September 10, 2009
We all love our mobiles… we talk, we text, we listen to music and we stay in touch.Can we ever imagine a day without our mobile? No never. Yes we know what an important part of our lives the mobile phone is.
However, all good things should be enjoyed responsibly. How it cheeses us off when someone takes a call in the middle of Shahrukh proposing to Deepika! Or for that matter when you have to listen to the loud mouth bragging about his date last evening standing next to you at the bus stop. Yes we know how that feels and that’s why here are a few points to remember when using your mobile. We call these basic mobile etiquettes and if we all pay a little attention to these, life would be so much less annoying for all of us. So here goes…
Tags: Mobile, Mobile Phone EtiquettesConsumer Awareness, Information
September 17, 2008
Tips on Filling Fuel in Your Vehicles
This is a Message received from a friend whoes in Durban:-
“I don’t know what you guys are paying for petrol… But here In Durban, we are also paying higher, up to 47.35 per litre.
But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, So here are some tricks to get more of your money’s worth for every litre.
Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline, where I work in Durban, we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel; the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres. ”
Tags: Filling Fuel TipsConsumer Awareness, Tips
March 25, 2008
Important Tol Free Nomber In India
Very Very Important
Airways
Indian Airlines – 1600 180 1407
Jet Airways – 1600 22 5522
SpiceJet – 1600 180 3333
Automobiles
Mahindra Scorpio – 1600 22 6006
Maruti – 1600 111 515
Tata Motors – 1600 22 5552
Windshield Experts – 1600 11 3636
Banks
ABN AMRO – 1600 11 2224
Canara Bank – 1600 44 6000
Citibank – 1600 44 2265
Corporatin Bank – 1600 443 555
Development Credit Bank – 1600 22 5769
Consumer Awareness, Information
February 1, 2008
The World’s 10 Most Polluted Cities
From lead in the soil to toxins in the water and radioactive fallout in the air, The Blacksmith Institute has created a list of the world’s worst ecological disaster areas
- Linfen, China
- Tianying, China
- Sukinda, India
- Vapi, India
- La Oroya, Peru
- Dzerzhinsk, Russia
- Norilsk, Russia
- Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Sumgayit, Azerbaijan
- Kabwe, Zambia
Linfen, China
Number of people potentially affected: 3,000,000
Type of pollutant: Coal and particulates
Source of pollution: Automobile and industrial emissions
Consumer Awareness, Information, Life, Thinking
August 7, 2007
Summary of Traffic Rules
Please find below, summary of important rules.
1. At the traffic signal junctions:
a. Go ahead only when the signal turns green for you.
b. If the signal is red, you must stop, even for a left turn.
c. If you see the signal turn from green to yellow you should slow down and stop, unless you were very close to the signal and stopping suddenly would cause an accident. You must never speed up after you see the yellow signal.
Consumer Awareness, Information
August 7, 2007
Frequently Asked Questions
- What’s going to happen just by observing traffic rules? There are so many big issues out there!
- This is a Bottom-up approach and will take a long time. Why don’t you have a Top down approach, i.e. shouldn’t the governing authorities be forced to do their job properly first?
- Why don’t you resolve this issue with xyz road / square / traffic signals?
- Ok, I have decided to follow rules 100%. Why is the sticker needed?
Popular Myths
- We save Time by having liberty to break rules.
- It is unsafe to stop at the signals!
- It is Ok to turn left! It is ok to ignore signal before 8 am / after ….!
Popular Excuses
- I want to stop at Red signal, but vehicles behind me, force me to break signal.
- I have a driver. My vehicle is also used by others at times. So I can’t join.
- Ok, I am convinced. But, right now I am so much into work, I will join next month (or after March pressures …)
- What are the Rules to be followed? I don’t know the rules.
Frequently Asked Questions
Consumer Awareness, Information
July 31, 2007
All you want to know about PAN….
A Permanent Account Number (PAN) is one of the most important documents in the country today. It is an identification number which the Income Tax Department gives to all taxpayers.
You need to quote the PAN for all financial transactions like opening a bank account, buying a property of a car, buying or selling shares or mutual funds, applying for a visa/passport, making payment of income tax or filing your tax return, applying for a bank loan, etc.
Here are some frequently asked questions and answers related to PAN:
Consumer Awareness, Information
July 21, 2007
Can you imagine this happening in INDIA?
Government of India has a online Grievance forum at http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/
The government wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc etc.
Consumer Awareness, Information, Thinking
June 20, 2007
Starting to hate ICICI Bank :: Insanity Rediscovered
I have had so many bad experiences with this Bank in the last month itself that all my good experiences of last 5 years are no longer relevant…
sushubh.net/archives/2006/05/22/starting-to-hate-icici-bank/ – 20k –
Opening a savings account in ICICI Bank :: Insanity Rediscovered
Starting to hate ICICI Bank. I have had so many bad experiences with this Bank in the last month itself that all my good experiences …
sushubh.net/archives/2006/05/08/savings-account/ – 24k –
Consumer Awareness
June 7, 2007
Nightmare, Horrible, Blackhole…
By: simmam | May 26, 2007 08:21 PM
Hi,If anyone wants to know what is the meaning of Nightmare, Horrible, Blackhole… better start an account with ICICI. When I started account with ICICI, I thought… Wow what a great bank with so much technology… I started recommending all…
Read complete review | Comments(3)
Money2India
By: RAJ35 | Apr 13, 2007 09:42 PM
Dear friends, SUB: ICICI – Bank Money2 India.com service is horrible and pathetic Recently I sent money to India twice with the same amount, same account etc. One transaction went through and the second one they kept…
Read complete review | Comments(1)
Consumer Awareness