Typically in the vehicle advertisements that you have seen on Television or in Newspapers, the price they show is the Ex-showroom price. But when you actually visit the showroom and ask for the actual price of that vehicle they tell you the On-road price. This strategy is used by companies to get more and more responses from the target audience. Having a car or a bike of our own is important for day-to-day transportation. If you are one of those who are looking for buying a vehicle for … [Read more...]

Reading a journal or magazine, often help us in becoming more up to date, with news, events, developments, etc. Basically, journals are used to report original research and experiments, as well as to convey information about the recent developments in the concerned area of study. Contrary to this, magazines tend to inform as well as entertain the reader, while providing a broad overview of the topic of interest. Articles presented in the journal is a systematic and detailed account on a … [Read more...]

Conferences and Seminars are often conducted for an elongated period of time, wherein a huge presentation or speech is given by a speaker on a particular subject, due to which people often juxtapose them up. However, a conference is a kind of pre-arranged meeting conducted over a period of few days, wherein a particular topic is deliberated and all the participants have some shared interest. On the contrary, a seminar implies an academic gathering of people, wherein the attendees are provided … [Read more...]

Every morning we start our day with a cup of tea/coffee, and a newspaper in hand, so we all are very well aware of this word. Newspaper is the best source of clear, brief and objective information to many people. On the contrary, a magazine often stresses on specific and peculiar topics and current issues, which are of general interest. Newspapers and Magazines are the two most common forms of print media which not only educates you about the recent issues, events or happenings locally, … [Read more...]

We all know that whenever we write our postal address while sending something to someone at another place, we have to mention code at the end, for which specific place is provided. These codes can be numbers or a combination of numbers and letters which stands for geographic location, point or route. They are postal codes which are used by the postal department or courier companies in automated sorting of the piece of mail and quick delivery. However, the postal code is not used by all the … [Read more...]

Certified Mail is a postal service, started by the postal department to provide an assurance to the customer or say the sender that the mail has been sent successfully and to certify that delivery or efforts to deliver the parcel, has been made. On the other hand, Registered Mail, aims at providing high-level security and a recorded chain of custody, in the entire postal network, for the articles of high value. To make a choice between these two is quite difficult. However, one can choose … [Read more...]

One of the major reforms in the Indian Taxation System is the introduction of GST, i.e. Goods and Services Tax. It aims at removing the cascading effect, i.e. double taxation. GST is a tax on value addition, imposed on the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. It is commonly contrasted with Value Added Tax, shortly known as VAT, which is an indirect tax levied at each stage of manufacture and distribution of goods on the incremental value. The primary difference … [Read more...]

Have you ever noticed, small numbers printed above certain words or at the end of the sentences as superscript in a document or book. These numbers either match with the numbers placed at the bottom of the respective page representing footnotes or at the end of the book or a document, as endnotes. Footnotes and Endnotes are used by the author for various purposes such as to provide bibliographical information, outside sources, copyright permission, explanatory information, citations or some … [Read more...]

A political party may refer to a voluntary organised group of dedicated individuals with similar political ideology. They nominate the candidate, contest elections and win power over the government. It is commonly juxtaposed with pressure groups which imply a collection of like-minded people, who come together to promote and defend a common objective, by continuously striving to influence the decision of the government. Both political party and pressure groups are a structured group of … [Read more...]