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India, Tanzania ink agreements for cooperation in various fields
India and Tanzania have inked various agreements including for cooperation in the field of statistics, hydrography, agricultural science and tourism. These agreements were signed in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counter Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
BSNL to set up 40,000 wi-fi hot spots India
State owned telecommunications giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced to set up 40,000 Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hot spots across the country. This project will come in lines with new digital architecture which is part of Union Government’s flagship ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
Three day Singhey Khababs Sindhu festival kicks off in Ladakh
Three day long tourism promotional Ladakh Singhey Khababs Sindhu (also known as Sindhu Darshan) Festival has begun in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region. It was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to promote the tourism potentials of Ladakh. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
Article on Positive and Negative impacts of Eco-tourism in India
Eco-tourism refers to ecologically sustainable tourism to areas having ecological and biological diversity or is of environmental interest to ecologically conscious individuals. Generally speaking, the definition of eco-tourism varies. Some deem tourism to ecologically sensitive or interesting areas as eco-tourism, ..
Union Government extends e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31 more countries
Union Government has extended e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31 more countries with an effect from 31 May 2015. In this regard, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notification. With this the total number of countries under the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s Healthcare Tourism Portal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 April 2015 inaugurated India’s Healthcare Tourism Portal www.indiahealthcaretourism.com at the ‘SAAARC Trade Mart’ in the Global Exhibition on Services (GES). It was inaugurated on the occasion of three-day Global Exhibition on Services (GES) that ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
MakeMyTrip acquires travel startup website Mygola.com
Online travel services provider MakeMyTrip.com has acquired Mygola, a startup travel guide firm. The acquisition was done through MakeMyTrip’s Innovation Fund, which invests in early-stage or start-up companies in the travel technology space. With this acquisition, MakeMyTrip will get a ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Ministry of Home Affairs renames Visa on Arrival scheme to e-Tourist visa
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has renamed Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization scheme (TVoA-ETA) to e-Tourist Visa with effect from 15 April 2015. With this ambiguities faced by foreign tourists especially by scheme’s nomenclature VoA, presuming that they ..