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Kerala sets up fund to support tourism sector workers

October 10, 2021645 Views

Kerala Government has set up a Revolving Fund to provide interest-free loans up to Rs 10,000 to those employed in a wide range of activities in tourism sector without any collateral security, as part of schemes to revive the pandemic-hit industry that provides jobs to thousands across the state. As per the Government Order issued in this regard, the Revolving Fund has an initial corpus of Rs 10 crore, Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas said. “This fund comes when the tourism sector is poised for the post-pandemic surge. All those who are working in this vital sector can avail the benefit of this scheme to revive their activities”, the Minister said. Those who are employed in a range of activities related to tourism industry with membership in any of the registered tourism sec...

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Betla National Park in PTR opens for tourists

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October 1, 20211331 Views

The Betla National Park located in Jharkhand's 'Palamu Tiger Reserve' was thrown open for tourists on Friday, a senior forest official said. Also, the counting for wild animals has begun in the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), known globally for undertaking the world's first census for big cats as early as 1932. Betla National Park was closed for tourists for the last one and a half years from March 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kumar Ashutosh, Area Director of PTR told PTI: "The Betla National Park has been opened for tourists from today. The counting of wild animals has also been started." The director of the reserve said that the counting of wildlife is done after every four years. The last time the counting was done was in 2018. This counting is slated to be co...

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Nagaland to celebrate Hornbill festival

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October 1, 20211490 Views

With decline in COVID-19 cases, the Nagaland government is gearing up to organise the Hornbill festival this year from December one, a senior official said on Friday. Advisor for Tourism and Art & Culture, Khehovi Yeputhomi said this during a coordination meeting of line departments with tribal hohos (organisations) here on Friday. The state would be celebrating the Hornbill festival after a gap of a year... since its inception in 2000, the great hornbill festival could not be celebrated last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic but with the decrease in the positivity rate, the state will hold the festival this year, he said. In the past it was celebrated from December 1 to 10, nonetheless, the Advisor said that the number of days for the festival this time would soon be...

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Hanle in Ladakh now one of the most promising astronomical observatory

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October 1, 20211135 Views

The Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO) located at Hanle near Leh in Ladakh is becoming one of the promising observatory sites globally, said a recent study. This is due to its advantages of more clear nights, minimal light pollution, background aerosol concentration, extremely dry atmospheric condition, and uninterrupted by monsoon. Night sky from Hanle, Ladakh. Photo: Dorje Angchuk/Facebook Astronomers are constantly searching for ideal locations around the world to build their next big telescope based on local meteorological data collected over many years. Such studies are crucial in planning for future observatories and the prediction of how they will vary with time. Researchers from India and their collaborators carried out a detailed study of the night time cloud cover fr...

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Orang National Park to reopen on Thursday, Kaziranga & Manas a day later

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September 29, 20211023 Views

The Orang National Park (ONP) in Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam will reopen for tourists on Thursday after remaining closed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the monsoon, an official said. While, Kaziranga and Manas national parks will reopen on October 1. All COVID-19 protocols and safety guidelines will be followed for the visitors, ONP Divisional Forest Officer Pradipta Baruah said in a notice. Only a portion of the safari route inside the park will be opened for tourists at present due to the poor condition of roads owing to the recent flood, the DFO said. "The remaining part of the route will be opened after repairing the roads and it will be notified in due course," he added. The national park is located 32 km from Tezpur and 140 km from Gu...

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Sikkim eases norms for tourists

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September 27, 20211076 Views

The Sikkim government has eased norms for tourists visiting the state by doing away with mandatory checking of documents like vaccination certificates and RT-PCR test reports at the border check posts with effect from Monday. The in-bound tourists will not be required to show the documents like being vaccinated with minimum one dose of COVID vaccine or RT-PCR test report done 72 hours prior to entering the Himalayan state to officials manning the border check posts at Melli and Rangpo, a notification issued by the state government said. Earlier, tourists were required to show vaccination certificate or RT-PCR test report at the check posts before being allowed entry into Sikkim as per an earlier notification. Instead of the check post officials, the onus has been put on t...

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मंगोलिया से अफ्रीका वाया दोयांग

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 26, 20211560 Views

हर साल लाखों प्रवासी अमुर बाजों की मेजबानी करती है यह खूबसूरत झील नगालैंड की दोयांग झील - विशाल और खूबसूरत। कल्पना कीजिए कि आधे घंटे के भीतर कई लाखों की संख्या में अमुर बाज इस झील और उसके ऊपर के आसमान को पूरी तरह पाट दें- हर तरफ सिर्फ अमुर बाज! यकीनन यह दुनिया में पक्षियों के प्रवास की सबसे अनूठी कहानी है। इसका अनूठापन केवल इसके प्रवास में नहीं है बल्कि उसके संरक्षण में भी है। पिछले आठ सालों में संरक्षण की इस कोशिश ने दुनिया को चमत्कृत किया है। यह कहानी अमुर बाजों (फॉल्कन) की है। लोगों की भागीदारी से ऐसा कारनामा हुआ है। पहले जो लोग इन पक्षियों को मार देते थे वही लोग आज इन पक्षियों को बचाने का काम कर रहे हैं। कुछ इस तरह छा जाते हैं यहां के आकाश में अमुर बाज लेकिन अमुर बाजों का प्रवास अपने आप में विलक्षण है। कई लाखों की संख्या में ये बाज हर साल मध्य एशिया में मंगोलिया से दक्षिण ...

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Kerala Tourism showcases its strength at TTF-Ahmedabad

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September 24, 20211265 Views

As tourism in Kerala is regaining the pre-pandemic exuberance, the state has made a strong presence as a prime safe and clean destination of the country at the Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF) that opened in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Around 14 tour operators and hoteliers are participating as co-exhibitors at the Kerala pavilion set up by the State Tourism Department at the three-day expo at The Forum Celebration and Convention Centre, Ahmedabad, an official statement said here. India's biggest travel trade show, TTF provides a strong marketing and networking platform for the travel and tourism industry by bringing together major sellers and buyers. The theme of Kerala Tourism is 'A Change of Air', which subtly sums up the fresh ambience palpable in all destinations in the state, o...

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AWA preserves earliest surviving paintings from Badami caves in its vault

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 23, 2021552 Views

After the initiation of preservation of paintings on the Ajanta Caves, more restored artworks from ancient India, signifying a new tradition of art that gave birth to modern beliefs, are being preserved. The earliest surviving paintings of the Hindu faith, restored from Badami Caves in Karnataka (India), and ancient paintings from the mysterious and elegant Brihadeesvara temple, along with artificial intelligence driven catalogues of ancient artworks and white papers signifying India’s cultural legacy in different parts of the world, were included on Thursday in the Arctic World Archive in a physical as well as virtual ceremony AWA, on the remote Norwegian Island of Svalbard. Also presented to the vault was the copy of Durgasaptashati by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, u...

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Radhanagar beach retains Blue Flag certification

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September 23, 2021879 Views

Radhanagar beach in Swaraj Deep island of the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has retained the Blue flag certification for 2021-22, an official release said. The Radhanagar beach is in South Andaman district and is very popular with both domestic and foreign tourists. It is often termed as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The Blue flag certification is a globally recognised eco-label accorded by FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education), Denmark, based on 33 stringent criteria under four major heads - environmental education and information, bathing water quality, environmental management and conservation and safety and services at the beaches. Blue flag beach is an eco-tourism model endeavouring to provide the tourists or beachgoers clean and...