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  In a bid to make the citizenship and immigration process faster and smoother, the Canadian government has introduced new online services this month. According to CIC news, "Immigration Minister Sean Fraser introduced new online services across Canada's immigration system, intended to improve client experience and reduce the backlogs". Recently, Fraser visited 'Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)' processing centre in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, to announce new online services across our immigration system, helping to improve client experience and reduce the backlogs. This morning I stopped by the IRCC processing centre in New Waterford, NS, to see the work underway to expand the facility and highlight the latest progress on improving services for our applicants.

  Mutual fund calculator:  Mr. Patel is a 30 year old professional who is looking for an investment tool that can help him earn  ₹ 1 lakh monthly pension when he turns 60. As he is in the nascent phase of his career, he doesn't have a hefty amount for upfront investment. According to tax and investment experts, mutual funds would be a suitable investment tool for investors like Mr. Patel as they have a big 30 year time in their hand. They said that mutual funds SIP (systematic investment plan) in monthly mode would help Mr. Patel or any other such investor to meet their investment goal even when the investor has no big savings in its hand.

Irish data regulator could penalize the social network after hack of nearly 50m accounts. The Irish Data Protection Commission has opened a formal investigation into a  data breach that affected nearly 50m Facebook accounts , which could result in a fine of up to $1.63bn. The breach, which was discovered by Facebook engineers on Tuesday 24 September, gave hackers the ability to take over users’ accounts. It was patched on Thursday, the company said. The commission regulates Facebook’s adherence to GDPR , a European law that strengthens the privacy protections of individuals and introduces harsh penalties for companies that fail to protect user data. The commission noted that Facebook had informed the commission that its internal investigation was continuing and that the company continued “to take remedial actions to mitigate the potential risk to users”. “We have been in close contact with the Irish Data Protection Commission since we have becom...

JioPhone still continues to be one of the most popular phone in the country. According to the latest CMR report, the feature phone accounted for about 27 percent of the Indian mobile market in the second quarter of 2018. Following that success,  Jio also launched a successor for it called the  JioPhone 2 . However, the smartphone is only being offered in flash sales, which means many are still finding it difficult to get their hands on one. That said, the JioPhone is being offered openly and now you can actually get one at a 15 percent discount on Tata CLiQ. According to a report from MySmartPrice , Tata CLiQ has originally listed the feature phone for its original price of Rs 1,500, but is offering a further 15 percent discount on entering ICICIWEEKEND code at the checkout point. This accounts for a total discount of Rs 225, bringing down the price to Rs 1,275. There is one more catch though. The discount is only offered on the ICICI debit or credit cards....

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17755 (RS5) to Windows Insiders with the ability to send text from your PC using ‘Your Phone’ app. The feature was first announced in May 2018 with ‘Your Phone’ going public.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi   will tomorrow launch the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) that seeks to leverage the expansive network of the postal department to ensure Financial Inclution   for the masses. The event is scheduled to be held at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, along with simultaneous launch events at 650 branches and 3,250 access points that will go live tomorrow, an official statement said. " IPPB has been envisioned as an accessible, affordable and trusted bank for the common man, to help speedily achieve the financial inclusion objectives of the Union Government ," it added. The payments bank, where the Indian government holds 100 per cent equity, will leverage the vast network of the Department of Posts (DoP) that has more than three lakh postmen and Grameen Dak Sewaks . All the 1.55 lakh post offices in the country will be linked to the IPPB system by December 31, 2018. IPPB will, hence, significantly augment the reach of the banking s...