How can You Transfer Money from US to India

Couple of tips for transferring money to India
 
If you haven't used yet, Xoom.com is the best way to send money to India from US. Last two times I sent the money, the money was deposited under 2 minutes. It also gives higher exchange rate than others.
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xoom or money2india or remit2india are only from personal to personal accounts. If you are doing a business to business account transfers, unfortunately you will have to go through a bank which does wire transfer. This can get expensive and also with lower exchange rate. If you are not in a rush, the best way make a business to business money transfer from US (and some other countries) to India is transferwise.com. There is no fees and they also give higher exchange rate. I made two transfers recently, and they both went smooth. They are Lodon based, so your queries will be answered during their business hours.

Guinness book of World Records

Record: Most bank accounts opened in 1 week - 18,096,130.

A record number of 11.50 crore bank accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, PMJDY, as on 17th January this year.

Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, Guinness book of World Records have also recognised the achievements made under PMJDY.

The creator of Pentium Chip

Fact to make every Indian proud : 

Do U Know Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it) ? He is Vinod Dahm.He is suitably known as the father of the Pentium processor. Vinod was born in Pune, India in 1950.He received his initial education at Pune. Vinod earned his bachelor's degree from the Delhi College of Engineering, in Electrical Engineering in the year 1971. After completing his engineering, Vinod worked briefly in Delhi for Continental Devices- a semiconductor company. To pursue advance studies, Vinod went to the US in the year 1975. There, he joined the University of Cincinnati to pursue a Masters in Electrical Engineering. After his masters, in 1977, Vinod joined the National Cash Register (NCR) at Dayton, Ohio. There, he worked as a team member of the NCR's memory design group. While working at the NCR, Vinod Dahm received many patents. It was during one of the presentations in Monterrey, California that Intel offered Vinod to work with it.

Pulse Polio Day

Take ur children below 5 years of age to the nearest pulse polio station on 18th Jan 2015 Sunday...

‪#‎Awareness‬

National Flag of India

National Flag of India - Tiranga - 

The National Flag of India is known as 'Tiranga' in Hindi that can be translated as 'having three colors. This tricolor flag has a wheel of law in its centre and signifies the freedom and sovereignty of India and its people. It has horizontal stripes of equal widths of deep saffron band on the top, white band in the middle and dark band green at the bottom and the ratio of its width to its length is 2:3. The navy blow wheel situated at the centre of the white band is known as the Dharma Chakra or the 'Wheel of Law'. It has been adopted from the Ashokan Sarnath Lion Capital and has 24 equally spaced spokes to symbolize the law that reigns and keeps on run twenty-four hours of a day. The saffron color is said to be symbolic of courage, sacrifice and the spirit of renunciation; the white of purity and truth and the green is symbolic of faith and fertility.

The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, presented it to the Constituent Assembly of India on 22nd July, 1947. it is made up preferably of hand-woven Khadi that is symbolic of the self-depence of the Nation but is available in all types of fabrics and materials. The rules and regulations related to the use and display of this sacred flag of India are included in the Indian Flag Code, which has just recently been amended to allow all Indian citizens to hoist it throughout the year instead of only on certain specific occasions such as Republic Day and Independence Day. However, there are some restrictions to maintain the dignity to the flag such as flying a damaged or disheveled flag or putting it up with the saffron band at the bottom, draping it over the vehicles or private funerals. It is considered unlawful to wear the Tricolor flag as a costume or print it and use it as cushion, napkin or handkerchief.