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India’s women-only building sites
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While domestic work in India is overwhelmingly done by women, construction is predominantly a male-dominated trade. You do find women on building sites but they are usually restricted to menial tasks and rarely get to upgrade their skills. Read more...
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India is now home to the world?s first airport that runs entirely on solar power
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Cochin International Airport in Kerala is now officially the world?s first airport thats runs exclusively on solar power. The facility is now reportedly absolutely power neutral meaning it creates just as much energy as it consumes. That?s a pretty impressive feat when you consider that Cochin International is one of the biggest airports in India, with over 1,500,000 square feet of terminal space alone. Read more...
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Taj Mahal chandelier crash investigation ordered
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The Indian authorities have ordered an inquiry into why a chandelier hanging at the entrance of the country's most famous monument, the #TajMahal, crashed to the ground earlier this week.
Eye-witnesses say an employee was cleaning the two-metre high chandelier when it came down on Wednesday.
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India reveals world’s first 100 percent solar-powered airport
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Cochin, a city in the South Indian state of Kerala announced that its international airport will now run completely on solar power from 46,150 panels laid across 45 acres.
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China's Premier Tech Manufacturer Going To India
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#BuyAMobilePhone India has every incentive to make the world?s largest contract manufacturer of electronics successful. ?This is not just a flagship investment but an anchor investment, which could help a full electronic system design and manufacturing value chain to come up in India,? says Rajat Dhawan of McKinsey.
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Parrot 'arrested for swearing at 85-year-old woman' in India
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#Wildlife A parrot has been detained by police in India after an elderly woman filed a complaint against it for making abusive comments. The parrot, named as Hariyal, was reportedly trained for two years by its owner, Suresh Sakharkar, to abuse his stepmother, Janabai. Read more...
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University of Tubingen in Germany will be setting up a chair dedicated to the teaching of Malayalam
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#BooksAboutIndia University of Tubingen in Germany will be setting up a chair dedicated to the teaching of and research in Malayalam. It is being named after Hermann Gundert, a missionary scholar who lived and worked in Tellichery in the 19th century and did trailblazing work in codifying Malayalam grammar and writing its first dictionary. His grandson was Nobel laureat Hermann Hesse, whose book Siddhartha, first published in the US in 1951.
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Rasa Shiraz won a wine award in 2010 and is produced by Sula Vineyards, India
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#WinesOfIndia Its aroma is fruity and lively. It is also thought to be one of the best brands of Indian red wines when it comes to export. Normally, Sula produces only 1,700 cases of this wine, which makes it a collector’s item. Its taste is complex and goes well with experimental food and barbecues. MSRP Rs. 1290
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India's Mars Orbiter Captures Striking View of Red Planet's Canyons
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India's Mars Orbiter, which arrived at the Red Planet late last year, has just sent back a beautiful shot of the Ophir Chasma, a system of deep valleys and scalloped terrain in the Valles Marineris region. Areas with major geological features like this tend to show off the various layers of materials making up the surface. Read more...
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Here’s what India’s biggest cities looked like centuries ago
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Courtesy of New Delhi’s National Museum newly opened “Cosmology to Cartography” exhibition, here are some early maps of India’s biggest cities, accompanied by short excerpts from the exhibit’s catalogue.
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India arrests over bid to sell 410-year-old Koran
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The 604-page Koran is written in black italics on golden paper and has gems embedded on the cover.
Experts estimate it to be around 410 years old, written soon after the death of Mughal emperor Akbar who ruled from 1556 to 1605. Read more...
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Indian tourist visas: e-visa scheme extended to British travellers
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#GetIndianVisa From August 15, Britons will be one of 113 nationalities who will be able to apply for India's “e-Tourist visa”, making the process of obtaining correct entry documents cheaper and quicker.
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Mysore tops 10 cleanest cities in India list, Delhi fares poorly at 398
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New Delhi: Mysore has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings among 476 cities in the country with three more places from Karnataka figuring in the top 10. Read more...
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The Raj at War: A People’s History of India’s Second World War review – how the conflict brought an end to British rule
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#BooksAboutIndia A vast force was assembled and sent west into Africa and the Middle East to fight Germans, Italians and their allies, and then to the far east, to combat the Japanese, who dismembered the British empire there in a matter of months in early 1942. Read more...
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Holy cow! India is the world's largest beef exporter
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A country where cows are sacred is exporting a record amount of red meat.
India was the world's top beef exporter last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, widening its lead over other more established suppliers such as Brazil and Australia.
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Looking for a grocery store or Indian restaurant in the Buffalo, NY area?
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#IndianCuisineUSA Looking for a grocery store or Indian restaurant in the Buffalo, NY area? Come to Spices of India for all your Indian food needs today! Phone #: (716) 633-4800 Fax #: (716) 633-0808 Address: 438 Evans St. | Williamsville, NY 14221 Read more...
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Indian grocery store opens in Folsom, California.
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#IndianGroceryUSA Spice World, opened this month at 24988 Blue Ravine Road in Folsom, California. The locally owned store specializes in Indian groceries and sells items such as spices, tea, incense, basmati rice and fresh produce. It's owned by Farhat Osman and covers about 1,250 square feet.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia NEW DELHI: Passengers on international flights from and to India will soon be able to pay for merchandise or refreshments on board in rupees, as the government is considering a proposal to allow carriers flying into the country to bring in the local currency.
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Internships in India for College & University students.
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Read more... The students finding India's internships online In the past few years many online businesses have been set up in India to connect college and university students with companies offering internships - short spells working for a firm that might help them stand out from their peers.
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The Elephant Festival of Jaipur, Rajasthan.
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@Wildlife The extraordinary painted elephants of India – in pictures
The Elephant Festival takes over the city of Jaipur every year. The animals are draped with jewellery and given majestic multicolour makeovers (complete with pedicures), before doing a procession through the streets. Later they race, play elephant polo and take part in a human v animal tug-of-war.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia Enjoy up to 30% off in Premiere and Economy on flights across India. The offer is valid on one way journey only. Child discount is not permitted. Tickets From Rs 1,499. The Jet Airways offer is applicable for bookings made between July 8 and July 13, 2015, for travel between July 20, 2015 and October 15, 2015. Read more...
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia Mumbai: Budget carrier GoAir today announced the launch of its special one-way fares starting from Rs 999 for travel from 27 January to 14 April 2016 and from Rs 1,299 for travel from 1 July to 30 September 2015. These fares can be availed by customers to go to their destinations across GoAir?s network. The offer fare tickets can be booked from 26 to 30 June 2015. GoAir Customer Care
Call: 092 - 2322 - 2111/020 - 2566 - 2111
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Indian railways - Exchange your train ticket & fly to your destination instead.
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#IndianRailways Unable to travel in a train because your waitlist ticket could not be confirmed? Do not cancel your trip as now you have the option to fly to your destination at a competitive fare. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has tied up with GoAir and SpiceJet airlines for the benefit of such rail passengers to book their air tickets on IRCTC site. "The passenger try for air ticket through www.air.irctc.co.in for a sector in which the flight and seats are available.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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#FlightsToIndia AirAsia India ‘Big Sale’ offer: Fly in India for Rs 799; Sidney, Melbourne airfare slashed to Rs 5,739
AirAsia India 'Big Sale' offer: AirAsia India on Monday announced 'Big Sale' offering domestic air tickets at Rs 799 for flights from Bengaluru to Goa, Kochi, Pune, New Delhi and many more destinations. Read more...
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India: Festival and Events
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15 August 2015 India Independence Day - Naperville (US): The Chicago suburb of Naperville will officially host the India Independence Day parade this year, making it the first city in Midwest America to do so. The parade will be held on August 16, a Sunday. Naperville's Indian Community Outreach Organization(ICO) and the Alliances of Midwest Indian Association have jointly organized the parade.
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#Wildlife Monsoon Floods Kill 10 Endangered Lions - at least 10 of the country's 523 lions killed — the last members of the subspecies left anywhere in the wild — as well as prey animals, including more than 80 spotted deer and 1,670 Asian antelope called blue bulls, according to a report submitted over the weekend to the federal environment ministry in New Delhi. Read more...
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India: Schools, Colleges & Universities
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Nalanda drew students not only from all over India, but also from China, Japan, Korea, Sumatra, and other Asian lands with Buddhist connections, and a few from elsewhere, including Turkey. It was the only institution of higher learning outside China to which any Chinese in the ancient world ever went for education. Read more...
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Revival of Nalanda Mahavihara, the oldest university in the world.
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India: The Stormy Revival of an International University The new venture is meant to be a revival of Nalanda Mahavihara, the oldest university in the world, which began in the early fifth century. By the time the first European university was established in Bologna in 1088, Nalanda had been providing higher education to thousands of students from Asian countries for more than six hundred years. Read more...
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