Privacy, click Content settings....
4. Scroll down to Notifications.
5. Select Do not allow any site to show desktop notifications.
6. If you want to allow some websites to show notifications, you can click Ask when a site wants to show desktop notifications. Now sites will show notifications only if you permit them to.
7. Click Manage exceptions... to see the list of sites that you've granted permission for notifications. Click the X to the right of any of these URLs to stop the site from sending notifications.

 

This method gets rid of desktop notifications from websites. But an app or extension can still send notifications. To disable notifications from individual Chrome apps or extensions, follow these steps.

Windows 7 and 8

1. Tap Windows key + D or go to the desktop.
2. Left-click the bell shaped Chrome Notifications icon in the notifications bar in the bottom-right of the screen. If it isn't there, then click the up arrow icon at the start of the notifications bar. Once you see the bell, left-click on it.
3. Click the gear icon.
4. Uncheck apps or extensions that you don't want notifications from.

 

 

Mac

1. In the system menu bar, click the bell icon.
2. Click the gear icon.
3. Uncheck apps or extensions that you don't want notifications from.

If you want to disable all Chrome notifications, there is an easy way to do so. In case you're working and just want a temporary break, then you can instead right click on the bell-shaped Chrome notifications icon, and click on Do not disturb. This turns off all notifications. You can also click on Do not disturb for one hour or Do not disturb for one day if you just want a short break from notifications.

This next method will permanently stop all notifications, including email and messages. If you need those, then do not do this. If you're certain that you need to get rid of all Chrome notifications, then read on.

Windows 7 or 8

1. Tap Windows key + D or go to the desktop.
2. Click the up arrow icon at the start of the notifications bar in the bottom-right of the screen.
3. Click Customise....
4. Scroll down to Google Chrome.
5. In the drop-down menu, select Hide icon and notifications.
6. Click OK.

Mac

1. Click Chrome from the top menu bar.
2. Click Hide notifications Icon from the drop-down menu.

 

Once you've done this, Chrome will no longer be able to send any notification or alerts at all. Which annoying websites or extensions were spamming notifications on your computer? Let us know via the comments.