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The Himalayan tea train that's running out of steam
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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway once took precious #tea from the foothills of the mountains to the teapots of the world. But it's become a victim of the colossal inefficiency of the state-run system and is facing a slow extinction through neglect, says David Baillie. #IndianRailways Read more...
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India considers banning elephant rides
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Elephant riding in Goa and Rajasthan may be banned by India's Supreme Court after the popular tourist past time came under scrutiny by officials, according to The Times of India. A number of judges voiced their concerns that the animals might possibly be subject to torture at the hands of their owners at popular tourist locations. #Wildlife Read more...
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Beatles' Indian retreat opened to public
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#Music An abandoned spiritual retreat in the Indian town of #Rishikesh where The Beatles learned to meditate has been opened to the public.
The Beatles spent time at the 18-acre ashram, meditating and writing songs in 1968. Many of the songs made it onto the band's iconic White Album. Read more...
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India's Influence on Jewelry Endures
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#Jewelry #Diamond Today, India’s sophisticated gemological tradition and the artistry of its jewelry makers are gaining wider appreciation, and jewels from the Indian subcontinent are attracting a growing collectors market. Read more...
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Kala Ghoda's slow demise: Why Mumbai's cultural soul is fraying
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India's iconic #music store, Rhythm House, located in the famous cultural district of Kala Ghoda in the western city of Mumbai is set to close early next year. Sidharth Bhatia laments the passing away of the city's oldest music store and the decay of the cultural district. Read more...
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Taj Mahal: India monument 'not a Hindu temple'
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#TajMahal India's government has rejected claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple.
Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not found any evidence to support the claim. Read more...
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India set to unveil global solar alliance of 120 countries at Paris climate summit
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India’s prime minister Narendra Modi is poised to launch an international solar alliance of around 120 countries with the French president Françoise Hollande at the Paris climate summit on Monday.
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Toronto police charge business owner after allegedly unsafe Tandoori ovens sold
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#IndianGroceryUSA #IndianCuisineCanada Anyone who purchased a Tandoori oven or a stock-pot burner from Kitchen Queen appliance stores on Danforth Avenue, Gerrard Street East or Markham Road is urged to immediately stop using the equipment and contact their fuel distributor, the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) and Toronto Police Service (TPS).
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Ancient Sanskrit to be used to teach medicine and law in India
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#BooksAboutIndia Sanskrit will be used to teach science, medicine and law at schools and universities across India under the latest bid to revive the ancient language. A new committee has been charged with promoting the use of the classical language, which was once spoken across the Indian subcontinent but today has just 14,000 native speakers. Read more...
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India 'man-eating' tiger shot dead after attacking guard
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#Wildlife #Tiger Forest workers say a tiger who killed and ate a farmer a few days ago has been shot dead after attacking a forest guard in southern India.
The tiger was killed when it caught hold of the guard who was tying a buffalo calf as a bait to a tree in the Bandipur forest range, officials said. Read more...
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Chennai unchained: can India's first cycle cafe make bikes cool again?
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#Cycling The ?Detroit of India? doesn?t have a single urban bike lane, its planners are obsessed with widening roads and even the poorest people want a car for status. But cycling activists are finding new strength in numbers Read more...
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Tilapia Farming in India: A Billion Dollar Business
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#Seafood #Tilapia farming in India is growing day by day. India is geographically poised to be the world leader in the fisheries sector. Being the biggest peninsula in the world, with its vast coastline of 7,517 km and Exclusive Economic Zone of 200 nautical miles, network of lakes, rivers and numerous other inland water bodies, it can easily surpass any other nation in fish production. Read more...
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Taj Mahal: India's top court orders crematorium to move
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India's Supreme Court has ordered the removal of a wood-burning crematorium near the #TajMahal to protect the famous monument to love from pollution.
The court acted after a judge warned the crematorium's smoke could damage the 17th Century marble mausoleum. Read more...
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The Fabric of India: Win a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in India 3 October 2015 - 10 January 2016
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#FabricOfIndia To celebrate the V&A India Festival we are offering you the chance to win an exotic holiday to India. Thanks to Indus Experiences one lucky winner and guest will explore the vibrant culture of India with a two-week tailor made experience. Read more...
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A One Trillion Dollar Hidden Treasure Chamber is Discovered at India's Sree Padmanabhaswam Temple
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What has not been acknowledged by the Indian Court is the existence of a hidden inner chamber beyond Vault B. This chamber is historical told to have thick walls made of solid #gold and it is where the mystery really exists, and could contain the largest undiscovered treasure find in the history of the world. In an inventory list from August 2014, Vault A contained 2,000 pounds of gold coins, dating to around 2000 B.C. Read more...
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Paris Attacks: Air India, Jet Airways flights to continue in France despite emergency
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#FlightsToIndia Flights and trains will continue into France, even as the country is shaken by a series of terrorist attacks last night. #JetAirways and AirIndia said their flights to Paris will operate as per schedule. Both carriers operate one daily flight on their own from Mumbai and Delhi respectively. Read more...
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Everything you wanted to know about Olive Oil in India
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#OliveOil India Says it Will Expand Olive Oil Production. Committing to a larger investment in the crop, the state government will increase the amount of land dedicated to olive tree cultivation. Read more...
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BMW’s Incredible New Bike Is Out & It’s Made In India!
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#MakeInIndia #BMW One cylinder, low weight, powerful dynamic performance – the BMW G 310 R embodies the pure essence of a BMW roadster: it has neither too little nor too much of anything. Pragmatic in the best sense of the word, it offers precisely what is needed – for dynamic performance and comfort, both in town and out in the country. Read more...
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Why India is about to move to the ‘center stage’ of world energy
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The key reason is that the coming decades will also see an incredible one-third growth in overall energy consumption through 2040, much of which will still be satisfied by coal and other fossil fuels.– India, home to 1.3 billion people, 240 million of whom lack electricity, most of them living in rural areas. Read more...
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India plans 2 percent flight tax to fund regional air travel boost
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#FlightsToIndia India plans to impose a 2 percent levy on most domestic and international airline tickets, the government said on Friday, raising funds to improve regional air travel infrastructure as part of a long-awaited proposal to get more Indians flying. Read more...
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India sues the Queen for return of 'stolen' £100m Koh-i-Noor diamond
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#Diamond #Jewelry It was once the world's largest-known diamond, is worth a reported £100m and is currently part of Britain's crown jewels. The diamond can only be worn by a woman or a god, according to legend. Read more...
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'Digital India' Initiative Gets Big Boost From Oracle
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#DigitalIndia “Digital India,” a project to modernize and dramatically expand the country’s digital infrastructure. The initiative, which is expected to cost more than US $17 billion over the next three to five years, is intended to increase mobile connectivity and public access to the Internet across the country, including connecting rural areas through high-speed networks. Read more...
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Apple Watch lands in India
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The starting price for the Apple Watch Sport in India is 30,900 rupees ($468) for the 38mm version and 34,900 rupees for the 42mm edition. From there, the price shoots all the way up to 8.2 lakh ($12,400) and as high as 14.2 lakh ($21,480) for the Apple Watch Edition.
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Tamil Nadu to appoint India's first transgender police officer
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The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is to hire the country's first transgender police officer after a court cleared hurdles that faced one applicant. Read more...
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Chili pepper shortage dampens the heat of Indian cuisine in USA
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#IndianCuisineUSA A federal ban on certain green chili peppers has sent shockwaves through the Indian restaurant world — with chefs from Curry Hill to Jackson Heights scrambling to find fiery alternatives and customers crying spiceless tears over their weak chicken tikka masala and vindaloo. Read more...
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Earn Interest on Your Family Gold!
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#Gold Deposit Scheme (GDS) is in the nature of a fixed deposit in gold. The customers can deposit their idle gold under GDS which will provide them safety, interest earnings, tax benefits and a lot more. Read more...
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India is counting its butterflies for the first time since Independence
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#Wildlife India finally has its first comprehensive catalogue of butterflies since 1947. Peter Smetacek, a scientist at the Butterfly Research Centre at Bhimtal, spent years putting together a synoptic list of the 1,318 species found across the country. The exercise is not only to document the variety of butterflies in India, but to help save India’s rivers. Read more...
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Konark Temple: stories in stone celebrate miracle of the sun
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For many visitors, this is as good as it gets, but just half an hour away by road is the spectacular #Konark #Temple and this is the real reason I’ve come to Puri. “Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man,” wrote 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Read more...
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F1 visa students may be allowed to work for 6 years in the USA, like H-1B visa holders
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#H1B Department of Homeland Security (DHS) moving forward with proposals to expand the work authorization period for international students on F1 visas once they graduate, known technically as OPT (Optional Practical Training), and make it the same as for H-1B visa workers: a total of six years. Read more...
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India's telecom firms gear up for deals as competition heats ups
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#BuyAMobilePhone India's crowded telecoms sector is preparing for a long-awaited shake-up as highly indebted players jostle for access to costly airwaves and brace for the launch of a deep-pocketed new rival backed by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani. With about 980 million wireless users, India's mobile market trails only that of China. Read more...
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India Bhavan is open at 2611 Holmgren Way, Green Bay, Wisconsin
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#Biryani #IndianCuisineUSA Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays for lunch, and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays for dinner. The mega buffet will be available during lunch hours. The telephone number is (920) 499-1414. The website is: Read more...
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One Man's Plan to Build Singapore in India Sends Land Soaring
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#RealEstateForSale To build a new Singapore, Naidu, 65, turned to the Singaporeans. A master plan was developed in cooperation with the island-state’s government. An initial core area with government buildings should be completed by 2019, said P. Narayana, Andhra Pradesh’s minister of urban development. Land in the area that sold for as little as 1 million rupees per acre last year is now going for as much as 15 times that. Read more...
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E-commerce Resuscitates Moribund India Post, World's Largest Postal System
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#IndiaPost A declining state-owned firm has received a new lease of life on account of India’s e-commerce boom. India Post, the world’s largest postal system with 154,882 post offices staffed by 460,000 employees handling over six billion pieces of mail annually, has begun to flourish after offering deliveries to a host of leading online retailers
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