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Gaana.com is offering now unlimited high quality songs download for Just Rs.120 a month - quite cheap if you are a download-buff and also believe in anti-piracy.

There are three plans which Gaana.com is offering. The first plan is basic - which is free of cost for all, Second plans will cost users Rs. 199 per year. Only difference between first and second plan is that in second plan will show no ads on the website. Users will have ad-free experience in the second plan.

The third plan is the most exciting plan - For Rs.120 a month(Rs.4 per day), you get ad-free experience, as well as offline sync which will allow users to download HD quality songs for free. This is available only on Android and iOS app, not on desktop.



This is nice approach to fight piracy but still shifting people from pirated downloads to legal downloads is a tough task and i appreciate Gaana.com to take up that task. Wishing them all best luck!

Share your views and ideas in the comments.

I was randomly going through my Facebook news feed one day and i bounced upon a website - StudentDesk.in . So, i was bit interested in knowing what was it. I went through the website and researched a bit about its founders. They came out to be from GTU, from where i completed my bachelor education. Moreover, they are still students now. I was excited to know about them and i had a brief discussion with founders of the website - Kishan Vadaliya and Karan Pujara on Facebook. Both these chaps are out with a purpose. Moreover, GTU is one of the very few State Government Universities in India which promote Student entrepreneurial ship in its curriculum. So, i asked them few questions about their venture and below is the interview with them. Sit back and do not forget to share about this venture which might help young entrepreneurs.

Below is the interview :

1. Can you give brief introduction on what is StudentDesk.in all about?

As our tagline says, “Exchange, Share and Explore”, we are bringing this site to the users for easy and free exchange of used books which we think will be useful to the consumers in this increasing virtual online world.

2. From where the idea of selling/exchanging books came from?

This idea basically originated along with my life in hostel. People regularly exchange books and various other materials during their life in hostel. Student also go in search for books during commencement of new semesters, which gave us an idea of developing a portal which helps the users and facilitates them with easy exchange.

3. Who are behind StudentDesk.in ?

We are a team of two people, I, Karan Pujara and my friend Kishan Vadaliya, pursuing our Computer Engineering in the final year.

4. How are monetizing your website? Through featured listings or only advertisements?

Currently, we are not planning to generate any revenue from this website. We have started it as a user friendly portal and think to keep it that way at least for now.

5. What i love about Studentdesk.in is its simple UI. How are you planning to target placing advertisements which might derail the look and feel of current UI

I must mention that my room-mate Binit Thacker takes a major share in development of this simple and elegant UI. As not to derail it at the very beginning we are not planning to place any advertisements as of now. But  we are very sure that whenever we do so we would do so in such a way that the simplicity and ease of users is not compromised.

6. Your competitions are too big like OLX or Quickr who offer similar services. How do you plan to tackle them up?

We are no market kings to compare ourselves with them but one thing is for sure that our whole-in-whole focus is on books which might prove to be lot more helpful for students and fellow readers to search what they exactly need without getting messed up in all categories.

7. Are you looking to offer more services in future apart from Books?

As mentioned earlier, we are totally focused on books and we see that as a great market as everyone loves to read be it technical books or fictional novels.

8. Are you looking for funding?

As of now, we are not. But if the need arises in future we surely would require some to maintain the quality of our product.

9. What are your marketing strategies? From where you are capturing traffic for your website?

Currently we are spreading the word heavily through social media as it has became an integral part of marketing. We also are planning to visit institutions, colleges and schools to spread awareness of our project so that more and more people can be benefitted with a wide range of books to choose from.

10. How are you going to beat Spam and junk classifieds which might lead to damaging your brand?

Considering our website to be a user-to-user portal, the user is responsible for the entries they submit, so in case of some bulk spamming or junk classifieds or any frauds, user can send a feedback and our moderator will take considerable steps to handle it. Also if any such activity is found on the website, we will use specific methods to take action against it.

11. What are your next moves? Whats next coming for StudentDesk.in?

We are planning to categorize the books considering the fact that the need may arise soon and also we will be adding some more features to make it more user friendly so that the search becomes more efficient.

12. Atlast, Your message to Aspiring young student entrepreneurs like you:

The only message I would want young entrepreneurs to swallow is ‘Never give up. Great things take time’.

These guys were interesting and we wish them all the best for their venture. May they get desired success!

Applying for the Online passport application has become quick and hassle-free now.  Follow the simple steps as show below and apply for online passport.
Following process can also be used for passport renewal

This is how can you go through Online Passport Application for Fresh or Passport Renewal process

Step 1. :

Go to this link . This is Passport Seva Portal registration link,where you can register yourself to apply for passport online.

Step 2. :

After registration is completed, you can login to seva portal with the credentials you had used above.

Step 3:

Click "Apply for Fresh Passport/Reissue of Passport" link.

Step 4:

Fill in all the required details in the form, like home address. etc . Mention all the details correctly. With this details, your application will be processed. After filling all the required and necessary information, click on Submit

Step 5:

After you submit the form, Click on "View Saved/Submitted Applications" screen in the website.

Step 6:

Click the "Pay and Schedule Appointment" link on the "View Saved/Submitted Applications" screen to schedule an appointment.

Step 7:

To schedule the appointment, it is mandatory for you to make your payment online. Following are the ways, you can make your payment :

• Credit card/debit card (Mastercard and Visa)


• Internet Banking (*State Bank of India and Associated SBI Banks only)


• SBI Offline Challan Payment

Step 8:

Click the "Print Application Receipt" link to print the application receipt containing Application Reference Number (ARN)/Appointment Number.

Step 9:

Visit the passport Seva Kendra on the date and time of appointment booked along with all your original documents.

Things to take note of :

• You need to resubmit your online passport application incase you do not visit Seva Kendra within 90 days of your online application submission


• You do not to take appointment only in case of emergency/medical cases and pre approved categories by Govt. Of India.

You can keep track of your online application here.

 Tools which can be helpful to you in your online application:

1. Passport Seva Kendra Locater - Locate nearly PSK center: Click here

2. Passport Fee Calculator : Click here

Step by Step Screenshot Guide :

Understand the entire process of Online Passport Application through below slide show:

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Hope this article helps in "passport renewal" or Fresh passport application.

Disclaimer: This article is just for information. DailyStuff.org is not responsible/involved or take any incentives for the process. Also, we are not passport agents, or we do not offer any passport services. This is only for Do It Yourself.

The most frustrating scene ever i see is Traffic Jams enroute to my office. I hate traffic jams and so do we all. The route to my office remains jammed most of the time during peak hours but i always reach
office on time. How? Through intelligent traffic monitoring.

How to Monitor Traffic Jams?

Traffic monitoring can be done sitting in your home, right from your mobile handset or from your PC.  You do not require any software to install on your PC. You do not require any Apps to download on your smartphone.

Things you require:

• Working Internet Connection


• A Browser

Steps to Monitor Traffic Jams and Plan:

Step 1: Open any browser in your PC/Mobile Phone

Step 2: Open www.google.com

Step 3: Search on Google: Traffic on <Road Name>

For example, I regularly travel on Western Express Highway in Mumbai, so i will type Traffic on Western Express Highway. Below is the screenshot of the search query:





As you can see my route is jammed. So what does above color code means?

1. Black/Red: Road is Completely Blocked

2. Red: Traffic is moving slow

3. Yellow: Traffic is moving fast

4. Green: Road is unclogged and traffic is very fast.

So How do you plan now?

Using Google Maps, select alternate route to your office and again use traffic indicator as shown above to know the traffic on that route:



External Resources: 

Incase you hate searching for every day traffic jams, you can also get daily SMS alerts or Email alerts on your daily travel route by using paid service of www.traffline.com. They also offer Google like Traffic density for free on their website for selected cities of India.

Hope this post helps you in tracking the traffic on your route and also help you plan accordingly so that you are never late to your destination.

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ELECTRICITY is the most important and most used thing in today's world or also should i say the most WASTED. Here we will discuss how we can save electricity by changing small habits at home.

1.Mobile Charging: When we charge our cell phones there is always an indication given when the battery is full. Also in most of the phones there comes a notification of switching it off and removing the charger from the socket. Though indicated many people dont follow it. If this will be followed much amount of electricity can be saved.

2. Ironing Clothes: When we start ironing our clothes, first we make sure that the iron is hot enough after which we start ironing. This can consume lot of energy if a single cloth is ironed everytime. Instead we suggest to iron a ive bulk of clothes at one go. This will save much electricity, since you will not have to wait for the iron to get hot everytime.

3. Keeping Unnecessary Appliances ON: This one is the worst habit of many people. In most of the houses there will be atleast 3-5 electrical appliances ON even if they are not being used. Computer,laptop on sleep mode, printer, wi-fi router ON although not in use, mosquito machine ON till late in the morning, Mixer, washing machine, oven, microwave ON from the socket. If this habit is improved your bill will surely be much less next month.

4. Forgetting things ON: Above we talked how we keep things ON, here we will see about things that we forget to switch off. First and foremost lights and fans, these two are the most comman things people forget to switch off. Next will be shower lights, exhaust fans and geyser in the bathroom. Sometimes we even keep the television on mute and get up to do some work and we forget it is ON. Remembering to switch off these appliances will save a big amount of electricity.