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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2012
Rajan Alexander, who runs a blog called Devconsultancygroup warn of fresh rain and snow and treacherous conditions in the North and Northwest regions A fresh western disturbance called J2 is expected to affect western the Himalayan region and adjoining plains from 14 January 2012 onwards,...

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The “funny money” problem in India is no longer a minor bump; it is severe, it is suspected to be much more than the readiness to blame ISI of Pakistan, and requires a total overhaul of the laws pertaining to counterfeit currency I usually pay for fuel by card at my regular filling station,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2012
Experts have called for more transparency in the entire process of testing and advocated testing of milk on a continuous basis The recent survey on milk adulteration conducted by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) found that 68% of the tested samples did not conform to...

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India is the fourth horse. We will begin to stir when the agony of inflicted poverty, the torture of corruption, the abyss of amorality, the absence of conscience and the sheer impossibility of our lives will make us begin to reclaim our humanity Today I learned something. From watching a TV...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 January 2012
According to investigation agencies, many MLMs and ponzi schemes in the country are operated by selected ‘gang’ of so called ‘leaders’, who move from one scheme to another with new name and product The ongoing investigations into the multi-crore rupees Speak Asia scam has revealed that...

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Why do we consciously or unconsciously seek the authority of the Caucasian to demonstrate our own ability to operate in the modern world?  Are we world-class only if we dress European? Here I was going through the boarding gate, handing over my boarding card to the boarding inspector. I suppose...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 January 2012
RTI petitions yield confusing information on receiving complaints about judges of superior courts It looks like confusion exists within the judiciary itself about ways of dealing with errant judges. Two different RTI queries have yielded contradictory answers from former Chief Justice of...

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Alekh Angre 11 January 2012
The central bank itself has been the target of the scamsters who have used its name in a fake e-mail, asking people for numerous personal details to register for a one-time password. The best way to deal with such mails is to delete it ASAP Reserve Bank of India (RBI), while issuing another...

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Acting Chief State Information Commissioner Vijay Kuvalekar disposed off 457 out of 607 appeals in a Special Appeal Disposal programme held in Mumbai recently, a vital step towards clearing 18,677 appeals piled up in Maharashtra Consider this dismal picture: Number of second appeals pending...

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Unless Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities as well as the Tier 1 cities give priority to infrastructure for walking, cycling and BRTS, the inherent competitive advantage these non-metropolitan cities have to develop will be lost leading to greater migration to tier I cities, causing them also to suffer due...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 January 2012
Kolkata-based advocate SK Tulsiyan, known in the I-T circles as a CA, is under the CBI scanner for allegedly using his connection to obtain favourable orders from the Income-Tax department and ITAT Both chartered accounts (CAs) and lawyers are angry over the highly influential SK Tulsiyan, an...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 January 2012
Although the hallmarking for yellow metal is been made mandatory by the Indian government, it will take at least a year for it to be implemented across the country The Indian ministry of consumer affairs recently approved a proposal making hallmarking of gold, mandatory. The industry has...

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FICCI has chosen to defend a strange issue The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) strongly demanded the immediate release of seven directors of AMRI Hospital in Kolkata arrested after a devastating fire consumed 93 lives. While FICCI called the arrests...

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Alekh Angre 10 January 2012
In order to improve the quality of services and compensate the subscriber in case of poor services, the telecom regulator has started a discussion with mobile operators The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is looking into introducing a system of compensation to the subscribers...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 January 2012
Speaking at a BTUA seminar, TRAI chairman JS Sarma, said the regulator will definitely have discussions with mobile service providers on MNP rejections, which has become a contentious issue for subscribers and activists The much-touted mobile number portability (MNP) was introduced over a...

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Moneylife Digital team 09 January 2012
Telecom users confronted operators, regulator on issues like mobile number portability, automatic subscription to VAS and pesky marketing calls at a consumer awareness seminar organised by the Bombay Telephone Users’ Association The recently held consumer awareness programme on telecom...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 January 2012
A senior member of a bank employees’ association said, “It is a utopian idea”. On the other hand, the RBI opines that bank account number portability would be easy to implement once a bank customer is in the possession of a number given by the Unique Identification Authority of India After...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 January 2012
With several civic elections approaching, earning support from the powerful builders’ is any party’s topmost priority. The Maharashtra Housing Regulator Bill gives blanket powers to builders to get away from lot of irregularities Recently, the Maharashtra government overhauled the Development...

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The idea of booking a rail ticket anytime, anywhere through mobile sounds very good but IRCTC's latest initiative lack ease of use, necessary support and finishing touches due to which the facility fails to live up to its expectation The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC)...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 January 2012
CIC pulls up the national airline on issue of providing bigger aircraft for accommodating family of former aviation minister The Air India story is a spectacular example of ruining a public enterprise. Stories abound about how government functionaries themselves have abused its services. Now,...

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