Many of you would have seen the magnetic inks bar codes printed on the bottom of your bank's cheque leaves. These bar codes are known as MICR code, an abbreviation for 'Magnetic Ink Character Recognition'.
Keep sufficient funds in your bank account until the cheque is cleared.
Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. The world's second-largest technology firm intends to introduce social e-commerce via its app in the Indian market later this year. ONDC is expected to open to the public in Bengaluru over the next fortnight as it enters into the next phase of the pilot for further fine-tuning before rollouts in other cities, according to a source in the know.
While Lupin is working on a Remdesivir powder for inhalation, Glenmark has tied up with a Canadian Biotech firm for nitric oxide nasal spray that reduces Sars-CoV-2 viral load and thus transmission.
Reserve Bank of India's offices in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai will remain open on Thursday but commercial and cooperative banks will remain closed to public on account of half-yearly closing of their accounts.
A group of retired army officers have come together to provide a home for girls who never had a home before.
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has called for transformation of Representative Democracy into Participatory Democracy by inviting suggestion from the across the country for his party's manifesto for the upcoming 2014 Loksabha elections.
At Rs 39,990, the phablet is a decent offering, cheaper than many flagship Android phablets.
The University of Delhi announces the super-speciality entrance test (SET) for admission to medical courses.
London's West End remains the world's most expensive office market.
A team at California University has created a way to make square, nanoscale, chemical patterns that may be used in the manufacture of integrated circuit chips 'as early as 2011' -- it is called block co-polymer lithography. They have also built a process for creating features on silicon wafers between five and 20 nanometres thick.
The income tax department is planning to withdraw a facility introduced last year for filing tax returns at around 2,000 post offices, owing to incomplete and inaccurate returns. Nearly 350,000 returns were filed through post offices last year.
The release of Vista came more than five years after the introduction of Windows XP. It contains numerous new and reworked features.
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel Corp., accusing its market-dominating competitor of forcing customers into exclusive deals to keep them from buying AMD microprocessors.
The Rs 900-crore (Rs 9 billion) Alkem Laboratories and the leading US pharmaceutical and research company Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc are planning to set up a 50:50 joint venture in India
'We have already sanctioned loans worth over Rs 3,000 crore to around 120,000 customers.'
It is very important to maintain your tax record even if you are not in the taxable income bracket as tax return papers are required when applying for a loan
In the era of e-filing, small mistakes lead either to delayed or complete denial of income tax refunds. So, avoid these 5 common mistakes that could lead to delay in refunds.
Six-year-old Krishna suffers from Thalassemia Major, a severe genetic disorder that causes excessive destruction of red blood cells for which he needs blood transfusion every 21 days. As he grows older, the time-frame will reduce.
For those who are sceptical about using debit or credit cards, even when faced with cash crunch, Adhil Shetty, CEO of BankBazaar.com, lists out a few safe cashless options that can be exercised through mobile phones.
Cyberstalking is a real threat as social media increasingly becomes an extension of one's life. But there are things you can do to protect yourself from it
While Raju and Brijesh Saroj have found help from the Uttar Pradesh government as well as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Zahid Qureshi is struggling to make ends meet.
With a sole mandate of inflation targeting, RBI wears many hats.
'If the future of the nation is lying on the streets, the future of India looks bleak.'
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