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[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Govt has made sale of E20 petrol mandatory from Apr 1. Here's a quick reminder about relevant things:

1. It was originally mandated to be rolled out by 2030, and it was logical because by then most of the existing vehicles would have been replaced by E20-compliant vehicles. But the govt rolled it out five years earlier, thinking of it as some achievement, like eradication of polio, that you do it sooner, the better.

2. Most of the vehicles in India currently are E20 non-compliant. Running them with E20 surely damages the parts. If non-E20-compliant vehicles can be run on E20 fuel, what's the point of E20-compliant vehicles then? The damage, however, is mostly slow and will show impact in the coming years.

3. But why does data from other countries show no damage to cars running on E20? Because they first replaced the existing vehicles with compliant vehicles and then introduced E20. And even then, they kept the option of E0, E5, and E10 available for a minuscule population who didn't have E20-compliant cars. India is the only country that introduced E20 without first phasing out non-compliant cars. It’s like rolling out 6G without introducing 6G handsets in the market, while simultaneously withdrawing 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G.

4. But my car is E20-compliant. Why should I worry? Lol! Because it doesn't end with E20. The goal is to move to E27, E30, and further ahead over time. So your today-purchased E20 car, in all likelihood, won't have compliant fuel in the coming years.

5. But it's good for the country. Yes, it is, but it was still good for the country if it was rolled out properly. As per the original plan, by 2030. They are rolling it out without phasing out the non-compliant vehicles, who are in the majority. So eventually people will pay the price of this haphazard policy decision.

6. I'm not a deep state agent.

[Grant @Grantblocmates]

Anthropic have just buried OpenAI and ChatGPT with this ad lmfao

There’s no coming back from that

[Roads of Mumbai @RoadsOfMumbai]

I was denied International Driving Permit from Mumbai Andheri RTO.

Reason: Address on passport and driving licence does not match. (Both addresses were of the same pincode, but different building names)

Case: The address on my Aadhaar and Driving licence is of my permanent address.

The address on my passport is of a rented apartment (same area, same pincode) as my building was under redevelopment when the passport was renewed.

Passport requires current residence address for police verification or it gets rejected. So I had to use my rented apartment address on it during renewal.

Now driving licence has my permanent address while the passport has previous rented address where I don't reside anymore.

Spoke to RTO officials to help me in this case. They advised that my application won't be processed until I update the address on my passport! (Means more paperwork and additional fees)

So if someone is staying on rent and keeps changing home every 11 months, will they need to keep updating the passport and driving licence address every year to be eligible for International Driving Permit?

I can understand rules are there for every govt application, but it should not be so rigid that bribing remains the only option to get things in our country.

One agent said it could be done for a premium, which I did not want to pay.

Dear @nitin_gadkari sir, honest tax paying citizens deserve better than this in our country.

The International Driving Permit application process need not be so complex.

CC: @MORTHIndia

Thanks,
An honest tax paying, law abiding citizen of India.

[Tweet God @GweetTod]

@TataCLiQFashion I played the quiz game on Tata Cliq and answered all questions correctly, but I still haven't received the ₹500 wallet cash. Kindly help resolve this.

[Maheshwer Peri @maheshperi]

CIAN Agro is not traditionally an ethanol producer but entered the space in Feb 2024. India started pushing for ethanol usage.
The revenues mutliplied 28X. The profits shot up 100X
The share went up from Rs.41 a year back to Rs.668 today, locked at upper circuit.
PS: CIAN is owned by Nikhil Gadkari, son of Nitin Gadkari.

[Ameya @ameya4mPune]

Pre-book your FASTag Annual Pass!

Process is a little complicated (because of bugs), but broken down for your benefit.

1️⃣ Install Rajmargyatra app

2️⃣ After opening, click on Pre-book

3️⃣ Enter veh no

4️⃣ Buy the pass by paying the fee.

Hope this helped you.

[Kapil @kapsology]

If Gadkari do not name this organisation and take action in next 24 hours then we should consider that he is as usual bluffing like this Rs55 per litre petrol and roads like America lies!

Ready to ake this challenge @nitin_gadkari ??

[Abhishek @extraa2AB]

List of the Ethanol producing firms of Toll Min. Gadkari and his relatives. 🚨

👉Mahatama Sugar and Power Ltd
👉Purti Alternative Fuels Pvt Ltd
👉Purti Power and Sugar Ltd
👉Wainaganga Sugar and Power Ltd
👉CIAN Group
👉Manas Agro
👉Purti Agrotech
👉Yash Agro Energy

This ethanol is being poured in your fuel tank by E-27 Gadkari even if your car or bike engine collapse.

So next time if you face issue of less mileage, or your car or bike stops in the middle of road you know who did this.

Ciao !!
#Ethanol #EthanolBlending

[Hardik gala @pointsminter]

🧵 Here’s my most humiliating travel experience ever—at the Nong Nok Khiene land border, Laos & Indian Embassy in Laos Fails to Help. Just a heads-up for fellow Indians traveling in Southeast Asia.

A thread.

[Aman @aman6490]

This post could only mean 2 things:
▶️ Assumptions
▶️ Farming

Anyone who would just know the business side of things and dynamics between 2 completely different entities (unlike something like Deltin hotel sort of a place), can easily make it this is just not possible 🤷🏻‍♂️

I wouldn't bother clarifying and justifying this further, I'm sure you guys are smart enough.

So which one of the two options given above is it? You decide , cheers 🥂

[Venkatesh Alla @venkat_fin9]

Just got a message from Mr. Salim a topper from his NIT, working in Bangalore with a ₹43.5 LPA package laid off last month. The company handed him just 3 months’ severance.

Last year alone, he paid ₹11.22 lakhs in income tax. In just 5 years, over ₹30 lakhs gone into the system, and in return, he got zero support. No safety net. No job security. No respect for his contribution.

Now jobless, thankfully without a home loan, he’s using his savings and severance to pay for his children's education, ₹1.95 lakh per child, per year. That’s where his "reward" is going.

Worse, he fell into depression. He said he felt like he was suddenly on the road, abandoned from every direction. The same government he paid lakhs to in taxes betrayed him the moment he needed it most.

He asked me to keep his identity anonymous, so I’m just sharing his initial, Mr. Salim.

This is what happens to genuine taxpayers in India. You pay. You comply. You contribute. And when you're in crisis, you're on your own.

This country desperately needs to change. Because right now, it's failing the very people who carry it forward.

[Ameya @ameya4mPune]

Ethanol sourced at ₹57/ltr.
Pure petrol artificially at ₹103/ltr.
20% blending should reduce the cost no?
And no study about impact of high ethanol on fuel efficiency, engine life. Lower fuel efficiency means higher consumption, means net only Govt is winning.
Scamsters.

[Ameya @ameya4mPune]

Guys, in the AirFrance-Axis incident, it is not Axis' mistake!!!
It is just that @airfrance is 🤬RACIST🤬.
A friend booked using Amex (and Amex is only available on call center booking) and they cancelled all the tickets 😐
Why are they racist towards Indians redeeming tickets?

[Akash @ccg33k]

🚨 The Cashify Scam & Dark Patterns ⚠️

Last week I had posted about new Pixel 8 Pro I bought from new store launched by @GoogleIndia and how I got a great deal for my old 3 year old Pixel 6a of 32K including exchange bonus . With Cashify being their exchange partner, a lot of comments had dropped in saying good luck with them as they're known to find flaws which don't exist ! (link in first comment)

Having bad past experience with them myself, I decided to do a little sting operation by capturing the whole experience under CCTV.

Some background about the Cashify order, upon Delivery of Pixel Device, a Cashify order is automatically created by Google and the break up of 32,000 in the order was 12,000 value for device and 20,000 Bonus. So only 12,000 was in Cashify's control and I would have received 20,000 bonus irrespective of device's condition.

⏲️ Cut to pick up day:

Agent Arrives (with an extra guy who should not have been there), and starts checking everything with the proprietary software, and everything was ✅✅✅. Takes about 10 minutes to verify everything as per companies protocols, and at the end values the device at 25,000/- ( Basically 7K deducted from 12K which was in Cashify's control)

I was shock !!, the device was in great condition, and I was expecting full amount ! He said, sir your devices has HEAVY scratches and the Screen has Faded (Not sure what it means). I was shocked as the device was always in a Spigen case through its life time. I asked him what does heavy scratches mean, he said 15 or more scratches are their on the screen and went on to say about possible solution - "Sir, jugaad ho sakta hai", I can make it go away if I paid him something !! (I knew this was coming...), He asked for 1000/-, and he would make all these problems go away and I would get back my full 32,000/- . I agreed and paid him cash, and voila - Suddenly my device was Perfect. I got a credit of full amount (except 200/- for minor scratches I suppose) !

I was very frustrated so I emailed the escalation desk at Cashify immediately after he left, and sent them all details about this "scam" and screenshot from video where agent(s) was taking 1,000/- cash. They got back asking for information about who these agents were and asked for their clear images and they verified them and accepted that this was against the professional conduct and refunded my 1,000 to same source. They also mentioned they would be taking "strict disciplinary action" against the agents!

Several users had DM'ed me and commented on my Order post asking how did my pick up go, because exact same thing happens so frequently. The agents are trying to scam users by reporting wrong problems. Either their supervisors ask them to do so, so company makes more money or they do it so they can pocket "extra income" by doing such frauds !

This rampant fraud & corruption is not only there with this company, but I have seen this happening with other appliance companies like RO, AC,.. etc where they do wrong diagnosis, and try to fix things without bill and off the record payments! Everyone wants extra money but not by working extra, but by defrauding the company who is paying them the salary ! 😭

There is so much corruption everywhere, and Its very frustrating as a consumer to keep facing these scams on almost daily basis, so I've decided to report these to company and on social media, and will be doing this going forward, so they fix the standard operating procedures!

Please comment or quote this post if you have had similar incident with Cashify or any other brand!

Please repost/share ♻️ for awareness, and follow me @ccg33k for more.

#UncoveringScams #Ethics #ConsumerRights #DarkPatterns #Corruption #Expose #Sting

[Akshay @akshay_shaha]

🚨 Refused Free Drinking Water at Falahaar, Pimple Saudagar.
Yes, you read that right. A restaurant in #Pune denied me regular drinking water and insisted I buy bottled water – even though I asked clearly and politely.
Here’s the proof. 👇 (📹)

#ConsumerRights #RightToWater

[Tweet God @GweetTod]

@bookmyshow need assistance to re-activate my gift card, can you please help ??

[Raja Agrawal @CardVala]

Seeing countless warnings in the #CCGeek community. The biggest scam of 2024? @InterMiles & @Qwikcilver allegedly misleading loyal users. Remember, it’s your hard-earned money—stay vigilant! #CreditCardScam #PointsFraud

[Tweet God @GweetTod]

@makemytripcare Any update on my query??

[Tweet God @GweetTod]

@makemytripcare Placed a forex card order, cashback shown was 1250, now it shows as 600. Can you please check? I feel like I've been duped by your system, and now I can't even cancel the order. @makemytrip

[Tweet God @GweetTod]

@makemytripcare Ive sent you the details via DM, can you please look into this urgently, the delivery is tomorrow, if I'm going to be cheated then I want to cancel the order right away please