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How To Update Infomation On AAdhar

Aadhaar is now mandatory for many essential tasks such as filing of income tax returns (ITRs). It is, therefore, paramount for Aadhaar holders to check and ensure that their details fed into the Aadhaar database are accurate. But do you know how to check Aadhar Card status online?   Enrolment for an obtaining an Aadhaar number or updates in details given on the biometrics-based identity takes up to 90 days for completion. This was said by UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India, which issues the 12-digit Aadhaar card, on microblogging site Twitter. The status of an individual’s Aadhaar card can be determined easily through the internet by making use of the UIDAI’s online portal as well as through one’s mobile phone via an SMS or text message. Both methods are hassle-free processes and are extremely simple to use.Therefore, we bring to you a step-by-step guide on how to check Aadhar card status along with all the frequently asked questions about the same.

What is an earthquake?

Earthquakes with magnitude of about 2.0 or less are usually called microearthquakes; they are not commonly felt by people and are generally recorded only on local seismographs. Events with magnitudes of about 4.5 or greater - there are several thousand such shocks annually - are strong enough to be recorded by sensitive seismographs all over the world. Great earthquakes, such as the 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska, have magnitudes of 8.0 or higher. On the average, one earthquake of such size occurs somewhere in the world each year. Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake as determined from measurements on seismographs. An earthquake has one magnitude. The magnitude scale most commonly in use now is called the moment magnitude scale. Moment is a physical quantity proportional to the slip on the fault times the area of the fault surface that slips; it is related to the total energy released in the EQ. The moment magnitude p