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India: Business & Economy
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In the past 15 years, India's trade with the US and Japan has been almost stagnant, but that with China has almost doubled every four years and is expected to touch $100bn by 2013.
In the next five years India has to produce 1,000,000 megawatt of power, and 20% of all power equipment is being bought from China.
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India has already started producing more additional GDP than Germany, and China is contributing more to the world economy incrementally than even the United States.
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India: History & Culture
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Uttar Pradesh: Hotels, banquet halls, bands and caterers are fully booked for Nov. 26-29 because they are auspicious days for marriage (Amarujala).
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India: Communication & Transportation
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Maharashtra: The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has sanctioned 2 billion rupees — about $38.3 million — for a new international airport in Pune (Daily News & Analysis). The Chakan International Airport, as it will be called, will be situated on a 1,730-acre site and linked to an international exhibition center at Moshi by a metro rail line.
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India: History & Culture
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Neither the state of Kerala nor the descendants of the Travancore royal family have made any claim on the treasure more than £12bn ($20bn), which they say is the property of the 16th Century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and its deity. Security has since been stepped up at the temple, which is now one of the richest in the world.
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India: History & Culture
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The India Supreme Court ordered an inspection of the 16th Century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple vaults and when inspectors broke through, they found huge amounts of treasure including diamonds, jewellery, pots and gold coins.
Local legend had long held that vast riches had been interred in the walls and vaults of the temple by the Maharajahs of Travancore over many years.
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India: History & Culture
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The man who led a legal battle which led to the recent discovery of treasure worth billions of dollars in an Indian temple has died at the age of 70.
TP Sundara Rajan, a retired police officer, petitioned for the vaults of the 16th Century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in #Kerala to be opened.
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An eight-day excursion on Indian Railways (www.irctc.co.in) that includes historic Buddhist places in northern India, before ending at the Taj Mahal
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One luxury train is the Mahaparinirvana Express, an eight-day excursion on Indian Railways (www.irctc.co.in) that includes historic Buddhist places in northern India, before ending at the #TajMahal. Starting from New Delhi, includes air-conditioned sleeper cars, meals, hotels and English-speaking guides. Tickets range from $665 a person for a three-tier sleeper to about $1,050 for first class. #tajmahal #IndianRailways
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India: Housing, Lodging & Rentals
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In Sarnath, the Shangri-la Tibetan Restaurant (Dharmapala Road; 91-988-992-8289) serves great thukpa, as well.
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In Bodhgaya, the Tibetan Market, near the Kalachakra Grounds, has Buddhist-themed food tents serving Tibetan dishes like momos (meat or vegetable dumplings) and other Tibetan specialties. American-style breakfasts are available at the Aahar Restaurant in the Embassy Hotel (Dumhan Road; 91-631-220-07711), opposite the Thai Temple.
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India: Housing, Lodging & Rentals
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In Kushinagar, the Yama Cafe (91-995-611-2749), on Mahaparinirvana Path near the Chinese Temple, is a mandatory stop for ample dishes and a scrumptious thukpa, a Tibetan noodle soup; just don’t look in the kitchen.
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India: History & Culture
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King Ashoka planted a pilar in Sarnath — he left around 84,000 Buddhist pillars and stupas throughout his kingdom — depicting four snarling lions, standing back-to-back with veins popping from their legs, protecting the dharma, or Buddhist teachings. The lions are now the national emblem of India; the dharmachakra wheel on the capital base is the symbol in the middle of India’s flag.
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India: History & Culture
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After his enlightenment in Bodhgaya, the newly minted Buddha walked 160 miles west to a deer reserve now called Sarnath outside Varanasi to deliver his famous teaching on the Four Noble Truths.
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India: History & Culture
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Bodhgaya in Bihar state. It was there under a pipal, a fig tree, that the 35-year-old ascetic Siddhartha meditated in about 528 B.C. until he attained enlightenment, the state beyond existential restlessness.
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India: History & Culture
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Mahaparinirvana temple in Kushinagar, a 1956 shrine at a bend of the road leading out of town. The shrine contains a 20-foot sandstone statue from the fifth century A.D. of the dying Buddha, lying vacant-faced on his right side. Since it was discovered in a temple ruin in 1876, the iconic figure has drawn thousands of devotees, who leave offerings of fruit, flowers and candy. #temples
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Curries in #Rajasthan are often simple and spicy, not the extravagant cooking the guidebooks often promise -- and almost always vegetarian. A clean, hygienic spot is Khandelwal Pavitra Bhojnalaya in Jaipur, basically a big room with rows of tables and fresh food made at the kitchen out front.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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Passengers aboard the Maharaja Express' seven day Delhi-to-Kolkata trip visit dozens of sites in eastern Indian including the #temples of Khajuraho, the tigers at Bandhavgarh National Park and the bathers of the Ganges River. All itineraries begin or end with a visit to the #TajMahal. The train will operate September through April. Rates start at $5,600 a person for a seven-day trip. #IndianRailways
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Eight-day Mumbai to Delhi trip travels through western India
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The Maharaja Express, which caters to luxury travelers seeking to explore the vast country with style and ease, arrives at a new station every morning for off-rail excursions. The eight-day Mumbai to Delhi trip travels through western India with sightseeing stops at Udaipur palaces, an #elephant #polo match near Jaipur and a #tiger safari through Ranthambore National Park. #IndianRailways
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India: Travel & Tourism
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India’s first cross-country luxury train the Maharaja Express a 23-car train, which was inspired by the lavish cars of India’s colonial-era princes, has two ornate restaurants with decorative vaulted ceilings, an observation lounge and 43 sleeper rooms that start at roughly 110 square feet.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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India’s first cross-country luxury train the Maharaja Express will make its maiden journey from Mumbai to Delhi on March 6, 2010, stringing together subcontinental highlights from the iconic Taj Mahal to remote habitats of tigers. #wildlife #indianrailways
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India: Food and Restaurants
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A crescendo of mangoes takes place March through May every year in India. To enjoy mangoes head for Mumbai. The city is the first stop of the beloved Alphonso mango — widely considered the king of the mangoes — which grows in the surrounding Maharashtra and Gujarat countryside. The best specimens are said to come from Ratnagiri to the south of the city.
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India: Travel & Tourism
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The golden gate in Leh marks the starting point of the highway that connects to Manali in the Kullu Valley.
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The Indian Army routinely checks IDs on the Leh-Manali Highway. The military built it in the 1980s as a supply route to forces defending borders near Pakistan and China.
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Twisting some 295 miles through Himalayan peaks, the Leh-Manali Highway in northern India is one of the world's highest and most remote highways. The highway can take up to two days to complete by motorcycle or car, and during the winter it closes because of heavy snowfall.
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Twisting some 295 miles through Himalayan peaks, the Leh-Manali Highway in northern India is one of the world's highest and most remote highways. This stretch of spectacularly scenic but rough road passes by lost-in-time villages, narrow mountain passages and ancient Buddhist monasteries.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Sheesha (7th Floor, Shopper’s Stop, Linking Road, Bandra West; 91-22-6677-0555?) has a warm, intimate ambience, thanks to colored lanterns strung from wooden beams. It also serves what is arguably the best butter naan (45 rupees) in Bandra. The succulent murgh afghani tikka (225 rupees), marinated in yogurt with cilantro, has wonderful smoky undertones.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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For a magical view, check out Koyla (Gulf Hotel, N.A. Azmi Street, 91-22-6636-9999; www.koylaethniccuisine.com) in Colaba. From the Gulf Hotel’s cramped lobby, take the elevator up to an expansive rooftop covered in sand, where tables under white canopies overlook the Taj Palace Hotel and Arabian Sea.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Sheesha Skylounge (2nd Floor, Laxmi Estate, Off Link Road, Veera Desai Road, Andheri; 91-22-2673-2345) in the northern suburb of Andheri. Sheesha Skylounge has a D.J. every night of the week and serves liquor. But if you’ve come for the food, try the paneer kadai (230 rupees, about $5 at 47 rupees to the dollar), a silky mild cheese served in a gently spiced sauce.
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India: Communication & Transportation
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GSM ( Global System for Mobile Communications) originated in Europe in 1990.The GSM Association is an international organization founded in 1987.
While CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access ) is a proprietary standard designed by Qualcomm Inc in United States and has been the dominant network standard for North America and parts of Asia. It became an international standard in 1995.
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GSM and CDMA are the two kinds of mobile phone services availabe in India. In fact these are the two main competing network technologies deployed by cellular service providers world over.
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India: Communication & Transportation
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Cellular Abroad Rental Service for India
Rent a cell phone for your trip to India and enjoy the convenience and security of a cell phone while avoiding the high cost of roaming with a US number. Cellular Abroad offers cellular phone rentals for India and over 120 other countries.
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Discover how to dial locally within India. If you are dialing a place in India with the same city code as which you are calling, just dial the number. If the number has a different city code, dial "0," plus the city code, plus the phone number. Prepare to call the United States from India. First dial "00" Then dial "1". Follow that by the area code and phone number.
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Call your cell phone provider to make sure that they offer phone coverage in India. Ask to be upgraded to international roaming. Consider renting a cell phone or SIM card to use with your personal cell phone if your cellular company does not offer coverage in India.
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Purchase the correct plug adaptors from an electronics store before you leave home so that you can charge your cell phone while in India. India uses plug types "C" and "D." Use a transformer that can handle 230 volts, which is the voltage used in India, when charging your cell phone. Your cell phone will likely fry if you do not use the correct transformer.
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India: Shopping
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One of the newer chic stores is Bliss (180, Aram Nagar 1, Fisheries University Road, 7 Bungalows, Mumbai; 91-22-2633-2111), a two-level boutique housed in a gated white cottage with blue windows and doors. Fashions by emerging Indian designers dominate the first floor, while the second offers a selection of furniture and home goods.
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India: Food and Restaurants
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Marimba (Dream Square, off Veera Desai Road, Mumbai; 91-22-2673-3333), which occupies a 7,000-square-foot space, features live bands from around the world two nights a week and features D.J.’s the rest of the week. Ubuntu, a fine dining restaurant attached to the lounge, serves a mix of Thai, Indian and South African dishes, like barbecued mutton, chicken peri-peri and spicy green curry.
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Indigo Cafe (Clifton Trishul Co-op Housing Society, Oshiwara Village, off Link Road, Mumbai; 91-22-2633-6262). The cafe has a casual feel and serves good Western comfort food like eggs Benedict and chicken sloppy joes.
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India: People & Places
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Andheri in North Mumbai was best known for being the largest suburb in India’s largest city. But this once-bland area has reinvented itself into a destination neighborhood full of elegant flats, trendy restaurants and bars, top-quality spas and a mix of big name-brand stores and homegrown boutiques.
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