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Inside Life Top Stories Samir Kelekar UID: Will NAC come to the rescue of India’s democracy? It is important that the UID project be halted and a committee be appointed to look into the various issues plaguing the project; further, a thorough feasibility and impact assessment study is needed before more taxpayer money is spent on this venture NestlĂ© Kit Kat: Clutter breaker It’s good to see an otherwise conservative marketer like NestlĂ© approving of a dangerous, innovative idea. And it’s working Volkswagen Corporate: Boredom for Everyone! The ad ought to have been screaming ‘innovation’ in its idea, style, treatment, everything! Sadly, it does not UID not in public interest, say civil society groups A meeting of civil society groups from across the country trashed the government’s ambitious UID scheme, saying it is deeply undemocratic, expensive and fraught with unforeseen consequences Why fake notes are gaining currency, and what you can do Here are a few remedial steps that can be taken by a bank customer to address the menace of counterfeit money Frito Lay’s Kurkure: Sharp positioning If you watch the commercial through the eyes of the brand’s key target audiences, it’s a sure winner Far from the madding crowd: Retirement homes become more popular As 8.94% of the Indian population is above 60 years of age, developers have realised that there is a potential market for retirement homes Inside Life News & Opinions Computerised CAT gets extension for a day The CAT 2009 has been extended to accommodate, within this year's testing period, all the registered candidates to whom the test has yet to be delivered as scheduled First past the post Suven’s drug discovery in the central nervous system could be the first molecule discovery in India if the company is successful in phase II and phase III studies Real estate developers jack up prices despite a pile-up of inventories Real estate inventories have increased by 20% in Q2 FY10. Developers have to cut property prices to reduce these inventories Consumer electronics sales up on festive sentiments Dealers of consumer electronics goods are expecting good sales this Diwali due to positive sentiments like rising stock market, late recovery in monsoon and an increase in disposable income due to payout of arrears for government employees Inside Life Recent News Debit card holders in India will be allowed to withdraw cash upto Rs1,000 per day from PoS terminals Central information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi says that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) wants the superannuation age raised for teachers. But teaching Inside Life Moneylife Features
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