Useful and Handy Info You Must Know
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Ants Problem : Ants hate cucumbers. Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole.
To get pure and clean ice : Boil water first before freezing.
To make the mirror shine : Clean with spirit
To remove chewing gum from clothes : Keep the cloth in the freezer for an hour.
To whiten white clothes : Soak white clothes in hot water with a slice of lemon for 10 minutes
To give a shine to hair : Add one teaspoon of vinegar to hair, then wash hair.
To get maximum juice out of lemons : Soak lemons in hot water for one hour, and then juice them.
To avoid smell of cabbage while cooking : Keep a piece of bread on the cabbage in the vessel while cooking.
To rid the smell of fish from your hands : Wash your hands with a little apple vinegar.
To avoid tears while cutting onions : Chew gum.
To boil potatoes quickly : Skin one potato from one side only before boiling.
To boil eggs quickly : Add salt to the water and boil.
To remove ink from clothes : Put toothpaste on the ink spots generously and let it dry completely, then wash.
To skin sweet potatoes quickly : Soak in cold water immediately after boiling.
To get rid of mice or rats : sprinkle black pepper in places where you find mice or rats. They will run away.
SALT USES .. YOU MAY HAVE NOT KNOWN BEFORE
1. If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess.
2. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
3. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
4. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.
5. Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.
6. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
7. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink;bad ones float.
8. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
9. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
10. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.
11. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won’t stick.
12. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.
13. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.
14. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
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*Dear All,
SECURITY ALERT 
Mumbai)*
Information reaching Police formation indicates that:
There is a syndicate of criminals selling beautiful key holders at Petrol Stations.
They sometimes parade themselves as sales promoters giving out free key holders.
Please do not buy or accept these key holders no matter how beautiful they look.
The key holders have inbuilt tracking device chip which allows them to track you to your home or wherever your car is parked .
The key holders are very beautiful to resist. Accepting same may endanger your life.
All are therefore requested to pass this message to colleagues, family members and loved ones. Be on guard.
Alert everyone.
Nice info brother +6 really Useful.!
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Your character from your Name*
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Does your name begin with: A
You are not particularly romantic, but you are interested in action. You mean business.
Does your name begin with: B
You give off vibes of lazy sensuality. You enjoy being romanced, wined, and dined.
Does your name begin with: C
You are a very social individual, and it is important to you to have a relationship.
Does your name begin with: D
Once you get it into your head that you want someone, you move full Steam ahead in your suit.
Does your name begin with: E
Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is not a good listener, you have trouble relating.
Does your name begin with: F
You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find.
Does your name begin with: G
You are fastidious, seeking perfection within yourself and your lover.
Does your name begin with: H
You seek a mate who can enhance your zest for life, fun & everything you seek for.
Does your name begin with: I
You have a great need to be loved, appreciated… even worshiped. You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh.
Does your name begin with: J
You are blessed with a great deal of physical energy. When used for a good cause there is nothing to stop you, except maybe that they aren’t always used for the good. (You could dance all night).
Does your name begin with: K
You are secretive, self-contained, and shy. You are very sexy, sensual, and passionate, but you do not let on to this.
Does your name begin with: L
You can be very romantic, attached to the glamour of love. Having a partner is of paramount importance to you.
Does your name begin with: M
You may appear innocent, unassuming and shy; but we know that Appearances can lie.
Does your name begin with: N
You are emotional and intense. When involved in a relationship, you throw your entire being into it. Nothing stops you; there are no holds barred.
Does your name begin with: O
You are very interested in fun activities yet secretive and shy about your desires.
Does your name begin with: P
You are very conscious of social proprieties. You wouldn’t think of doing anything that might harm your image or Reputation.
Does your name begin with: Q
You require constant activity and stimulation. You have tremendous physical energy.
Does your name begin with: R
You are a no-nonsense, action-oriented individual. You need someone who can keep pace with you and who is your intellectual equal-the smarter the better.
Does your name begin with: S
For you, it is pleasure before business. You can be romantically idealistic to a fault and is capable of much sensuality.
Does your name begin with: T
You are very sensitive, private & sometimes very passive. You like someone who takes the lead. You get excited by music, soft lights & romantic thoughts.
Does your name begin with: U
You are enthusiastic & at your happiest when in love. When not in love you’re in love with love and always looking for someone to adore.
Does your name begin with: V
You are individualistic & you need freedom, space & excitement. You wait till you know someone well before committing yourself.
Does your name begin with: W
You are very proud, determined & refuses to take no for an answer when it come to love.
Does your name begin with: X
You need constant stimulation because you get bored quickly.
Does your name begin with: Y
You are sensual & very independent. If you can’t have it your way, you will forget the whole thing.
Does your name begin with: Z
You are very romantic, idealistic, and somehow you believe that to love means to suffer.
How to Lock Your Car and Why!
“I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock’’.
I went back and locked my car again three times.
Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I could hear it unlock again!! Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two men sitting in a car next to the Store.
They were obviously watching me intently, and there seemed no doubt they were somehow involved in this very weird situation.
I quickly abandoned my errand, jumped into my car and sped away.
I went straight to the police station, told them what had happened, and found out I was part of a new, and very successful, scheme being used to gain entry into parked cars.
Two weeks later, my friend’s son had a similar experience….While travelling, he stopped at a motorway service area to use the toilet.
When he came out to his car less than 5 minutes later, someone had managed to get into his car and had stolen his mobile phone, laptop computer, sat-nav, briefcase and other belongings.
He called the police and since there were no signs of his car having been broken into, the police told him he had probaly been a victim of the latest robbery tactic – there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your remote locking device.
They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside the Store, restaurant, or whatever and that they now have a few minutes to steal and run.
- The police officer said always to lock your car manually with the key when parking in a public area. That way if there is someone sitting in a car nearby watching for their next victim, it will not be you.
When you lock up with the key upon exiting, it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the remote button, it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be easily intercepted by the device.
This is very real. Be aware of what you just read and please pass this information on.
Look how many times we all lock our doors with our remote just to be sure we remembered to lock them — and bingo, someone has our code…and potentially whatever is in our car."
Please share with everyone you know in the hope that we can frustrate these thieves.
Informative n alarming. Nice share Barood bhai. I will definitely frustrate them btw nice thread.
Ashwin wrote:
Informative n alarming. Nice share Barood bhai. I will definitely frustrate them btw nice thread.
Credit to Born Legend !
karma added for your nice effort bro.. vu
Here are Toll Free numbers in India …..very very useful…!!!!
(caution: some of them may be obsolete, like kingfisher..>> )
Airlines
Indian Airlines – ( 1800 180 1407
Jet Airways – ( 1800 225 522
Spice Jet – ( 1800 180 3333
Air India – ( 1800 227 722
Kingfisher – (1800 180 0101
Banks
ABN AMRO – ( 1800 112 224
Canara Bank – ( 1800 446 000
Citibank – ( 1800 442 265
Corporation Bank – ( 1800 443 555
Development Credit Bank – ( 1800 225 769
HDFC Bank – 1800 227 227
ICICI Bank – ( 1800 333 499
ICICI Bank NRI – ( 1800 224 848
IDBI Bank – ( 1800 116 999
Indian Bank – ( 1800 425 1400
ING Vysya – ( 1800 449 900
Kotak Mahindra Bank – ( 1800 226 022
Lord Krishna Bank – ( 1800 112 300
Punjab National Bank – ( 1800 122 222
State Bank of India – ( 1800 441 955
Syndicate Bank – ( 1800 446 655
Automobiles
Mahindra Scorpio – ( 1800 226 006
Maruti – ( 1800 111 515
Tata Motors – ( 1800 255 52
Windshield Experts – ( 1800 113 636
Computers / IT
Adrenalin – ( 1800 444 445
AMD – ( 1800 425 6664
Apple Computers- ( 1800 444 683
Canon – ( 1800 333 366
Cisco Systems- ( 1800 221 777
Compaq – HP – ( 1800 444 999
Data One Broadband – ( 1800 424 1800
Dell – ( 1800 444 026
Epson – ( 1800 44 0011
eSys – ( 3970 0011
Genesis Tally Academy – ( 1800 444 888
HCL – ( 1800 180 8080
IBM – ( 1800 443 333
Lexmark – ( 1800 22 4477
Marshal’s Point ( 1800 33 4488( 1800 444 566
Microsoft – ( 1800 111 100
Microsoft Virus Update – ( 1901 333 334
Seagate – ( 1800 180 1104
Symantec – ( 1800 44 5533
TVS Electronics
WeP Peripherals-( 1800 44 6446
Wipro – ( 1800 333 312
Xerox – ( 1800 180 1225
Zenith – ( 1800 222 004
Indian Railways
General Enquiry 131
Central Enquiry 131
Reservation 131
Railway Reservation Enquiry 1345, 1335, 1330
Centralised Railway Enquiry 133, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9
Couriers / Packers & Movers
ABT Courier – ( 1800 448 585
AFL Wizz – ( 1800 229 696
Agarwal Packers & Movers – ( 1800 114 321
Associated Packers P Ltd – ( 1800 214 560
DHL – ( 1800 111 345
FedEx – ( 1800 226 161
Goel Packers & Movers – ( 1800 11 3456
UPS – ( 1800 227 171
Home Appliances
Aiwa/Sony – ( 1800 111 188
Anchor Switches – ( 1800 227 7979
Blue Star – ( 1800 222 200
Bose Audio – ( 1800 112 673
Bru Coffee Vending Machines – ( 1800 4 7171
Daikin Air Conditioners – ( 1800 444 222
DishTV – ( 1800 123 474
Faber Chimneys – ( 1800 214 595
Godrej – ( 1800 225 511
Grundfos Pumps – ( 1800 334 555
LG – ( 1901 180 9999
Philips – ( 1800 224 422
Samsung – ( 1800 113 444
Sanyo – ( 1800 110 101
Voltas – ( 1800 334 546
WorldSpace Satellite Radio – ( 1800 445 432
Investments / Finance
CAMS – ( 1800 442 267
Chola Mutual Fund – ( 1800 222 300
Easy IPO’s – ( 3030 5757
Fidelity Investments – ( 1800 180 8000
Franklin Templeton Fund – ( 1800 425 4255
J M Morgan Stanley – ( 1800 220 004
Kotak Mutual Fund – ( 1800 222 626
LIC Housing Finance – ( 1800 440 005
SBI Mutual Fund – ( 1800 223 040
Sharekhan – ( 1800 227 500
Tata Mutual Fund – ( 1800 220 101
Leisure Travels
Club Mahindra Holidays – ( 1800 334 539
Cox & Kings – ( 1800 221 235
God TV Tours – ( 1800 442 777
Kerala Tourism – ( 1800 444 747
Kumarakom Lake Resort – ( 1800 445 030
Raj Travels & Tours – ( 1800 229 900
Sita Tours – ( 1800 111 911
SOTC Tours – ( 1800 223 344
Healthcare
Best on Health – ( 1800 11 8899
Dr Batras – ( 1800 11 6767
GlaxoSmithKline – ( 1800 22 8797
Johnson & Johnson – ( 1800 22 8111
Kaya Skin Clinic – ( 1800 22 5292
LifeCell – ( 1800 44 5323
Manmar Technologies – ( 1800 33 4420
Pfizer – ( 1800 442 442
Roche Accu-Chek – ( 1800 11 45 46
Rudraksha – ( 1800 21 4708
Varilux Lenses – (
Insurance
AMP Sanmar – ( 1800 44 2200
Aviva – ( 1800 33 2244
Bajaj Allianz – ( 1800 22 5858
Chola MS General Insurance – ( 1800 44 5544
HDFC Standard Life – ( 1800 227 227
LIC – ( 1800 33 443)
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:@
Does your name begin with: V
You are individualistic & you need freedom, space & excitement. You wait till you know someone well before committing yourself.
Very much true … Good post Barood Bhai …:-}
Soon, a Single Number for All Emergencies
The Economic Times
New Delhi, March 19: A single number for all emergencies like police, fire and ambulance will soon become a reality in India, replacing with multiple emergency and communication response systems in use currently, reports Joji Thomas Philip from New Delhi.
Globally, most developed nations have moved to this model. For instance, the United States uses 911 for all emergencies, and European Union countries use 112.
Sector regulator Trai shares the view that “existence of different numbers for various emergency response systems create confusion amongst users”. Also, it would be difficult to remember many numbers during an emergency, it says.
PAN explained…….
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PAN is a 10 digit alpha numeric number, where the first 5 characters are letters, the next 4 numbers and the last one a letter again.
These 10 characters can be divided in five parts as can be seen below.
The meaning of each number has been explained further.
1. First three characters are alphabetic series running from AAA to ZZZ
2. Fourth character of PAN represents the status of the PAN holder.
• C — Company
• P — Person
• H — HUF
• F — Firm
• A — Association of Persons (AOP)
• T — AOP (Trust)
• B — Body of Individuals (BOI)
• L — Local Authority
• J — Artificial Juridical Person
• G — Government
3. Fifth character represents first character of the PAN holder’s last name/surname.
4. Next four characters are sequential number running from 0001 to 9999.
5. Last character in the PAN is an alphabetic check digit.
Nowadays, the DOI (Date of Issue) of PAN card is mentioned at the right (vertical) hand side of the photo on the PAN card.
Coming soon to India: World’s cheapest bike
apanese two-wheeler giant Yamaha Motor Co Ltd said that it will roll out the world’s cheapest motorcycle priced around Rs 27,000 ($500) and has set up a R&D centre in Greater Noida to make India a hub of low-cost motorcycles.
“So far, we have been focusing on sporty, stylish and performance bikes in India. Now, we are looking to increase our presence in the commuter segment,” Hiroyuki Suzuki, CEO & managing director, India Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd, said.
“Our target is to develop the cheapest bike at around $500 for both India and export markets,” said Toshikazu Kobayashi, managing director, YMRI.
Have you ever Seen Rs 1000/- Coin: ₹1000 coin
Here is a photograph of both sides of ₹1000 coin.
many of Indians think that urdu is outsiders language…it is not…URDU developed in India…copy paste frm a source…
Urdu emerged as an independent langauge towards the end of the 4th century AD. Arabic
and Persian were introduced in India with the coming of the Turks and the Mongols.
Persian remained the court langage for many centuries. Urdu as a language was born out
of the interaction between Hindi and Persian.
After the conquest of Delhi (1192), the Turkish people settled in this region. Urdu was
born out of the interaction of these settlers and soldiers in the barracks with the common
people. Originally it was a dialect but slowly it acquired all the features of a formal language
when the authors started using Persian script. It was further given an impetus by its use in
Bahamani states of Ahmadnagar, Golkunda, Bijapur and Berar. Here it was even called
dakshini or daccani (southern). As time passed, it became popular with the masses of
Delhi.
Urdu became more popular in the early eighteenth century. People even wrote accounts of
later Mughals in Urdu. Gradually it achieved a status where literature-both poetry and
prose-started being composed in it. The last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar wrote
poetry in it. Some of his couplets have become quite well known in the Hindi and Urdu
speaking areas.
Urdu was given its pride of place by a large number of poets who have left inimitable
poetry for posterity. The earliest Urdu poet is supposed to be Khusrau (1253-1325). He
started writing as a poet in the reign of Sultan Balban and was a follower of Nizam ud-din
Auliya. He is said to have composed ninty-nine works on separate themes and numerous
verses of poetry. Among the important works composed by him are Laila Majnun and
Ayina-I-Sikandari dedicated to Alau-din-Khalji. Among other well-known poets are Ghalib,
Zauq, and Iqbal. Iqbal’s Urdu poetry is available in his collection called Bang- i – dara.
His Sarejahan se achcha Hindostan hamara is sung and played at many of the national
celebrations in India. No army parade is considered complete without the army band
playing this tune. In big Indian cities like Delhi these are many programmes in which famous
singers are invited to sing nazams or Ghazals written by famous poets like Ghalib, Maum,
Bulley Shah, Waris Shah besides many others. So you can imagine how rich our language
and literary culture must have been to continue till today. It has enriched our lives and is
central to people meeting and intermingling with each other.
Among the best prose writers were people like Pandit Ratan Nath Sarshar, who wrote the
famous Fasanah- i-Azad. Even in the early days, Munshi Prem Chand, who is supposed
to be a doyen of Hindi literature, wrote in Urdu. Urdu has given us a new form of poem
that is called a nazm. Urdu was patronised by the Nawabs of Lucknow, who held
symposiums in this language. Slowly it became quite popular. Pakistan has adopted Urdu as state language….
“Ants Problem : Ants hate cucumbers. Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole.” Never heard before thanks for info.