What is the best second-hand car for a budget of 2 to 3 Lakhs?
Since your question has absolutely no information about your preferences, let me answer this part of your question.What are the things needs to be considered before buying?You would ideally look at the condition of the car and market value and decide if you want to buy or not. However, if you want to make yourself more satisfied about your purchase, you would want to do these.1. Speak to someone in your network who owns exactly same car and model. Ask him/her about vehicle experiences in terms of mileage and maintenance expenses. Also about dealership experiences.2. Internet has almost everything these days. Websites like TeamBHP, Carwale have so much information about cars. You would find ownership reviews of cars of each model. Eg: Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire @ 37000kms, 3.5 years - Team-BHP3. If the car is too old, see if you can get an appointment with a known mechanic and make him have a look at it. But DO NOT try with any random mechanic, rather you can skip it.4. Generally, old cars eventually end up having lot of cabin noise. And you are going to make it more old, meaning even more cabin noise. So, I would give a lot of importance to the amount of cabin noise the car is making. It also tells you that the car has been driven very cautiously.5. A/C is the most important thing in India. Make sure to check it out thoroughly.6. Check the service schedule of that typical model and see if the vehicle is supposed to be due for a big change like - time belt replacement, tires replacement, clutch kit replacement, gear box replacement etc. If it has been done recently, it helps. It not, it helps you in bargaining.7. Look for 15000KM per year. If the car has been driven more than that, consider bargaining or consider to skip.Overall, most importantly go for the best number of miles driven to number of years ratio. If a car has been driven less than 30000 miles in 5 years and if a car has been driven 55k miles in 3 years. You may want to chose the 5 years as typically if would be priced much lower than 3 year old car.
Is studying an MBBS in the Philippines better or should I stick to India? What are the pros and cons?
IF anybody tells you that MBBS abroad is better than in INDIA! THEY ARE LYING TO YOU! Keep away from them!If you are talking about studying medicine in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada or Western Europe, then yes - medical education in these countries has higher value globally than India. BUT if not, India is the best choice - trust me.I am a 2nd year medical student currently studying in the Philippines. Let me be brutally clear. Indian MBBS is highly valued outside India. Especially in the U.S. and U.K., (I have doctors in my family who live and work there). Ultimately, most of us choose to go abroad because we could not secure an admission in India and can’t pay the crores needed for a seat.I chose the Philippines because of the language, lesser flight travel time, similarity to the U.S. educational standards, living costs and fee structure.BUT, Don’t expect the best and come here. Some colleges in the Philippines are working with agents and producing people with degrees, NOT DOCTORS. In these colleges you will be treated like second class students and the real training will only be given to Filipino students. This is the TRUTH!Many of the upvoted answers above are from Indian Educational Agents/consultancy. They will only tell you things you want to hear. Some of them have cheated innocent students and their parents taking lakhs of rupees and no admission.I have wrote about my experience in the Philippines, how to choose the best college for MBBS in the Philippines and How to do admissions directly with the universities without paying agents or getting cheated. Studying Medicine in the Philippines: My Story – Raj Reddy – Medium
What are the nations to which India gives the largest amounts of aid?
“A stage has come in our development where we should now review our dependence on external donors and extend support to the national efforts of other developing countries" - Finance Minister of India in 2003.The India Development & Economic Assistance (IDEA) Scheme initially known as the India Development Initiative is an initiative for providing grants or project assistance to developing countries in the Africa, South Asia and other parts of the developing world and with a view to also leverage and promote our strategic economic interests abroad. Under the scheme, government-supported Lines of Credit (LoCs) from the Export and Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) have been made available to developing countries for their developmental and other projects as recommended by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Till December 31, 2010; a total of 137 LoCs have been sanctioned to 57 different countries involving a total Credit Amount of US $ 6,414.97 million.Chart showing the amounts sanctioned between 2009 - 2014:I have not found data related to individual countries yet and would appreciate if someone can provide it....% aid received by area (2010):Sources: Page on finmin.nic.in Page on india-ldc.nic.in India’s foreign aid program catches up with its global ambitions
Which country is better to study for an MBBS, Ukraine or Armenia?
Long back in 2013–2014, Armenia was a very good destination for studying, many students enrolled in various universities, but after that, many universities did not meet the standards of education and students started coming back to India. One university which is fairly doing well and still students are going there for MBBS is Yerevan State Medical University.But now some consultants have started promoting other universities in Armenia starting this year. The main reason is due to problems in Georgia and new requirements, people are diverting towards Armenia as MBBS course destination. It is all a marketing gig and you wont get valve for money and good education.Ukraine have been a very good destination for Indian students. With universities as old as 175 year, and have a vast experience in this filed. They follow European curriculum and have been teaching Indian students for many years. Some of the oldest and goof Universities are:-1- O. O Bogomolets National Medical University2- Vinnytsia National Medical University3- Lviv National Medical University4- Ternopil National Medical University5- Odessa National Medical UniversityBetween Ukraine and Armenia i would say Ukraine is far better in education and opportunities you will get there.For more information you can P.M me.Thanks.
Is it a good choice to buy Mahindra XUV 500?
The perfect example of value for money proposition!You get all you need in a range of 18 lakhs- tyre pressure monitoring, voice feedback, cruise control, electronically adjustable driver seat, sunroof….But yes you do have compromise a bit in terms of quality for that Mahindra badge on the bonnet is enough to justify that rattling sounds you hear on bumps.Happy motoring!:)