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Kerala Tourism campaign wins Golden City Gate Award
Kerala Tourism’s campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ has won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016. The multimedia campaign contains three short films directed by reputed Malayalam filmmaker Anwar Rasheed. It has won ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016
E-Tourist Visa Scheme extended to 37 more countries
The Union Government has extended e-Tourist Visa Scheme to 37 more countries. With this, the total count of countries under the scheme will become 150. The new countries included in e-Tourist Visa scheme are Austria, Albania, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Union Government launches Swachh Paryatan mobile app
Union Government has launched ‘Swachh Parayatan’ mobile application to keep tourist places clean. It was launched by Union Minister of State (MoS) for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma in New Delhi. Key facts The project is being implemented ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Union Government launches 24×7 multi-lingual helpline
Union Ministry of Tourism has launched 24×7 Toll Free Multi-Lingual Tourist Info Line for international tourists in 12 international languages. The 12 languages include 10 International languages besides English and Hindi, namely, French, Arabic, Italian, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela begins at Faridabad
The 30th edition of Surajkund International Crafts Mela has begun at Faridabad in Haryana after it was formally inaugurated by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Telangana is the theme State of this edition of Mela and the two focus ..
India and Pakistan announces 10-point Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue
India and Pakistan have agreed to resume structured dialogue between them through new 10-point Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD). The 10-point CBD replaces earlier 8-point Composite Dialogue Process (CDP) structured dialogue which was also known as Resumed Dialogue. In this regard, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Indian Railways flags off first double decker Goa-Mumbai train
Indian Railways has flagged off the first inaugural service of the Goa to Mumbai double-decker air-conditioned Shatabdi train. The fully air-conditioned double-decker train was the first of its kind in the country and was flagged off from Panaji by Union ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Uttar Pradesh Government launches first International festival on Birds
Uttar Pradesh Government has launched International festival on Birds in a bid to promote state as an international bird-watching destination. The first-of-its-kind festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at the National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS). It has been jointly organised ..