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Micro voter targeting is all set to enter India with 2019 Lok Sabha polls Your online shopping preferences, stay at a swanky hotel or a mere visit to a parenting website may just swing your voting preference in the next elections. Intrigued? Micro voter targeting, so far an alien concept in...

How professors at IITs are improving India's solar power efficiencies The IIT campus was not ready when Saroj Nayak moved to Bhubaneswar from the US in 2012. The condensed matter physicist had been a professor at Renssealer Polytechnic when IIT Bhubaneswar made him a job offer. Nayak worked...

People need to be nudged to use whats better for them. Everybody want to remain in their comfort zones. Thank you.

We also had our fair shares of corrupted politicians in last government. We are not immune to corruption. Thank you.

Dengue: Know the disease to fight it better * How does the dengue-causing virus get transmitted? After the female Aedes mosquito bites a dengue affected person, the virus incubates for 8 to 10 days. When this infected mosquito bites the next person, he/she may get infected. *Are all...

India's air passenger growth on the back of excess capacity: IATA Capacity addition by airlines has led to double-digit passenger growth in the country, airline body International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said today. “Indian airlines achieved a 36th consecutive month of...

India steps up electric vehicle push with order for 10,000 cars from Tata, Mahindra The Indian government's decision to purchase 10,000 electric cars from Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra underscores New Delhi's resolve to curb rising air pollution in its cities. The south Asian country...

India to renegotiate LNG rate with US, Russia After getting Qatar and Australia to lower gas price, India is seeking to renegotiate rate of LNG (liquefied natural gas) it has contracted from the US and Russia to reflect current market realities, GAIL Chairman and MD B C Tripathi said on...

Two fishing boats engaged in bull trawling seized Indian Coast Guard handed over two fishing boats to the Coastal Security Police in Karwar for action after they were found conducting bull trawling which is banned in the State, on Monday. A Coast Guard release said here on Tuesday that Coast...

India to be the top recipient of remittances from its diaspora in 2017 India is expected to retain its top spot in attracting overseas remittances from its diaspora to family back home, according to the World Bank. Among major remittance recipients, India retains its top spot, with remittances...

Sir, my post was not a reply to a provocation, rather I believed you needed to be given clarity, for your post that I was having 5 years time here in PDF with more than 3000 posts. As I said numbers can be deceiving sometimes, you would know that from previous engagements happened during...

If numbers would have been a yardstick to judge a person's ability, this world would have been so much easier to deal with. I am 27 years old, most probably same as old as your children. I started following PDF by 2007 while joining college and joined A PDF in 2012 after completing PG. I have...

I never get agitated sir, except during senseless killings. Rest times I just tag along to read in every forums and threads. I need to learn a lot to have more knowledgeable opinion. Thank you.

I don't believe in idealism sir. We humans are called "being" for a purpose. I never claim to be right or wrong. If you were inferring from my post that I claimed/suggested BJP as a blown up image of a party or Atal ji as a blown up individual, then I am afraid, you didn't understand the...

Sir, in 2008 my relative died and death certificate got delayed as person issuing this wants money, what better way than cash. Again in 2010 I got passed my graduation in CA and went to collect the certificate from VBSPU campus. Athority wanted the money for issuing the certificate again in cash...

Should India hold $400 billion of forex reserves? Foreign exchange (forex) reserves with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have now crossed the $400-billion mark. This is being celebrated by many people. This column takes a different view. Suppose a country uses fixed exchange rates. If the...

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India going digital, paper clearing at banks falls The Reserve Bank of India data shows the value of paper-clearing transactions fell a fifth from Rs 100 lakh crore in 201213 to Rs 80.9 lakh crore at the end of 2016-17. In the same period, the volume of such transactions fell to 120.6 crore...

Jaitley, who's who of India Inc, Bollywood biggies to attend WEF event Key government figures including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, industry captains and Bollywood celebrities are scheduled to participate in the 3-day World Economic Summit starting on Wednesday. More than 650 leaders from 35...

No comparison of Rohingyas with Pakistan, Bangladesh refugees: Govt in SC The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that decisions on immigrants were taken by the executive on a “case to case basis” keeping in mind a variety of factors and there cannot be any comparison between the move on...