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  • Going On A Holiday? Should You Unplug Your Refrigerator Or Freezer? Here’s Your 7-Point Check List |

    New Delhi: A typical question on the positioning and workability of electronics while leaving home for holidays is –whether to turn them on or off. While a lot of appliances like TV, AC, Washing Machine, Air Purifiers, Iron, Toasters — to name from a host of ones that you may possess — can have a simple answer, the question on Refrigerators is not always a perfect YES or a No.

    It is often advised that the while judging the pros and cons of turning off refrigerator the former far outweighs the latter. Since turning off the fridge is not just switching it off – a lot of post care needs to be thought of. Once you turn off an appliance, it is simply off the plug, however in the case of a fridge it is not so. Water spilling, emptying the fridge before switching off, leakage leading to potential fire hazards and mould growth due to moisture are among a couple of cons that needs to be considered while you turn off your fridge when away for a long time.

    Considering the above, should you unplug your refrigerator or freezer? Here’s Your 7-Point Check List

     

    1. What To Do Before Unpluging The Refrigerator

    Unplug your refrigerator before embarking on an extended vacation to save on energy consumption. Before unplugging the refrigerator, make sure it is fully empty.


    2. Remove Every Perishable Item

    Take everything perishable off of shelves and drawers, especially those that spoil quickly, to avoid unpleasant smells when you get back from vacation.


    3. Open The Fridge Doors

    To avoid an unpleasant smell when you return home, make sure you leave the refrigerator and freezer doors slightly open before you leave.


    4. Clean The Fridge

    Clean the interior thoroughly to prevent the growth of mold or bacteria. Unplug the appliance after the inside is completely dry.


    5. Store Water Bottles Inside

    However, if you have decided to keep your appliances running, if you are away from home for long, then fill bottles or jars with water and store them inside. Reduce the thermostat by several degrees to conserve energy.


    6. Shut The Ice Maker

    Turn off the ice maker before leaving, as keeping it on can result in a malfunction.


    7. Rest Mode

    Turn on the “rest mode” feature on your refrigerator if it has one. When using this feature, ensure that there is no food left inside.

  • Ukrainian film, TV groups urge boycott of Russian media, business ties

    LOS ANGELES: Ukrainian film and TV bodies have begun calls for a boycott of Russian media and the severing of business ties with Russian entities.

    Russia’s film and TV industry have been steadily growing in recent years, with events such as the Key Buyers Event — an annual content showcase organised by Russian film promotion body Roskino — drawing 200 international buyers last year.Now, many of those relationships will be tested on a global stage as Ukraine’s media organisations ask for a boycott of all business dealings with Russia, reports variety.com.The organisers of Kiev Media Week, a 10-year-old international film and TV market serving Eastern Europe, has called for a ban on Russian propaganda.In a letter issued widely on Saturday to international media, including ‘Variety’, the group asked supporters of Ukraine to stop broadcasting any Russian channels from their respective countries.”Putin’s regime escalated the current war with all the weapons available, which means the media sphere to be a battlefield worldwide,” reads the letter.

    ALSO READ: AJR cancels Russian tour due to Ukraine invasion”Therefore, we call on the international media community to resist the poisonous Russian (sic) propaganda and unite the efforts to switch off Russian (sic) TV broadcasting in your countries.”Kiev Media Week organisers have thrown their support behind Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, which on Saturday revealed plans for a unified media strategy across all of Ukraine.In a bid to ensure “reliable and truthful information relating to Russia’s war against Ukraine”, media groups including 1+1 media, StarLightMedia, Media Group Ukraine and Inter Media Group have begun broadcasting a single newscast called ‘United News’.”We objectively and promptly provide comprehensive information from different regions of the country 24/7,” reads the statement. “We are ready to provide TV providers with our signal, and thus, ask you to help spread this information.”The group has asked its partners to “turn off all Russian news channels so that Russia’s outright propaganda does not go beyond Russia itself.” Supporters are asked to block or turn off the broadcast of these channels on European satellites.The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has also asked YouTube to block Russian TV channels on the platform.These channels include First Channel, Star, TNT, Russia Today and Ren TV. “All of them are tools of Russian propaganda, on which the Kremlin fakes and disinformation are broadcasted,” reads a statement on the ministry’s verified Facebook page.”Consuming information from them is dangerous for infoprostoru and Ukraine, and the whole world.”Elsewhere, the Ukrainian Film Academy, speaking on behalf of the country’s film community, has also issued a separate call for a ban on Russian cinema through a series of six requests.The group, which has begun a Change.org petition, asks the European Council to exclude Russia from the Eurimages cinema fund and to terminate all co-production agreements.It also asks festivals to bar Russian-made or co-produced movies. The International Federation of Film Producers Associations has been asked to prohibit accreditation for the Moscow International Film Festival.

    ALSO READ: David Lynch slams Vladimir Putin over Russian invasion of UkraineThe group is also asking producers to terminate any business dealings with “business entities of the Russian Federation” and “not to transfer intellectual property rights to any films to the territory of the Russian Federation”.Meanwhile, distributors are being asked to examine their contracts with the Russian Federation. “The films are illegally distributed to the legal territory of Ukraine, namely: the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, and the so-called ‘DPR’ and ‘LPR.’ By issuing such licenses (in particular, making kmd keys for cinemas), you are in fact violating Ukrainian sovereignty.”Finally, members of the CEPI (the European Audiovisual Production Association) Dond CFP-E (European Federation for Commercial Film Producers) have been urged to “cease any cooperation with audiovisual producers who support aggression against Ukraine, in particular, the distribution of audiovisual works in the member countries with the participation of actors and public figures supporting the Russian crime”.Ukrainian forces are bracing for the second night of Russian attacks on the capital. The invasion has so far killed 198 Ukrainians, according to recent figures from the BBC.

  • Mumbai Police busts ‘fake TRPs’ scam; Republic TV, other channels under scanner,

    The police said they used to ask people to keep particular channels on. There were deals with some people who didn’t know English to keep English channels on.

    The Mumbai Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a “scam” where TRPs of certain channels, incuding Republic TV, were being illegally increased. The police said they have arrested owners of two such channels and have sent a notice to Republic TV.

    The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), which measures TRPs, has installed over 2,000 barometers in Mumbai for measuring the data. The locations where these barometers are installed are confidential.

    “During investigation, we found that ex-employees of the firm that BARC has contracted for installing these barometers were influencing it,” Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said.

    Singh said these they used to ask people to keep particular channels on. He added that there were deals with some people who didn’t know English to keep English channels on.

    Certain news channels such as Republic, Fakt Marathi, and Box Cinema are under the scanner. “Owners of two news channels have been arrested already. Summons have been sent to Republic news channel,” Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh said.

    The police further said that ads earned by channels using these spiked TRPs will be considered as proceeds of crime.

  • Government is giving a chance to buy AC, fridge, TV and furniture in cheap, can bid till August 31

    New Delhi, Business Desk. In today’s time, who does not want to buy AC, fridge, TV, sofa and other household items. Such people have a chance to buy such items in relatively low prices. You are getting this great opportunity from the government. In such a situation, you cannot let this opportunity go out of your hands. In fact, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (Deepam), which works under the Ministry of Finance, has invited bids for the sale of a total of 54 items including AC, TV, fridge and furniture. The department has issued this tender for the sale of many things including two two-seat sofas, wooden wooden size cupboards, office chairs.

    Let’s know the special features of this tender:

    • Those willing to bid for these goods as per the tender document, on blocks between 11 am and 4 pm on any workday between August 14, 2020 to August 29, 2020, in blocks number 11 and 14 of CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Can inspect goods. 
    • The department has said that documents related to the tender can be downloaded from http://eprocure.gov.in/eprocure/app or from the department’s official website dipam.gov.in. According to the department, people willing to buy these goods can submit their bids by 12 noon on August 31, 2020. Tenders will be opened on the same day at 3 pm. 
    • According to the tender document, the person bidding the highest amount will be sold the goods. The thing to note here is that once you get the goods, you will not be able to return it.  
    • At the same time, the successful bidder will have to get the goods removed from Deepam’s office within five days of payment of the entire amount. However, under no circumstances will the department allow the removal of goods on a gazetted holiday or a non-working day.