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The FASTag was introduced for electronic toll collection and thereby reducing the time for a single vehicle to complete the toll collection and move out in 3 seconds. Currently it is 30 seconds to 1 minute due to the human reasons. In many states there are dedicated FASTag lane so you can pass through without any queue.

The Thunderbird Ver 52.0.1 and later blocks images added as absolute file path in signature. So every time when we open a new compose window, the Thunderbird asks to unblock each image, which is annoying. To fix this,

TLS 1.0 support is being dropped by more and more platforms. If you are using your Railo / Lucee server to communicate with the service that have dropped the support using TLS 1.0, the request will not be honored. Here are the steps to have your Railo/Lucee server to use Java 1.8 instead of 1.7 and avoid this error. First verify the version of Java that your Railo Server is using. Go to Server Admin and check the version of Java used by Railo server. Instead of the 1.8.xx as show in the screenshot it will be 1.7.xx So, we need to install JDK 1.8 if not yet installed in the machine. Install JDK 1.8. 32/64 bit according to your server OS. Open Railo-Tomcat Service Control. Stop Railo. In the Java tab, give the jvm of the newly installed JDK. Something like C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll. Restart Railo. Check the version of Java used in Railo Server Admin, it will be 1.8. Now your requests to the server will be TLS 1.2 and they will be ...

After 100 days of demonetization, the chaos surrounding the shortage of currency has subsided. Banks and ATMs are honoring customer's currency requests better. Indeed the demonetization is publicized as a war on black money, but it is not the only aim. Because the government is well aware that this step alone will not help in finding the assets stashed as property and other means. Also, as anyone might expect, new fake currency notes are already in circulation. So, what could be the motive for demonetization? To force citizens to use digital currency to make them accountable to Tax. To force citizens to keep their money in the bank so that the Central Bank can "Overcome the Zero Lower Bound" on the negative interest rates . Reduce cost of printing and circulating money. This may not be a welcome move regarding Indian Citizens who are already fed up due to multitude of tax and bribing by officials and politicians. By promoting digital currency, the government...

When browsing the net though your computer sometimes you like to view a particular link on your phone as well. It is not easy to type in the URL if it is longer and particularly difficult if it has numbers and characters. Here is an easy method to share/get the URL from your Computer browser to your iPhone.

The latest release of Google Chrome for iOS has added the facility to scan and search with QR code and Barcode. iPhone that support 3D touch can long press the Google Chrome logo and reveal the QR code scanner. For iPhones without 3D touch, search "QR" in the Spotlight search (swipe down from the top in the home screen) to reveal the Scan QR Code link.

Indian Government have taken a very bold step to demonetize the prevailing ₹1000 and ₹500 currency notes. This have created chaos and inconvenience for the public, sure this have made good impact on the economy with crores of rupees flooding the bank accounts. The sudden vanishing of Trillions of rupee from the economy added with the lack of availability of lower denomination notes have caused a sudden lose of purchasing power for the Indian people temporarily. The Government have assured to address the lack of currency in the next 50 days. But that means there will be more surprising steps in the coming days. Consider the new ₹2000 currency note. It is just a piece of paper with such a low quality that it cannot endure the day-to-day use. The common man does not need such a high denomination note for his day to day use. One day can be managed by below ₹1000. So what are the plans. The current lack of availability of ₹2000 currency notes means the RBI is considering this a...