https://sairam.dev/tags/misc/ Recent content in misc on Sai Ram's Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us © 2020. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:00 +0530 https://sairam.dev/post/2013-05-21-bookadda-gets-its-data-from-barnes-and-noble/ Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:00 +0530 https://sairam.dev/post/2013-05-21-bookadda-gets-its-data-from-barnes-and-noble/ Looks like BookAdda gets its data from B&N :/ https://sairam.dev/post/repost-firstpost-bet-against-the-rupee-may-2013/ Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://sairam.dev/post/repost-firstpost-bet-against-the-rupee-may-2013/ Source: money/studies/wp0028.pdf Chronology of India’s exchange rate policies • 1947 (When India became member of IMF): Rupee tied to pound, Re 1 = 1 s, 6 d, rate of 28 October, 1945 • 18 September, 1949: Pound devalued; India maintained par with pound • 6 June, 1966: Rupee is devalued, Rs 4.76 = $1, after devaluation, Rs 7.50 = $1 (57.5%) • 18 November, 1967: UK devalued pound, India did not devalue • August 1971: Rupee pegged to gold/dollar, international financial crisis • 18 December, 1971: Dollar is devalued • 20 December, 1971: Rupee is pegged to pound sterling again • 1971-1979: The Rupee is overvalued due to India’s policy of import substitution • 23 June, 1972: UK floats pound, India maintains fixed exchange rate with pound • 1975: India links rupee with basket of currencies of major trading partners. https://sairam.dev/post/2012-09-02-well-there-is-lot-of-airtraffic/ Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://sairam.dev/post/2012-09-02-well-there-is-lot-of-airtraffic/ Well, there is lot of traffic https://sairam.dev/post/2012-08-04-vmware-vmware-vfabric-blog-spring-and-rabbitmq/ Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000 https://sairam.dev/post/2012-08-04-vmware-vmware-vfabric-blog-spring-and-rabbitmq/ Aadhaar - The 1.2 Billion Person Bio Metric Database owned by the Indian Government Did you know only < 3% of people in India pay Income Tax ?  VMware: VMware vFabric Blog: Spring and RabbitMQ – Behind India’s 1.2 Billion Person Biometric Database