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  Kerala was paying ₹80 lakh every month for a helicopter — even if it was barely used!!! The package covered 25 flying hours, but Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan himself says actual usage was often only 4–5 hours a month . That is ₹9.6 crore a year at the monthly rate. If the State genuinely needed only a few hours of flying, why was such a costly fixed contract allowed to continue? But the bigger question came immediately after. Chipsan Aviation's government helicopter contract expired on September 19 . The company then had a fresh commercial proposal before the government. Just two days later , the Chief Minister travelled on a chartered aircraft facilitated through the same company. Reported cost: ₹19.88 lakh . The CM's defence is that the government did not pay . But that completely misses the ethical question. When a company seeking business from your government helps arrange a benefit worth nearly ₹20 lakh, the issue is not merely whether taxpayers paid. The questions a...

A tragic highway accident has triggered a Supreme Court intervention that could affect thousands of homes, shops, restaurants and commercial properties along National Highways across India. The biggest numbers to remember are 40 metres, 75 metres and the highway Right of Way (ROW). But there is also considerable confusion. Does a shop within 75 metres have to be demolished? What happens to an existing house within 40 metres? Can a house be converted into a shop? Can an existing business renew its licence? The answers are more nuanced than some alarming social-media messages suggest. It Started With 34 Deaths What triggered the case On 2–3 November 2025 , two serious highway accidents occurred in: Phalodi, Rajasthan — a tempo traveller carrying pilgrims crashed into a stationary heavy vehicle, killing 15 people. Rangareddy, Telangana — another highway collision killed 19 people. The Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance on 10 November 2025, viewing the deaths as potentially ...

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  I wonder why Thiruvananthapuram got more murders than Ernakulam and only 18 deaths due to gangs!(very low) . Suicide count far greater than murder count... Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/39962-suicides-in-state-in-just-over-4-yrs/articleshow/119878470.cms

  Apple announced the new iPhone 15 lineup yesterday ( 12 Sep 2023 ) . The cost price of iPhone 15 in India will be Rs.78000/-  and Rs.98000/- for iPhone 15 Pro after USDINR conversion and 18%GST.  The above image shows prices in United States excluding tax. It is expected to be available in India from December 2023...

 There are lot of improvements that happened over the last few years in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning in the past couple of years which you need to be aware. Some of the trends I noticed are as follows Machines can now easily beat humans in Chess. Algo trading is on the rise   Auto content generation of text , news articles, music, drawing , voice and videos   Resume screening  Self driving vehicles   Modern apps like Uber , Swiggy   Mobile phone using it for everything from Camera to Voice/Music recognition to Image editing  

Reliance Fiber connection offers better speed and customer support than Asianet now.

Google One is a membership that gives you more storage to use across Google services. Every Google Account starts with 15 GB of free storage that’s shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos. If you become a Google One member, your total storage increases to 100 GB, or more, depending on the plan you choose. You can install the mobile app and perform mobile photos backup to Google One Cloud storage..  You have the option to invite up to 5 additional family members to your membership plan. ₹1,300 / year for 100 GB is pretty cheap. The other options are  Rs. 2000/year for 200 GB Rs. 6500/year for 2TB Rs. 3250/year for 10 TB The Google One app lets you back up your phone and manage your Google account storage. The app is now available for iPhone too .  Visit  https://one.google.com/

Update as of 2020. Mohanlal leads in Twitter. On 2020 Mohanlal got 6Million followers while Mammootty got 1 Million twitter followers. The data below is as of 2011. Source: Google Trends India 43,644 Followers for Mohanlal 31,543 Followers for Mammootty

Prisma is now Offline! You can use Prisma without internet connection. Update Prisma today to enjoy this. Now 16 filters are on device Prisma transforms your photos into works of art using the styles of famous artists: Van Gogh, Picasso, Levitan, as well as world famous ornaments and patterns. Prisma is the App of the year.!!! Update : Prisma passes 50 million downloads on the Play Store

Update Jan 2, 2018 :JioFi M2S 150Mbps Wireless 4G Portable Data and Voice Device is available only for Rs.899 from Amazon.in Update: Reliance Jio extends free calls and limited high speed download to March 31 2017 Visited Reliance Digital shop, gave copy of passport and a passport size photo. Purchased Jio WiFi Device. Reliance Jio Speed Test inside home in Trivandrum,Kerala,India The sim got activated in 3 days. I got two SMS. The first SMS to announce the application. The second SMS is to initiate the call to tele verify. The verification system is quite impressive. There are three options right now. 1. Purchase a LYF or Samsung A series mobile, use the SIM in that. 2. Purchase a Jio Wifi Device , use SIM in that . 3. Purchase a post paid connection via agents. These post paid connections will work in all phones. I am yet to test this.  The option #1 is not so good as the LYF phones are just average phones. There are heating , battery , inter...

I have been trying the Apple Music service for past three months. It is good if you have time to listen to songs and if you are lazy. The quality of songs are very good. The curated playlist based on mood,type of music are really good. Compared to gaana, the collection of songs are increasing very quickly as Apple acquires rights to Indian language content. iTunes playing a Malayalam album in Apple Music The Apple Music Service is charges Rs.120/month for an individual or Rs.190/month for a family.

These are the latest iWatch prices in India Apple Watch Series 1 42mm Smart Watch (Space Gray Aluminum Case, Black Sport Band) Rs. 22900 Apple Watch Series 1 38mm Smart Watch (Space Gray Aluminum Case, Black Sport Band) Rs. 25000 Apple Watch Series 3 GPS 42mm Smart Watch (Space Grey Aluminum Case, Black Sport Band) Rs. 29787.00 Apple Watch Series 3 GPS 38mm Smart Watch (Space Grey Aluminum Case, Black Sport Band) Rs. 29900.99 Apple Watch Series 3 has got Built-in GPS and GLONASS Water resistant 50 meters Ion-X glass 2x brighter OLED Retina display with Force Touch (1000 nits) Ceramic back Digital crown Heart rate sensor, accelerometer and gyroscope Ambient light sensor Direct fire speaker and microphone Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz) Buy this if you have an iPhone as Apple Watch won't sync with Android

HDFC Bank's Statement of Charges is one of the most confusing in the world. It was crafted by highly paid professionals who research on weakness of human mind. This blog post will tell you how to avoid common pitfalls. HDFC bank/card unlike other banks don't offer any Toll Free number to contact them! However in all their mails they mention about customer satisfaction.  Here are some of the techniques they employ. I recommend to buy shares of HDFC bank if you ever got tricked by them to compensate for your loss. The more money they extract the more will be their Quarterly profit numbers, the more will the stock price rise. Delayed Deduction Tactics HDFC bank build their customer base by roping in corporate/salary account holders. If you switch job and forget about your account and your Average Balance fall below Rs.10000,  HDFC will charge you every quarter without giving you any SMS/Email. The only clue you will get is a narration in your Bank statement which is not sel...

UPDATE : You can login to the Kerala State Electricity Board KSEB's web self-service account via the link http://wss.kseb.in/selfservices/ , see your history etc or use the old quick pay method.  The option to add multiple Consumer numbers is available. The customer service department is also amazing. Email them at ccckseb@gmail.com if you face any payment related issues. KSEB Lauches Android Mobile App download it here The KSEB official app is the latest offering and self service facility for customers from KSEB Limited which extends a host of features. The features include: • A personalised My Account for registered Consumers (Registration can be done in a minute on wss.kseb.in in new user registration section) • Quick Pay facility for payments without registration • View consumer profile • Manage 5 Consumer numbers in one user account • Check Bill Details for past 12 months. • Check Consumption Details for past 12 months. • Check Payment History for the ...

Update: 2022 June.  Update the Latest KSEB Tariff as on 2020 The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission on Thursday 14th August 2014 announced power tariff revision for all categories of consumers to permit the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) From August 16th 2014, this is the tariff for domestic users in Kerala. KSEB Tariff fom August 16th 2014 The following tariff is very old. For domestic power consumers, the new tariffs are Slab (0-40) Rs. 1.50/Unit Slab (41-80) Rs. 1.90/Unit Slab (81-120) Rs. 2.20/Unit Slab (121-150) Rs. 2.40/Unit Slab (151-200) Rs. 3.10/Unit Slab (201-300) Rs. 3.50/Unit Slab (301-500) Rs. 4.60/Unit Above (500) units Rs. 6.50/Unit Rs 20/-per month for single phase consumers Rs 60/- per month for three phase consumers Consumers having an average monthly consumption of < 40 units per month are exempted from Fixed Charges.

This post is just a comparison and not to be taken as medical advice. The below comparison is made with a pregnant woman in Kerala with another pregnant woman from Kerala who is residing at UK. Does this mean hospital management/ doctors/ medical reps/ pharma companies are fooling people in Kerala? Or Are they giving this to boost our confidence ? To make it appear as if they are caring ? I talked about this to some of my friends and here are some of the replies These tablets are cheap and you get reimbursements, have it. If you check different sources from Internet (though this data is not gathered from internet) you will get different results. I was too like this initially but blah blah blah. You are mad. If you think like this you can't live. Another reply I got is that if fluid is less in scan then the doctor will prescribe scan every week.

Recently in my Google Chrome browser, I got the following error which said. Cannot connect to the real www.google.co.in The same error came when I tried to access other sites starting with https . Image showing the error Cannot connect to Something is currently interfering with your secure connection to www.google.co.in. Try to reload this page in a few minutes or after switching to a new network . If you have recently connected to a new Wi-Fi network, finish logging in before reloading. If you were to visit www.google.co.in right now, you might share private information with an attacker. To protect your privacy, Chrome will not load the page until it can establish a secure connection to the real www.google.co.in. I solved the issue by adjusting the clock of my computer to correct time!!!

UPDATE : Customers are facing net disconnection at 9 pm daily due to free calls jamming BSNL networks? In this blog post I will explain a simple technique to solve your intermittent BSNL Broadband connection problem. BSNL is India's top telecom provider run by the government. Step 1 : Open the router configuration page. Your BSNL ADSL router-modem has an internal website where you could configure/test the router-modem. Typical username password combinations are admin/admin  or admin/password. Step 2 : Click on diagnostic link as shown. In some router-modems the link might be hidden under a main menu. Now you could notice the failures. (FAIL in red color) Step 3 : Check if your phone has dialtone. If it has keep it off-hook. Restart the BSNL router-modem. ( You could do this either by pressing the hard button or by clicking "Reboot" in the above configuration page (under Management link)). Try to access the Internet and you could see the connection is back...

How to avoid TDS ( Tax Deduction from Source ) on the interest in Bank Account Deposits in India. Submit Form 15G/H if you have Fixed Deposit or Recurring Deposit Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) as per Income Tax Rules is applicable for Fixed Deposit interest accumulated / earned in excess of Rs. 10,000/- in a Financial Year except NRE fixed Deposits TDS is applicable if Domestic Fixed deposit interest earned / accumulated in a financial year is Rs. 10,000/- and above. TDS can be avoided by submitting Form 15G / 15H, if Fixed Deposit Interest Income is less than Rs. 2 Lakhs. If Fixed Deposit Interest Income is above Rs. 2 Lac, TDS will be compulsorly deducted from that account. Download the  Form 15G (For Ordinary Individual) and Form 15H (For Senior Citizens) ; request you to submit the original signed forms to your bank before 28.02.2014. If PAN number is not submitted to bank account,  request you to link the PAN number with your account