Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) plans to build a Monorail corridor inside General Jagannathrao Bhosale (JB) Park at Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg district to lure tourists over a distance of around 400 metre. The park, named after Jagannathrao Bhosale, a veteran freedom fighter, has a playing area for children, a cultural gathering area, an amusement park, […]
Category Archives: India
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Mar
Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has been placed in the Guinness World Records in three sectors. It includes largest traffic and crowd management plan, the biggest painting exercise of public sites under paint my city scheme and biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism. It was announced by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in a […]
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Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department has organized a food festival at AS Raja Grounds MVP Colony in Visakhapatnam on Friday, 1st March 2019. The event was inaugurated by HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao in the presence of AP Protocol additional secretary M Ashok Babu. The festival showcased different types of indigenous food tastes of Andhra Pradesh, […]
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The expo is organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India with a concept – Global Housing Technology Challenge – India (GHTC- India), which aims to identify and mainstream a basket of innovative technologies from across the globe that are sustainable and disaster-resilient. PM Modi inaugurated the event in New Delhi today. […]
India, Kerala, Medical Tourism, News
IIM Kozhikode to host International Conference on Global Health and Medical Tourism
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IIM Kozhikode is hosting an International Conference on Global Health and Medical Tourism (GIoHMT) on March 7-10, 2019. The event will be organized in association with the tourism department of government of Kerala and MVR Cancer Centre & Research Institute. Renowned Ayurveda Medical center, Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala will also take part in the event, […]
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Mar
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, will inaugurate a four-lane flyover at Dhaula Kuan junction near Dhaula Kuan Metro Station on NH 8 today. The flyover is expected to reduce waiting time at the traffic light by 30 minutes at peak hours. This is the first step towards development of an eight-lane, […]
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Mar
Assam is having the first train of Indian Railways to be fully branded with a state government publicity campaign. The 12552/12251 Kamakhya-Yesvantpur- Kamakhya AC Express became the first Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) train to be used for promoting the brand ‘Awesome Assam’ of the Assam Tourism Department. The train was flagged off by tourism minister […]
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Mar
Mar
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, have visit Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu today and inaugurated a series of development projects for Kanyakumari and Tamil Nadu, which will play a vital role in enhancing rail and road connectivity throughout the state. Prime Minister will launch various railways projects at Kanyakumari Modi flagge off Tejas Express between Madurai and Chennai, […]
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Mar
Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for AYUSH, laid foundation stone for National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) today at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Union Minister of State for External Affairs General V K Singh was present on the occasion. Addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony, Shripad Yesso Naik informed that the Ministry of AYUSH […]
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Radhanagar Beach at Havelock Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands become one among the 25 best beaches in the world as per TripAdvisor’s annual Travelers’ Choice 2019. Radha Nagar came 16th in the list of 25 best beaches in the world and first in the best beaches in Asia. Popular for its breath taking beauty, Radhanagar […]
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Mar
OYO, the budget hotel chain, is seeking the possibility of having the loss making properties of Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department to be added to its chain of hotels. OYO today said to have preliminary discussions with the UP Tourism Department and UP State Tourism Development Corporation (UPSTDC) officials in Lucknow. “We are keen to partner […]
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Feb
As part of enhancing travel experience of the passengers and to bring greater transparency, a new facility for ‘Public Viewing of Train Charts and Vacant Berths’ is launched by Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal. Railway Board Chairman, V K Yadav, Member Traffic, Railway Board, Girish Pillai, other Railway Board Members and senior officials […]
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Feb
On the formation of Telengana state, Indian Railways was required to examine establishing a new railway zone in the successor State of Andhra Pradesh. The matter has been examined in detail in consultation with stake holders and it has been decided to go ahead with creation of a new zone with headquarter at Visakhapatnam. […]
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Feb
The Ministry of Civil Aviation, in association with Airports Authority of India, AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company Limited and Confederation of Indian Industry has organized the Aviation Conclave 2019 with an overarching theme of ‘Flying for All’ in New Delhi today, 27th February 2019. Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Civil Aviation, stated that […]
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Feb
Ministry of AYUSH and WHO has been jointly organizing a three days Working Group Meeting for reviewing the WHO document ‘Benchmarks for Training in Yoga, from 26-28 February, 2019 at New Delhi. The meeting is coordinated by Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY). WHO is developing Benchmarks Document for Training in Yoga as part […]