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Schools Reopening From 1 February 2021: Schools will open in these states from Monday, see the complete list

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  Schools Reopening From 1 February 2021: Schools will open in these states from Monday, see the complete list Schools Reopening From 1 February 2021: With the school opening from 1 February 2021, the government has issued a directive that the corona virus guidelines should be followed in the school.  This includes following social distancing in school, washing hands frequently and wearing face masks, etc. New Delhi:   Schools across the country have been partially or completely closed for the past 10 months due to the corona virus.  During this, students studied online.  But now from 1 February 2021, schools are being opened in many states across the country.  After the school reopens, students will be able to sit in class and study offline.  As before, we will teach children in teacher class. Before the opening of the school, a directive has been issued by the government that it will be the responsibility of the school management to follow the C...

7th Pay Commission latest update: Big changes likely in Salary, DA, PF, Gratuity, travel allowance; know details here

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7th Pay Commission latest update: Big changes likely in Salary, DA, PF, Gratuity, travel allowance; know details here According to fresh media reports, the government has decided to increased dearness allowance by 4 percent, thus meaning, the dearness allowance of central employees will  increase from 17 percent to 21 percent. Although the benefit of the allowance will start coming from January, there has been no official announcement regarding this. New Delhi: In what is likely to give major boost to 50 lakh central government employees and 61 lakh pensioners, the government is reportedly set to make decision on hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) as per the current 28 percent rate of inflation. According to fresh media reports, the government has decided to increased dearness allowance by 4 percent, thus meaning, the dearness allowance of central employees will  increase from 17 percent to 21 percent. Although the benefit of the allowance will ...

Your voter IDs to go digital from today; Check what is e-EPIC, how to download, features and more

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  Your voter IDs to go digital from today; Check what is e-EPIC, how to download, features and more On the Occasion of National Voters Day on Monday, Voter identity card is all set to change, as per Election Commission of India (ECI). Election Commission of India is celebrating 11th National Voters Day on January 25, 2021.  On the Occasion of National Voters Day on Monday, Voter identity card is all set to change, as per Election Commission of India (ECI). Election Commission of India is celebrating 11th National Voters Day on January 25, 2021. On Monday, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology will launch the e-EPIC ((Electronic Electoral Photo Identity Card)) programme and distribute e-EPICs and Elector Photo Identity Cards to five new voters, said ECI in a statement on its website. According to reports, the digital EPIC service will become available to voters across the country before assembly electi...

These things you can do on Signal that you cannot on WhatsApp

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  These things you can do on Signal that you cannot on WhatsApp WhatsApp’s privacy policy has triggered major concerns among users about how WhatsApp and its owner Facebook will be using user data for ads. This has made a lot of WhatsApp users switch to Signal messenger. Signal gained a lot of praise of late after it came to the forefront that it collects almost no personal details compared to Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Having said that there are few hidden settings in Signal which enables more privacy and makes it almost difficult for third parties to track messages at all. Here are 11 things you can do on Signal to make your chats secured entirely. While some of the features are there on WhatsApp as well it is not as effective.  Register on Signal using a virtual phone number :- Signal doesn’t track your contact book or links your phone number to create your digital profile. Of course, it requires a phone number for initial registration, but the good news is that you can use a...

LPG Connection Link with Aadhaar is Mandatory, Check Process

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LPG Connection Link with Aadhaar is Mandatory, Check Process It is very important to link your Aadhaar card with a gas connection! If there is no link, you will not get subsidy! Follow the options below to link your Aadhar card aadhaar card with LPG connection and avail LPG subsidy. In order to avail Government of India subsidy scheme. Link Aadhaar card through offline :- You have to download the form through the official website of LPG for offline application which http://mylpg.in/docs/unified_form-DBTL.pdf download the form from here! Then you should have the necessary documents like Aadhaar card, bank passbook, gas connection book etc. Fill in the customer ID and all the information you ask for in the form ! After filling the form you can submit the form to your distributor! And do not forget to accept it! The verification process takes place after the document form is submitted! Your Aadhaar card will then be linked to gas connection subsidy! Via Online you can link Gas connection ...

Income Tax Refund: Refund not received even after filing ITR? These mistakes can cause delays

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  Income Tax Refund: Refund not received even after filing ITR?  These mistakes can cause delays Income Tax Refund: After the introduction of new technology by the tax department, taxpayers are getting refund in a week.  However, due to many small mistakes of taxpayers, there can be delay in getting refund.  There are many reasons for this, about which we are giving information here. new Delhi.   The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Wednesday tweeted that between 1 April 2020 and 11 January 2021, an income tax refund of Rs 1,73,139 crore has been issued to 1.57 crore taxpayers.  A refund of Rs 57,139 crore has been issued in 1,54,55,577 cases.  Whereas, a corporate tax of Rs 1,15,999 crore has been issued in 2,10,150 cases.  However, many taxpayers on social media say that even after 4 to 5 months of filing ITR, they have not received the refund yet. Some media reports in December said that taxpayers were getting refund within a week o...

You Need Not Pay Delivery Charges For LPG Cylinder

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  You Need Not Pay Delivery Charges For LPG Cylinder Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has released a useful piece of information for all its LPG cylinder users.  It has informed its customers that they do not need to pay anything extra to the delivery person delivering them gas cylinders at their doorsteps, irrespective of the floor/apartment. It must also be noted that in November last year, oil companies announced the implementation of home delivery of LPG cylinders, only on entering the OTP provided while booking the gas cylinder. No Extra Payment Required for LPG Cylinder Delivery Kareem Ansari, a resident of Hyderabad had filed a RTI petition against HPCL, on being asked to pay an additional charge for delivery of LPG cylinder at his house, by the delivery person. In response to this petition, the gas company stated that consumers do not need to pay anything extra for cylinder deliveries. They have the authority to refuse paying additional delivery charges, ...

Alert – Whatsapp Will Stop Working After Feb 8 If You Don’t Accept these

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  Alert – Whatsapp Will Stop Working After Feb 8 If You Don’t Accept these WhatsApp’s updated terms of service and privacy policy gives more insight into how the messaging platform will use user data and,  more importantly, share it with its parent company Facebook going forward. Users have till February 8, 2021 to accept these in order to continue using the platform. Why do I need to accept this policy? WhatsApp updating its terms of service and privacy policy is not new. Most software services do update their services occasionally. It is standard practice that in order to continue using these services, the user accepts the new conditions and policy. This time, WhatsApp is giving a deadline of February 8, 2021 to accept the new policy or delete your account. What are the important policy changes? The older version of the privacy policy, used to start with the following lines: ‘Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA. Since we started WhatsApp, we’ve aspired to build ou...