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If you have enough balance in your main account for your Vodafone-Idea prepaid connection, you can use the amount to recharge your account to extend validity. This way you need not spend money recharging if you have enough balance in account which you may not be able to use otherwise. If you use *121# you will see a list of tariff and offers, but you cannot go ahead with recharging. To recharge your phone, you can use the USSD code *150*199# For the above mentioned code, at the time of writing this post, you will get 1.5GB data, unlimited calls and 100 sms for 28 days. The availability of the short code will depend on your connection, so you can try similar combinations like *150*149#, *150*245# etc. Enjoy! NOTE: If you dial this code, your main balance will immediately get deducted and the new pack will be activated.

There are a lot of facilities provided online by the Government of Kerala so that the common man does not need to go to the various government offices. Here are some of the links to various sites to get the certificates. Kerala Government Website: https://kerala.gov.in/ This site has links to various services. e-Services link: https://kerala.gov.in/service This link provides the list of all e-services available. Online Services: https://kerala.gov.in/online-service-links Registration department: http://keralaregistration.gov.in/pearlpublic/ Building Permit: https://buildingpermit.lsgkerala.gov.in/Content/LoginG.aspx Water authority bill payment: https://epay.kwa.kerala.gov.in/ KSEB current bill payment: https://wss.kseb.in/selfservices/ E-Treasury: https://etreasury.kerala.gov.in/ To obtain the services, you need to create an account with the site which is quick. You need to provide and email and mobile number. Link: https://kerala.gov.in/web/guest/login Pas

The iOS have a feature that is called 'Offloading' app that can be used to delete the app and recover space, at the same time preserve the data and also the icon on the device itself. You might have wondered why there is a small cloud symbol to the left side of the name of some of the apps. These apps are offloaded. This comes very handy when you doesn't require some heavy apps once in a while. In that case you can offload the app when not required and restore from app store in one click. Note: The app can be restored only if it is still available in app store.

There is a slowdown in the automobile sector and the sales did not boost up during the festival season 2019. Even with the government providing stimulus, the car sales didn't pick up. There is another news about "Amazon.in sells Rs 750 cr worth of premium smartphones; Flipkart sees 2X growth on day 1" ( source ). Well that is a whopping 750 crore just for the premium smartphone by one seller in one day. And the total sales would be very much higher this festive season. So, can we consider the slow down in automobile sector as a sign of an economic slowdown?