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NFC is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology that enables the exchange of data between devices over about a 10 cm distance. NFC is an upgrade of the existing proximity card standard (RFID) that combines the interface of a smartcard and a reader into a single device. It allows users to seamlessly share content between digital devices, pay bills wirelessly or even use their cellphone as an electronic traveling ticket on existing contactless infrastructure already in use for public transportation. The significant advantage of NFC over Bluetooth is the shorter set-up time. Instead of performing manual configurations to identify Bluetooth devices, the connection between two NFC devices is established at once (under a 1/10 second). Due to its shorter range, NFC provides a higher degree of security than Bluetooth and makes NFC suitable for crowded areas where correlating a signal with its transmitting physical device (and by extension, its user) might otherwise p...

Sab Ka Malik Ak

Shirdi Sai Baba , also called  Sai Baba of Shirdi , (born 1838?—died October 15, 1918), spiritual leader dear to  Hindu  and  Muslim  devotees throughout  India  and in  diaspora   communities  as far flung as the  United States  and the Caribbean. The name Sai Baba comes from  sai , a  Persian  word used by Muslims to denote a holy person, and  baba ,  Hindi  for father. Sai Baba’s early years are a mystery. Most accounts mention his birth as a Hindu  Brahman  and his subsequent adoption by a Sufi  fakir , or  mendicant . Later in life he claimed to have had a Hindu  guru . Sai Baba arrived in Shirdi, in the western Indian state of  Maharashtra , about 1858 and remained there until his death in 1918. At first denounced by the villagers of Shirdi as a madman, by the turn of the century Sai Baba had a considerable following of Hindus and Muslims, attracted by his ...