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India’s National Do not Call registry very popular

No one would have expected this. It was known that Indians are very irritated with the number of unwanted calls they get from tele-marketers, and hence most people welcomed the setting up a National Do Not Call Registry, but this would have been most unexpected. When the registry opened on September 5, 2007, it got [...]

Kids hurt as Ferris wheel collapses

Shocking, isn’t it. Kids go to a fair to enjoy and have a good time, and due to non-regular maintenance, the ride simply collapses on the kids. Not only did this cause injuries to the kids and some adults, it would have shocking; at least for a couple of the kids, it will make it [...]

TRAI directs mobile consumer safety

Getting unsolicited calls all the time, and not sure how to stop them? Getting a number of SMS selling stuff that you are not interested in? Felt hopeless at not being able to stop them ? Well, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has come out with a regulation that should help you. TRAI has [...]

Problems with ICICIDirect: Unwanted SMS

Around a month back, ICICIDirect started sending me messages on my cell phone regarding its IPO tips. And not once, but in duplicate or triplicate. Now, I really don’t depend on ICICIdirect for my IPO tips, and in fact, I don’t invest in IPO’s. But I do have an account in ICICIDirect for investing in [...]

TRAI orders relief from telemarketing by banks

So the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is looking after customers after all. One of the biggest problems faced by mobile users in India right now is the number of calls they get from direct marketers on behalf of banks and other financial instruments. These could be in the nature of loan requests, credit card [...]



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