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Goa - Business and pleasure: The growing years
Goa teams tourism potential with industrial growth.. Goa is no longer just a coastal tourist paradise blessed by silvery and pristine beaches, historical temples and churches. It is fast emerging as a growing economy with Goans asking for ...
OTHER STATES:
New frontiers in science
The south Goa-based National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) is the nodal organisation for the co-ordination and implementation of the Indian Antarctic Programme, including the maintenance of India’s permanent station in ...
OTHER STATES:
Honing business
How does one get to stay in one of the most beautiful States, manage to study in one of the premier B-schools, and get placed in some of the most reputed companies in the country all at the same time? Ask those honing their business acumen at ...
OTHER STATES:
‘Goa is an international brand’
At a time when the State’s tourism is facing pressure under the rigours of industrial recession and spiralling inflation, Goa’s Minister for Tourism Francisco Xavier Pacheco has a plan to retain Goa’s position as a long-haul ...
OTHER STATES:
The green mine
Over the years Sesa Goa Ltd, Goa’s leading iron ore mining and export company, has been undertaking environmental protection activities in and around its operating facilities. Sesa Goa’s environmental management and ...
OTHER STATES:
Strategic positioning
Though ore continues to be its predominant cargo, there has been a steady increase in liquid bulk and general cargo traffic at the south Goa-based Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) ever since it joined the ranks of the major ports in the country. ...
OTHER STATES:
Gorkha chief threatens ‘walkout’ on statehood demand
The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief, Mr Bimal Gurung, has warned of a ‘walkout’ if the upcoming tripartite talks between the GJM, the Centre and the West Bengal Government do not focus on the Gorkhaland statehood ...
KARNATAKA:
11 dead as school bus falls into river
Mangalore, Aug. 14 As many as 11 persons, including seven children, were killed when a school bus fell into the Phalguni river at Ullaibettu near Gurupur village in Mangalore taluk on Thursday morning. ...
OTHER STATES:
Aid for Sikkim, Puducherry
The Union Cabinet has given its nod for grant of additional Central assistance to the Government of Sikkim and Union Territory of Puducherry for long-term reconstruction of the infrastructure damaged during floods of the 2005 season. The ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
EMRI in pact for better emergency management
Ties up with Public Health Foundation. Hyderabad, Aug. 14 Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) have signed a memorandum of understanding for better emergency ...
KERALA:
Sony launches new Bravia series of LCD TVs
Kochi, Aug 14 Sony India, for the first time in India, has introduced its new Bravia series of LCD TVs in Kochi on Thursday to coincide with the Onam festival season. ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Reddy reviews activities of medical institutes
Hyderabad, Aug. 14 The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has directed officials to complete the 450-bed hospital of the Visakhapatnam Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS) by December ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Airtel launches virtual campus
Hyderabad, Aug. 14 Telecom operator Airtel has announced the launch of ‘Airtel Mobile Campus’, a virtual place on the move. This feature helps converge Web, Wireless application protocol and SMS and gives a new dimension to mobile ...
TAMIL NADU:
Sripathi is new Special Chief Secretary
Mr K.S. Sripathi has been appointed the Special Chief Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government with the responsibilities on part with that of the Chief Secretary. ...
KERALA:
Artistic complex in Kochi
Kerala’s ethnic and cultural diversity has been recreated at Greenix Village, a unique artistic complex in Fort Kochi. The facility, intended for tourists, students and researchers across the globe will be inaugurated by the State Tourism ...
KERALA:
Airtel prepaid: STD calls at Re 1
Bharti Airtel has announced an attractive Independence Day offer for its prepaid customers in Kerala. The offer, which is valid for two days, August 15 and 16, allows Airtel customers to make STD calls to anywhere in India at just Re 1 a minute. ...
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