UTS Mobile Ticketing:Indian Railways introduce mobile app to book unreserved tickets.

Indian Railways introduce mobile app to book unreserved tickets. UTS(Unreserved Ticketing System) app is used to booking Unreserved Ticking in our mobile, instead of standing in Que Line, we can easily book tickets our mobile anywhere or near to the Railway Station. Using this app we can save our time,energy and make Digital India. Unreserved Mobile Ticketing app “UTS” is only available for Android & Windows mobile phones. This App is Available in the Google Play Store.

Government of India encourages people to move towards a Cashless Economy. This can be achieved by use of debit, credit cards, electronic payment gateway systems such Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross settlement (RTGS) in India. Indian Railways seeks your cooperation and support in helping the Government and the nation in creating a cashless digital economy.

How to Download UTS APP:

The downloadable App for Android Mobile in Google play store and windows app in Window app store. The passenger can download the mobile ticketing app from the appropriate application store. The application is free to download.

What is the service offered by UTS App?

• Booking of Suburban Ticket
• Cancellation of Suburban ticket.
• Issue/Renew Season ticket.
• Booking of Platform ticket.
• Check R-Wallet balance.
• Surrender of R-Wallet.
• User profile management.
• Booking History.

How to book a Journey Ticket?

Please register your mobile number for Un-Reserved Railway Ticket Booking. This is one time activity and after successful registration you will receive OTP 4 digit number as password of your Mobile Application as well as UTS Mobile Website.

After successful registration a wallet will be created with zero balance which will be called as Railway-Wallet. Recharge this Railway-Wallet to book the Railway UTS ticket from your registered mobile phone.

There are two modes of taking mobile journey tickets:

1. Paper Ticket: The passenger can book ticket through the mobile app. On booking of ticket, he/she will get Booking ID along with other ticket details and take print out at the Automatic Ticket Vending Machine (ATVM) using the booking ID.
2. Paperless Ticket: The passenger can book paperless ticket through mobile application and ticket will be delivered in the mobile application itself. The passenger can travel without taking hard copy of the ticket. In order to have paperless Journey & Platform tickets, the Smartphone should be GPS enabled.

For Paperless Tickets can now be booked from places upto 5 kms. from the railway station and the booked tickets are automatically downloaded on the mobile phones, which will serve as Authority to Travel.  This ticket cannot be transferred from phone to phone as SMS or otherwise.

Using a facility called ‘Geo-fencing’, Railways have prevented booking mobile tickets in railway premises including Platforms and on trains. This helps to prevent ticket less travelers from booking tickets when they see ticket checking staff on trains or station premises.

 

Download UTS APP for Mobile using below link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cris.utsmobile

For more information and any queries click below link

https://www.utsonmobile.indianrail.gov.in/RDS/policy/faq_?2

 

 

Nipah Virus: Everything you Need to Know about Virus, Symptoms, Prevention, spreading facts.

Kerala has been on high alert due to mysterious deaths of eight people because of an unidentified viral attack. Out of these, three were reported to be caused by Nipah virus(NiV). As per the National Institute of Virology, Pune,  Virus is the sole cause of these three deaths. Rajiv Sadanandan, Kerala’s health secretary, has assured that the government has started its preparation towards fewer deaths and that people should not panic. An unheard virus, NiV is yet to be understood by many. Here is what the virus is all about. There is no vaccine for either human or animals. The primary treatment for human cases is intensive supportive care.

What is Nipah virus?                                                                                                                                          Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis (a disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals.)that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus is fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family, Pteropus genus.
NiV was first identified during an outbreak of disease that took place in Kampung Sungai Nipah, Malaysia in 1998. On this occasion, pigs were the intermediate hosts. However, in subsequent NiV outbreaks, there were no intermediate hosts. In Bangladesh in 2004, humans became infected with NiV as a result of consuming date palm sap that had been contaminated by infected fruit bats.  Humans who were infected by other humans were reported in Bangladesh and India.
NiV infection in humans has a range of clinical presentations, from asymptomatic infection to the acute respiratory syndrome and fatal encephalitis. NiV is also capable of causing disease in pigs and other domestic animals.

What are the symptoms of Nipah virus?

Some common signs and symptoms of NiV are a headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness and mental issues such as confusion. These symptoms can last up to 7-10 days. Watching out for respiratory illness during the early stages is also a must.        Nipah Virus is an airborne transmission infection and can affect those who come in direct contact with contaminated bodies.                                                                              Nipah Virus is usually associated with inflammation of the brain due to which severe days of fever can often lead to a state of confusion, disorientation and even persistent drowsiness. If not taken care of, these symptoms can even cause a coma in a span of 24-48 hours. There are many patients who show neurological, respiratory and pulmonary signs as well. Therefore, do not ignore any such signs.

Prevention:                                                                                                                           Prevention of Nipah virus infection is important since there is no effective treatment for the disease. The infection can be prevented by avoiding exposure to bats in endemic areas and sick pigs. Drinking of raw palm sap (palm toddy) contaminated by bat excrete, eating of fruits partially consumed by bats and using water from wells infested by bats should be avoided. Bats are known to drink palm toddy that is collected in open containers, and occasionally urinate in it, which makes it contaminated with the virus. Surveillance and awareness are important for preventing future outbreaks.

Following  are certain facts about the spread of Nipah Virus:

Infected bats shed virus in their excretion and secretion such as saliva, urine, semen, and excreta but they are symptomless carriers.
– The NiV is highly contagious among pigs, spread by coughing.
– Direct contact with infected pigs was identified as the predominant mode of transmission in humans when it was first recognized in a large outbreak in Malaysia in 1999.
– Drinking of fresh date palm sap, possibly contaminated by fruit bats (P. giganteus) during the winter season, may have been responsible for indirect transmission of Nipah Virus to humans
– There is circumstantial evidence of human-to-human transmission in India in 2001. During the outbreak in Siliguri, 33 health workers and hospital visitors became ill after exposure to patients hospitalized with Nipah Virus illness, suggesting nosocomial infection.
– During the Bangladesh outbreak, the virus is suggested to have been transmitted either directly or indirectly from infected bats to humans.
– Human-to-human transmission of NiV has been reported in recent outbreaks demonstrating a risk of transmission of the virus from infected patients to healthcare workers through contact with infected secretions, excretions, blood or tissues.

 

Good News For WhatsApp users, WhatsApp Introduced Important New Features

WhatsApp is introduced new features for groups, They sharing improvements that they made. These features are available for Android and iPhone users.

New Features

• Group description: A short blurb found under group info that allows you to set the purpose, guidelines, or topics for the group. When a new person joins a group, the description will show up at the top of the chat. The group description can be changed by the admins as well as other non-admin members, whose rights are controlled by the admins only. This means that admins can restrict the regular group chat members to add, remove, or change a group description.
•  Admin controls: In group settings, there’s now a control that allows admins to restrict who can change the group’s subject, icon, and description.
• Group catches up: When you’ve been away from a group chat, quickly catch up on messages that mention or reply to you by tapping on a new @ button that appears at the bottom right corner of the chat.
• Participant search: Find anyone in a group by searching for participants on the group info page.
• Admins can now remove admin permissions of other group participants, and group creators can no longer be removed from the group they started.
• They have also introduced protection so users can’t be repeatedly added to groups they have left.