Good Mark's Study Guides App

           

            

The Good mark’s Study guides is a company which offers different study guides and concept cards. It also has mobile apps for both IPhone and Android users. You can download them in google play store for free. Different apps available are Good Marks’s study guide Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, GMAT Quantitative, 150 Key Business Questions. They have summaries of key theories, concepts and basic formulae.

            When you open the app, there are options like View Cards where you can navigate through the cards one by one. The other option is Topic Index, where you can choose the specific topic and then go through the cards. There is also a ‘how to use’ button which is a self-help for using this app. The navigation is pretty comfortable and simple to use.

         There are several concepts covered in these apps. For example, in Macroeconomics app, you can find the basics of Macroeconomics, Business cycles,  Current account balance, Deflation, Exchange rates, Fiscal policy, Inflation rates, GDP Accounting, International trade, Monetary policy, Productivity, PPP, Savings & Investment, Trade Balance, Unemployment and so on.  It gives an overall idea and knowledge of the subject.

             Though this may not be very satisfiable for those who look for practical studies,this option is very useful for students and beginners to keep in touch with the basic concepts.It is like a pocket dictionary for reference.

IRCTC CONNECT ANDROID APP

               

                

IRCTC recently launched android mobile app called IRCTC CONNECT Version 1.1 powered by Broad Vision for the IRCTC users. It's a 12MB download and you can easily install this app from google play store for free.

                The feel of the app is good. There is username and password to login. For new users, you can easily ‘Register’ your profile. Using this app, you can book tickets by checking the availability. The features are almost same as the IRCTC website. There are different options available like ‘New Booking’, ’My Bookings’ (where you can check your booked tickets), Cancel ticket. There is an option for Feedback also. Using this feature, you can write your feedback to care@irtctc.co.in. There is another option called Contact us, where you can find all types of contact details to IRCTC. You can also book tatkal tickets.

               

                     While booking a new ticket, there is an option called ‘Preferences’ where you can select your preference like ‘ Book a ticket only if lower birth is available’, ‘coach number’ , ‘Book the tickets only if all the tickets are available in the same coach’ etc., This is just a preference and not an assurance that you get the preferred seat always.

                 Although installing it is easy and helpful for booking of tickets from mobile, there are some drawbacks too. Sometimes the transactions are failed, amount is deducted but ticket is not booked. It would be more helpful if transaction related processes are revised for a better performance of the app. But considering the positives, it is useful for those who wants to enjoy easy mobile train ticket booking.

SWACHH BHARAT

SWACHH BHARAT

“CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS”

                         - Mahatma Gandhi

              

         In response to the call given by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ‘SWACHH BHARAT’, I feel   being a part of it wholeheartedly. It gives me an inspiration from within to contribute for a clean India and pass it on to others also in being a part of this movement.  Thanks to our leader Modi for taking up an initiative and motivating the people of the nation to come forward for a cleaner India.

      ‘It’s not for Modi , but for our country’, is the most sensible statement made by our PM.  Yes! It’s only an initiative started as a leader by our prime minister. But unless every citizen of the country feels it a responsibility to be a part of it, this movement cannot run successfully.  Let us not just leave it as one of the concepts introduced by the government. But rather be a part of it. It’s not for any government or leader but it’s for us, for the country, for the people and for a better nation.

                SWACHH BHARAT includes not just cleaning of the roads or toilets or the Ganges, but it is also of cleaning the impurities present in our mindsets.  Let us clean our hearts and change our mindsets towards a better nation. Let us act responsible and feel that every contribution by a single person makes a difference.

        

      We, the students of Great Lakes, Chennai have taken up cleaning drive in the villages by teaching them the importance of cleanliness in their school and by imparting them some values of good education and morals. I personally as a citizen of India have taken up a pledge not to put any waste on the road side and to use the dustbins everywhere.  I will not let others also to litter the environment.

                

                It’s time for us to realize the importance of cleanliness and feel it a responsibility that it is ‘OUR NATION’ to work for. Let us show the world the greatness of our country. Let us be a part of that change.  Let’s lend an extended arm to the commitment given by our beloved leader in translating the dream of Gandhiji into reality!

“Asathoma Sadgamaya

 Tamasoma Jyothirgamaya

 Mruthyorma Amruthangamaya”

               Let us take a resolve to make our contributions in this direction and to lift our nation from the abysmal depths of ignorance and poverty to the zenith of glory and wisdom.