HOW TO SET UP A VPN IN WINDOWS When and how to use the VPN client built into Windows.

VPN (virtual private network) technology lets a computer using a public internet connection join a private network by way of a secure “tunnel” between that machine and the network. This protects the data from being seen or tampered with by bad actors. The two most common use cases are consumer VPN services that allow individuals […]

MUMBAI: India’s second mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, is likely to be launched only in October. Further delays cannot be ruled out if systems are not yet in place by then.  An Isro official told TOIseveral tests have to be done and arrangements need to be made. “We do not want to be in a hurry,” he said. […]

7th Pay Commission: Very good news for employees on Holi The salaries have been revised on one of the most auspicious days. Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik ordered for the revision of salaries of government as per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. The hike would be effective in retrospect effect from January 1, […]

7th Pay Commission:  Yet another state has announced a big benefit for its employees. According to reports, 7th Pay commission windfall will be applied to these workers who had till now been deprived from it. This was announced today in the state budget 2018, presented by Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya in the Assembly […]

March 31 is the last date to seed your PAN or Permanent Account Number into your Aadhaar card. The government had in December last year extended till March 31 the deadline for income tax taxpayers to link their PAN card with Aadhaar card. Previously, the deadline for compulsory linking of Aadhaar card with PAN was December 31, 2017. […]

Sharfunnisa Shaikh grew up in a ‘chawl’ and shared a common toilet with the other residents in the small suburb of Pimpri in Pune. She came from a lower middle class family, was shy and couldn’t speak English properly. Money was always tight and life was not easy for her family. Today she is a […]

The Price Of Your New Passport May Be About To Go Up A friend of mine once said that, having spent more than two decades traveling and living all over the world as an English teacher, he considers his passport to be the one thing essential to, and irreplaceable in, his life. In other words, […]

What Is Blue Coloured Aadhard Card? Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identity number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), is a compulsory identity card. A number of government schemes require applicants to provide details of their Aadhar card number. Everyone can enroll for Aadhaar – even a newborn child, mentioned UIDAI in a […]

Did you hear that the Indian government wants mobile numbers to have 13 digits and not 10? It’s true. But no, it won’t change your existing number or affect the phone users in India. The 13-digit numbers are meant only for M2M (machine2machine) SIM cards, or in other words the cards that will be used […]