News – India & You
Organ Donors needed in India
July 28, 2016
Why organ donation still remains abysmally low in India? Zonal Transplant Coordination Center (ZTCC) predicts, “90% of the people in the waiting list (for organ donation) might die without getting an organ”. On 22nd July, the government of India constituted a committee that c...
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Kolkata marks the end of Dubai Cruise Tourism Road...
July 27, 2016
Dubai Cruise Tourism Roadshow concluded its six-city Indian tour in Kolkata today. Aimed at promoting cruising as a new form of holidaying in and exploring both Dubai and the United Arab Emirates region, this event saw participation in high numbers by members of the travel and to...
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LGBTQ travel in India
July 27, 2016
In an attempt to reach larger markets and target niches, travel agencies are offering tailor made tours and travel packages that cater to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer(or LGBTQ) community, offering queer friendly establishments
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Indian Human rights activist to end the longest hu...
July 27, 2016
Most Indians may not know her. Having refused food and water since November 2, 2000, Sharmila is all set to end her hunger strike on 9th August this year and plans to contest polls inthe North East India state of Manipur, her home state.
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Great Indian artist and France lover S.H. Raza pas...
July 26, 2016
Syed Haider Raza or S.H. Raza, a prominent Indian artist who co-founded the Indian Progressive Artists Movement in the late 1940s to early 1950s, passed away at the age of 94. On 23rd July, he took his last breath in India after having lived in France for over six decades.
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Indian Railways’ first green corridor has ec...
July 26, 2016
The First ever Indian Railways Green corridor, the 114 km long Manamadurai – Rameswaram stretch of Southern Railway in Tamil Nadu, India, is the tract on which all the trains coaches now have bio-toilets thereby preventing discharge on tracks. This corridor is part of India’s...
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India tourism plans heavy investment to promote to...
July 26, 2016
The Indian Ministry of Tourism is on a development spree under the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, implementing and sanctioning as many as 25 projects worth INR 20.48 billion (304 million USD) under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme since its launch in January 2015.
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Why Google India dedicated its doodle to Indian si...
July 25, 2016
It is the 93rd birth anniversary of the Indian legendary Bollywood Hindi movie singer Mukesh who died in 1976. His unique style of singing has earned him the title a man with golden voice and Google India honoured this legend by a doodle on its home page.
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Indo-French Film Festival concludes on a high note
July 23, 2016
The Indo-French film festival held in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal marked the marked the gradually increasing popularity of short films in India. The selection of films included two Indian entries to the Cannes Court Métrage or short film corner of Festival de Cannes. Org...
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Mohammed Shahid, Indian hockey player and ace drib...
July 22, 2016
Former Indian hockey team captain and Olympic gold medallist, Mohammad Shahid, passed away on July 20, 2016. Shahid was 56 years old and lost his life to a severe liver condition and kidney failure.
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