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Because of this skill, homing pigeons were used to carry messages, a practice referred to as "pigeon post". Until the introduction of telephones, they were used commercially to deliver communication; when used during wars, they were called "war pigeons". The homing pigeon is also called a mail pigeon or messenger pigeon, and colloquially a homer.
Since India became independent in 1947, the postal service continues to function on a nationwide basis, providing a variety of services. The structure of the organization has the directorate at its apex; below it are circle offices, regional offices, the superintendent's offices, head post offices, sub-post offices and branch offices.
This is a list of postal entities by country. It includes: The governmental authority responsible for postal matters. The regulatory authority for the postal sector. Postal regulation may include the establishment of postal policies, postal rates, postal services offered, budgeting for and financing postal operations.
Sri Vairab Kartikeyan Pandian (also known as V Karthikeyan Pandian, born 29 May 1974), is a former member of the Biju Janata Dal from the state of Odisha and a former IAS officer. He held the post of Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives) with the rank of a Cabinet Minister during Fifth Naveen Patnaik ministry.
Naveen Patnaik (Odia: [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician, writer and former Chief Minister of Odisha who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024.
19th-century English postman . A mail carrier, also referred to as a mailman, mailwoman, mailperson, postal carrier, postman, postwoman, postperson, person of post, [1] letter carrier (in American English), or colloquially postie (in Australia, [2] Canada, [3] New Zealand, [4] and the United Kingdom [5]), is an employee of a post office or postal service who delivers mail and parcel post to ...
The volume of mail moved by the postal system increased relentlessly, doubling between 1854 and 1866, then doubling again by 1871. The Post Office Act XIV introduced reforms by 1 May 1866 to correct some of the more apparent postal system deficiencies and abuses. Postal service efficiencies also were introduced.
Tracking packages with stationary bar code reader in a warehouse sorting operation. Package tracking or package logging is the process of localizing shipping containers, mail and parcel post at different points of time during sorting, warehousing, and package delivery to verify their provenance and to predict and aid delivery.