My family says eating food during eclipses can be harmful because god knows why, so better not eat or drink anything and to throw away all the remaining food in the refrigerator.
Is there any truth to this?
If it is just a myth, can anyone tell me the source of this myth or why it could exist?
Taken from public personality Facebook status.Should I give name of poster here?
Why Indian companies, highly successful in India, fail miserably abroad. They, like Indian politicians, can survive only in an atmosphere of corruption, illiteracy, ignorance, superstition, and other vices.
Once there was a company called Ranbaxy Labs. It had a wonderful reputation: it was profitable, it was pioneering. In fact, its reputation could even be called saintly: after all, did it not manufacture generic drugs, all manner of life-saving medicines? Was it not curing AIDS in Africa? Are not such companies deserving of admiration, capable of making a profit and yet selling affordable medicines? Ranbaxy was the backbone of a pharmaceutical sector of which we in India were told to be proud—and Indians don’t need to be told twice to be proud of something.
Well, one sad and tragic day, the people who built Ranbaxy decided to sell it to a Japanese company called Daiichi Sankyo. The good people of Daiichi Sankyo had done their due diligence: they had inspected the books, talked to managers, toured the plants, and come to the conclusion that, yes, they were worthy of buying the gem that was Ranbaxy, the first foreign company to sell generic medicines in the US. When Ranbaxy was sold, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth in India; a precious jewel had been given away for something as crass as money. India mourned.
Daiichi Sankyo paid $4.6 billion for two-thirds of Ranbaxy in 2008. They must have thought they’d got an exceptionally good deal—the very last act of selfless altruism performed by Ranbaxy’s promoters. Six years later, the Japanese were glad to sell what remained of Ranbaxy to one of its competitors, for $3.2 billion. The company had lost half its value in six years.
It turned out they’d been sold a placebo. Here’s a little bit of what was actually going on in Ranbaxy, the pride of Indian pharma. Just a taste. In one plant’s supposedly sanitized room where medicines were made, there were flies ‘too numerous to count’.40 Elsewhere, the refrigerators that were supposed to keep samples at a predetermined low temperature were broken, with pools of water from melted ice inside. Some of the pills chosen at random and inspected had what seemed to be hair from an employee’s arm; others had compressed and mysterious black spots that turned out to be the oil that lubricated the plant’s machinery. And, to top off the ewww factor, one factory didn’t have any running water in the toilets, so no employee had been able to wash their hands for a really long time. Remember, this is a medicine factory.
Meanwhile, it turned out that the medicines they were making weren’t just full of nasty stuff, they didn’t work to start off with. Ranbaxy had to plead guilty to felony charges in the United States, because some of the medicines they were making were ‘adulterated’; they had to pay a $500-million fine.
One by one, Ranbaxy’s plants were declared unsafe; eventually not one of the four could still export to the US—the major market for its generic version of Lipitor, taken by the millions of Americans who’re watching their cholesterol levels. Millions of Ranbaxy’s Lipitor tablets had to be recalled from chemists across the US when glass particles were discovered in them.
Craziest of all, it turned out Ranbaxy had been methodically falsifying its test records. Batch after batch of its generics was shown as genuine in the test documents—all of which were invented. Regulators in South Africa realized that AIDS drugs from the saintly people at Ranbaxy were little better than placebos when all the test data for various different batches turned out to be identical—and photocopied. They didn’t even do a good job with the faking. Well, sometimes they tried harder with the faking. On one occasion, they forged some documentation about data they had to show regulators, which was supposed to be from years earlier—and, to take that new-paper feel away, they aged it in a steam room overnight.
In other words, in some parts of the world, it was just presenting completely false data. In Brazil, of the 163 medicines that it was selling, it had properly tested only eight. Every step of the way, Ranbaxy behaved like a good Indian teenager taking a test: it cheated when it could, and gamed the test when it couldn’t cheat. Sometimes, former employees claimed, it would just buy brand-name drugs, and submit them to the FDA as its own in order to pass the tests.
All this was known to managers in 2004. Two brave managers, both relatively fresh hires, launched an investigation; one eventually got to say his piece to the company’s board. According to Fortune magazine, he told the board that ‘more than 200 products in more than 40 countries’ had ‘elements of data that were fabricated to support business needs’. He wound up urging a recall of major drugs, and coming clean to regulators. Fortune says, ‘Kumar completed the presentation to a silent boardroom. Only one director, a scientist, showed any surprise about the findings. The others appeared more astonished by Kumar’s declaration that if he was not given full authority to fix the problems, he would resign.’ Naturally, he quit in two days.
According to Fortune, elaborate falsification of data was discussed at length in email chains that included Ranbaxy’s CEO and a member of the family that owned it. On one conference call, when the uselessness of its AIDS drugs in Africa was discussed, a senior executive apparently said: ‘Who cares? It’s just blacks dying.’ Remember, all this was, at the very least, known internally before Ranbaxy’s owners sold it to the Japanese. As one US regulator said, the company’s culture was ‘corrupt to the core’. I suppose it’s a small step from concealing the kind of drugs you’re making before you sell them to concealing the kind of company you’re running before you sell it. --Source: Restart India: The Last Chance for Indian Economy by Mihir Sharma
The former owners of Ranbaxy now run one of India’s largest hospital chains (Fortis Healthcare and Religare Wellness).
Hi fellow randians. Please help a brother out in choosing a fridge.
I am a 26yr old guy living by myself. Looking to buy a quality fridge while sticking to my budget.
I've currently shortlisted one each from Haier, LG and Videocon.
Haier is the most suitable for my budget while giving me the features that LG offers.
Anybody has any experience with Haier or any idea of it's resale value ?
Thanks in advance !
Since the past 6-7 months, I have been getting constant bills of over 10-15k by reliance. This is far too much.
I live in a 2 bhk apartment in Mumbai. For most of the day, no one's at home. The only appliances we use is a refrigerator, washing machine, 30 minutes of TV max and 2-3 hours of (2) ACs
I have tried everything- complained to Reliance, made them change the meter, made sure all the appliances are directly switched off when not in use.
Even after all that, this month's bill is 17.5k! That's more than what some people earn in a month...
Any help would be appreciated
I'm getting almost 6000 as cashback on a refrigerator. No e-commerce player or brick and mortar shop is able to match the effectivene price after the cashback. It's just too good to be true. Is there a something I'm missing or is it really that good?
Hi, I bought a LG refrigerator on 29th of June. It worked fine for a few days but after a week or so it stopped getting cool. There was no ice formation too. Called up the technician after registration of a complaint on LG customer care number who told that the refrigerator has a gas leakage. Now I would rather like a replacement than to get it serviced as it's not even a month old. How do I approach it?? Any help would be appreciated.
Once there was a company called Ranbaxy Labs. It had a wonderful reputation: it was profitable, it was pioneering. In fact, its reputation could even be called saintly: after all, did it not manufacture generic drugs, all manner of life-saving medicines? Was it not curing AIDS in Africa? Are not such companies deserving of admiration, capable of making a profit and yet selling affordable medicines? Ranbaxy was the backbone of a pharmaceutical sector of which we in India were told to be proud—and Indians don’t need to be told twice to be proud of something.
Well, one sad and tragic day, the people who built Ranbaxy decided to sell it to a Japanese company called Daiichi Sankyo. The good people of Daiichi Sankyo had done their due diligence: they had inspected the books, talked to managers, toured the plants, and come to the conclusion that, yes, they were worthy of buying the gem that was Ranbaxy, the first foreign company to sell generic medicines in the US. When Ranbaxy was sold, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth in India; a precious jewel had been given away for something as crass as money. India mourned.
Daiichi Sankyo paid $4.6 billion for two-thirds of Ranbaxy in 2008. They must have thought they’d got an exceptionally good deal—the very last act of selfless altruism performed by Ranbaxy’s promoters. Six years later, the Japanese were glad to sell what remained of Ranbaxy to one of its competitors, for $3.2 billion. The company had lost half its value in six years.
It turned out they’d been sold a placebo. Here’s a little bit of what was actually going on in Ranbaxy, the pride of Indian pharma. Just a taste. In one plant’s supposedly sanitized room where medicines were made, there were flies ‘too numerous to count’.40 Elsewhere, the refrigerators that were supposed to keep samples at a predetermined low temperature were broken, with pools of water from melted ice inside. Some of the pills chosen at random and inspected had what seemed to be hair from an employee’s arm; others had compressed and mysterious black spots that turned out to be the oil that lubricated the plant’s machinery. And, to top off the ewww factor, one factory didn’t have any running water in the toilets, so no employee had been able to wash their hands for a really long time. Remember, this is a medicine factory.
Meanwhile, it turned out that the medicines they were making weren’t just full of nasty stuff, they didn’t work to start off with. Ranbaxy had to plead guilty to felony charges in the United States, because some of the medicines they were making were ‘adulterated’; they had to pay a $500-million fine.
One by one, Ranbaxy’s plants were declared unsafe; eventually not one of the four could still export to the US—the major market for its generic version of Lipitor, taken by the millions of Americans who’re watching their cholesterol levels. Millions of Ranbaxy’s Lipitor tablets had to be recalled from chemists across the US when glass particles were discovered in them.
Craziest of all, it turned out Ranbaxy had been methodically falsifying its test records. Batch after batch of its generics was shown as genuine in the test documents—all of which were invented. Regulators in South Africa realized that AIDS drugs from the saintly people at Ranbaxy were little better than placebos when all the test data for various different batches turned out to be identical—and photocopied. They didn’t even do a good job with the faking. Well, sometimes they tried harder with the faking. On one occasion, they forged some documentation about data they had to show regulators, which was supposed to be from years earlier—and, to take that new-paper feel away, they aged it in a steam room overnight.
In other words, in some parts of the world, it was just presenting completely false data. In Brazil, of the 163 medicines that it was selling, it had properly tested only eight. Every step of the way, Ranbaxy behaved like a good Indian teenager taking a test: it cheated when it could, and gamed the test when it couldn’t cheat. Sometimes, former employees claimed, it would just buy brand-name drugs, and submit them to the FDA as its own in order to pass the tests.
All this was known to managers in 2004. Two brave managers, both relatively fresh hires, launched an investigation; one eventually got to say his piece to the company’s board. According to Fortune magazine, he told the board that ‘more than 200 products in more than 40 countries’ had ‘elements of data that were fabricated to support business needs’. He wound up urging a recall of major drugs, and coming clean to regulators. Fortune says, ‘Kumar completed the presentation to a silent boardroom. Only one director, a scientist, showed any surprise about the findings. The others appeared more astonished by Kumar’s declaration that if he was not given full authority to fix the problems, he would resign.’ Naturally, he quit in two days.
According to Fortune, elaborate falsification of data was discussed at length in email chains that included Ranbaxy’s CEO and a member of the family that owned it. On one conference call, when the uselessness of its AIDS drugs in Africa was discussed, a senior executive apparently said: ‘Who cares? It’s just blacks dying.’ Remember, all this was, at the very least, known internally before Ranbaxy’s owners sold it to the Japanese. As one US regulator said, the company’s culture was ‘corrupt to the core’. I suppose it’s a small step from concealing the kind of drugs you’re making before you sell them to concealing the kind of company you’re running before you sell it. --Source: Restart India: The Last Chance for Indian Economy by Mihir Sharma
The former owners of Ranbaxy now run one of India’s largest hospital chains (Fortis Healthcare and Religare Wellness).
Now, what is the reason of posting all this. One of my neighbors who is a 40 yrs old person had a bit of pain in his chest. He took some medicine but the pain kept coming after sometime. He went to get it checked in Fortis hospital. The hospital doctors claimed he arteries in his heart were not working well and he immediately needed a bypass surgery. Now this person is 40 years old with a bit of problem of High Blood Pressure. He got shit scared and even was thinking of getting it done. After all, a reputed hospital like Fortis says; it must be true. One of his relatives is a doctor with another hospital. His consulted him before fixing the date for surgery. This doctor ran couple of checks and figured out, the pain was because of furniture he helped moving from ground floor to 3rd floor couple of days.
Just be careful guys. Everyone out there is looking for opportunities to screw you up; especially these motherfucking big hospital chains.
Link to the full article : http://ift.tt/2q8yPbA
One example of this lies in the way the massed ranks of the BJP benches rose in the Lok Sabha to thwart my attempts to introduce a Private Member’s Bill that would have decriminalized all sexual relations between consenting adults. I have argued for the elimination of Section 377 not because it restricts sex but because it restricts freedom. I believe strongly that the government has no place in our bedrooms. Unfortunately, we have a government that is not only happy to peek into the bedroom but to intrude on the kitchen, inspect the contents of your refrigerator, tell you when you must stand to be truly nationalist and what words you must mouth to prove your Indianness. The least a government can do if it does not wish to “direct” Indians towards liberalism is to stay out of the way and let them determine for themselves how they wish to live.
Other interesting part from that article :
"I believe that we need to move India into a more liberal direction, in keeping with the values enshrined in the Constitution. But we have a government that embodies the most conservative aspects of society, and unlike our very first government, refuses to guide the polity to a more liberal space."
Posting as a self post as rules don't allow to change the title of the article linked.
Link to the full article : http://ift.tt/2q8yPbA
Some interesting parts from that article. I think he hit the nail on the head. Sonia Ji, do you really think that Pappu is a better PM candidate than this guy?
"I have argued for the elimination of Section 377 not because it restricts sex but because it restricts freedom. I believe strongly that the government has no place in our bedrooms. Unfortunately, we have a government that is not only happy to peek into the bedroom but to intrude on the kitchen, inspect the contents of your refrigerator, tell you when you must stand to be truly nationalist and what words you must mouth to prove your Indianness. The least a government can do if it does not wish to “direct” Indians towards liberalism is to stay out of the way and let them determine for themselves how they wish to live."
"I believe that we need to move India into a more liberal direction, in keeping with the values enshrined in the Constitution. But we have a government that embodies the most conservative aspects of society, and unlike our very first government, refuses to guide the polity to a more liberal space. "
Don't know anything about refrigerators. Thinking of buying one. Budget is around 15k. It's for my parents so for 2 people.
“Flipkart electronic sale” is about to close today midnight but no worries, another bumper sale has begun that offers heavy discounts on hundreds of electronic products across India.
Amazon India has started “Amazon summer sale” in which the company offers discounts on various electronic categories such as Television, air conditioners, microwaves, refrigerators, washing machines etc.
If you are eagerly looking to buy electronic items to face the summer heat this season, this is the right time to buy ACs, refrigerators etc. Also, if you are planning to watch the next season of IPL (2017) at home on large screen then you can buy big screen TVs with heavy discounts in this summer electronic sale in India.
Amazon Summer Sale Starts today
The sale starts today, 24 March and will run till 28 March. The Amazon India Summer Sale provides great discounts, attractive EMI schemes, exchange offers, cashbacks and other offers on consumer appliances. Deals Freak has listed some great products and offer categories on Amazon summer sale page where you can find different electronic deals and offers.
Amazon Summer Sale for Televisions
The Amazon sale is offering up to 40% discount on Televisions, under which you can buy TVs from brands like Micromax, Sanyo, TCL, LG, Panasonic, Noble Skiodo, Samsung, Vu, Phillips etc.
Amazon Summer Sale for Large appliances
The summer sale is offering up to 30% discounts on large appliances such as air conditioners, microwaves, refrigerators, washing machines etc. Under this Amazon offer, you can purchase electronic appliances from big brands like Kenstar, Whirlpool, Voltas, IFB, Bajaj, Haier, Godrej, Carrier Esko, Onida and many more.
10% Cashback on Yes Bank Debit/Credit Cards
You can avail 10% cash back on YES BANK Debit & Credit Cards. The offer is valid on the purchase of television, air-conditioners, refrigerator, washing machine, microwaves.
The minimum transaction amount to avail this Yes bank cashback offer is Rs.10000. Maximum cashback you can get is Rs.3,000 per card on both website and app.
According to Amazon India, the cash back will be transferred to the card holder’s account by 28 May, 2017. Although, the Yes bank cashback offer is not available on EMI schemes and net banking transactions.
Additional Rs 500/1000 as Amazon Pay Balance
This Amazon summer sale offer is only applicable selected Refrigerator, AC, Washing Machine products with Amazon pay messaging of Rs 500/ Rs 1000. Amazon India will reimburse the amount as Amazon Pay balance within 30 days of purchase date.
Up to Rs. 5,000 Off On Exchange
In this Amazon summer sale, the eCommerce company is offering exchange offer as well, through this sale you can get up to Rs 5,000 off on the exchange of old electronic appliances.
Amazon EMI Offers
There are attractive EMI schemes offered by Amazon in this summer sale. The EMI starts from Rs 1,083 on different electronic products. The company has introduced No Cost EMI plan which is available for Bajaj Finserv EMI card holders.
This Amazon summer electronic sale is a great chance for you guys to grab the hottest products with maximum cashback and cash discounts.
This article was originally published on Deals Freak Blog
I am planning to buy a refrigerator online, but the ratings don't seem accurate or updated. Are the published somewhere I can check myself.
I see reviews online with people complaining they're noisy, but these fridges are supposed to be really quiet. Also, which model do you have?
Are the coils on the back side exposed or covered?
I was on the verge of buying one before I spotted this. Fuck LG for not mentioning this anywhere on their website. Most of the models don't even have a picture for the backside. How am I supposed to find one with a simple back cover?
Can any one suggest me best refrigerator with 250 to 300 LTRS Capacity, frost free, minimum 4 star power consumption, stabilizer free) ?
I've noticed this whenever we have some electronic item broken that we have called the company's official repairmen for, the product is out of warranty and the replacement of the broken part would cost a bit. Has happened with computers (including my laptop), refrigerators, washing machines, A.C.s... you get the gist.
If something huge is broken, think the refrigerator's compressor, the guy will usually tell us that it will cost us in the vicinity of a few grand. Now when we tell them that we'll think about it, he takes the service charge and just when he's about to leave, offers to "fix" the product for a margin of the price. And thankfully, the product ends up working for a few more years.
Now I know why they do this - they just want some extra money to flow into their pockets without their bosses/company knowing about it.
Thinking about it, I realize that if I were his boss/company I'd be really pissed if this happened more than once (not to mention how they end up "bragging" that everyone in the area knows them and how they're the go-to guy for anything electronic that needs fixing).
What I want to know is, is this legal? As in, could there be some kind of a setup between their manager and them that makes this happen without the company knowing about it? Also, is this just a Delhi thing?
Around 18 months back, I rented out a flat in city far away from my current residence (I am northie IT guy in south), to a small family through a broker. Lease was signed for a year but I let them continue without any contractual extension, the next year. They seemed nice and were paying their rent almost on time. I did get occasional reminders and SMSes from electricity board and for apt maintenance which they would clear off with some delay. So far so good.
4 months back, I gave them a notice to vacate the house as I was planning to sell it off, and had a buyer available. The sales process got dragged more than I anticipated. During this time, tenant kept staying in the apt. He seemed to understand the situation and gave his verbal okay to vacate the day I close the deal. He stopped paying the rent, maintenance and electicity bill etc. I didn't ask thinking I would settle once for all, the day he vacates.
He vacated the house last week and moved to another apt in same apt complex but he didn't pay rent for three months, neither did he clear other bills. Since the buyer was rushing to close the deal, I ended up paying for pending bills (mostly maintenance and electricity bills for last few months).
I finally met my tenant in person, who by the way had stopped taking my calls from last month or so. Now this guy gives me his reasons for why he won't pay rent of 3 months and other dues. Actually his wife does. This dude let his wife to do the bullshit talk. A typically randi-rona lady who blabbers shit if you know what I mean.
These are their reasons for not paying:
a) When they got in, they had thought that they could continue to stay in the apartment for at least 3 years. Apparently the broker who brought them in, had told that this apt won't got for sale anytime soon.
b) Shifting to new apt, damaged their refrigerator and AC.
c) Few similar WTF reasons.
They finally agreed to pay the maintenance part and bills, once they have some money in hand in future. Not now. Rent is out of question. Basically I won't get anything.
So my [street] smart r/indians, what is that I can do do teach these guys a lesson from a distant place. All I have is a friend or two there who might spare some time for me. Or shall I just add this to my "lesson learnt" book and forget it?
