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Tamil Nadu: Chennai hotels badly hit by acute water crisis
As the water crisis intensifies in Chennai, various hotels and restaurants in the city urged its customers to conserve water and conveyed their inability to offer meals for lunch.Narayana, manager of the Hotel Ananda, while speaking to ANI said, "It has been more than three decades that we are running the hotel business and this is for the first time that we are facing severe water issue here."He added, "We don't want our customers to get affected due to the water crisis and that's why we are buying water from outside. However, we seek our customers help and support in conserving water."Moreover, if the crisis deepens, we may stop offering meals for noon as large quantity of water is required to prepare the food items and further consumption, he said.Chennai is reeling under acute water crisis since most of the water reservoirs in the state have reached its lowest level.
Himachal CM extols benefits of yoga in Amsterdam
Yoga can have sustained positive effects on the physical, mental and spiritual health, according to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.
Himachal CM attends event celebrating International Yoga Day in Amsterdam
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday attended an event celebrating International Day of Yoga at the Dam Square here.The yoga event was organised by the Indian Embassy in the Netherlands.Thakur is on a visit to the Netherlands and Germany to promote 'Rising Himachal Global Investors' Meet' slated to be held in the state later this year.The International Day of Yoga will mark its fifth anniversary this year on June 21.The concept of International Yoga Day was formally promoted in India by Narendra Modi during his first term as Prime Minister of the country.PM Modi founded the Ministry of AYUSH which deals with natural methods of treatment including Yoga, Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha.Union Minister of State for Ministry of AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik, had announced 'Yoga for the heart' as the theme for this year's Yoga Day.
Bangladesh prison breakfast menu gets makeover after 200 years
Bangladesh authorities have upgraded a 200-year-old colonial-era breakfast menu in all its prisons, an official said Sunday, as part of a reform of the country's penal system. Bazlur Rashid, deputy head of the Prison Directorate, said the nation's more than 81,000 convicts would from Sunday receive an improved breakfast, replacing the bread and molasses that has been on the menu since being introduced by British colonial rulers in the 18th century. The new diet will contain bread, vegetables, sweets and khichdi -- a spiced rice cooked with lentils -- Rashid told AFP. Previously prisoners were given just 116 grams (four ounces) of bread and 14.5 grams (half an ounce) of molasses, he said. Bangladesh's 60 prisons, built to house 35,000 inmates, are notoriously overcrowded and frequently draw criticism from rights organisations. Inmates also often complain about the quality and quantity of food served in the jails. Rashid said the diet change is part of a series of reforms to "help ...
Himachal hills offer exciting break from heat wave
With showers almost on every alternate day and unlike no major water blues in the Himachal hills this time, the destinations in the state are teeming with tourists. Better facilities and a range of option from nature park to nature walk besides adventure sports is drawing a huge crowd up the slopes.
Tourists flock Goa village visible only for few days every yr
A tiny village in Goa, which is known for its scenic beaches and Portuguese-era structures, is attracting tourists for a different reason as it is visible only for a few days while remaining submerged under dam water for rest of the year. Tourists and the original inhabitants of Curdi village come to visit the place in the month of May, when the water- level recedes, exposing the village and ruins of an old Lord Shiva temple to the outer world. Locals host a traditional festival in the temple's remnants, much to the delight of domestic as well as foreign visitors. Once the monsoon rains pick up, the low-lying village gets submerged, making those displaced sad again. Nestled amid the Western Ghats in South Goa district, Curdi was once a flourishing village bustling with over 600 families. However, its natives agreed to "sacrifice" their home in late 1970s when the then chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar announced construction of a dam on the Selaulim river flowing nearby,
Indian Embassy in Kathmandu celebrates Yoga Day at gateway to Mt Everest
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on Sunday organised a yoga event to celebrate the fifth International Day of Yoga at Nepal's Thyangboche -- the gateway to Mount Everest. The main objective of the programme was to highlight the importance of yoga in daily life and to bring peace and harmony across the nations and among people, a press statement issued by the Embassy said. A large number of people, including Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri, locals, members of various women and youth organisations, officers of the Sagarmatha National Park and foreign tourists, participated in the event, it said. Also, for the first time, Yoga Day was celebrated at the base camp of the Mount Everest. At 17,600 feet above the sea level, mountaineer Bharat Sharma from Gujarat along with other mountaineers created history by practising yoga at the base of the world's highest peak, the statement said. International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on June 21 since its inception in 2015. The .
4-km long traffic jam on Manali-Leh highway
The Manali-Leh highway on Sunday witnessed a traffic nightmare with vehicles lining up on the stretch for four kilometres, resulting in a traffic jam.Vehicles were seen standing stationary on the route with people stepping out of their vehicles and waiting from them to inch ahead.With temperatures crossing 45 degrees Celsius in parts of the country, including north India and summer vacations in schools, a lot of people are making their way to the mountains seeking some cool relief.Rohtang Pass is a snow-capped mountain pass and a tourist spot offering exciting adventure sports.Similar cases of traffic jams have been reported from different mountainous tourist spots, including from Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh this season.
SodaBottleOpenerWala launches comic book on Mumbai's dabbawalas
For the second time in six years, Mumbai's much-adored and globally-famed dabbawalas, or tiffin-box carriers, have been immortalised in a special comic book, simply titled "Dabbawala", brought out by restaurant chain SodaBottleOpenerWala.
Nepal: Indian Embassy organise yoga event at Syangboche
The Embassy of India in Kathmandu on Sunday organised a yoga event to celebrate the fifth International Day of Yoga at Nepal's Syangboche, just above Namche Bazaar, which is the gateway to Mount Everest.Members from various women and youth groups of Solukhumbu district, including Khumjung and Khunde Drinking Water Management Committee, Khumjung and Khunde Women and Youth Groups, officers of Sagarmatha National Park, employees of Everest View Hotel and a large number of local people enthusiastically participated in the event along with Ambassador of India to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri and Embassy officers, an official statement from the Embassy said.Many foreign tourists, mountaineers and researchers also joined the Yoga Day celebration event.The main objective of the programme was to highlight the importance of yoga in daily life and to bring peace and harmony across the continents, nations and among people.For the first time, yoga was also celebrated at the base camp of Mount Everest, .
SodaBottleOpenerWala brings out comic book on Mumbai's dabbawalas
For the second time in six years, Mumbai's much-adored and globally-famed dabbawalas, or tiffin-box carriers, have been immortalised in a special comic book simply titled "Dabbawala", brought out by restaurant chain SodaBottleOpenerWala.
Seven die cleaning a hotel septic tank in Gujarat's Vadodara
Seven people, including 4 sanitation workers, died in Fartikui village allegedly due to suffocation while cleaning a hotel's septic tank in a hotel."Seven people fell in the tank and died of suffocation. One person was at the top. He called everyone around for help. The police was also called," said Solanki."The hotel owner called the workers at night to clean the septic tank. He should have known an incident was about to happen," said Moffat Bhai Solanki, a relative of two of the victims.The locals staged a protest to demand justice after the owner closed the hotel gate and fled.
Gujarat: Four sanitation workers die of suffocation in Vadodara
At least seven people, including four sanitation workers, died while cleaning a hotel's septic tank at a village here on Friday.The workers are believed to have suffocated due to poisonous gases to death.The incident happened at a hotel in Fartikui, a village which is 30 km from Vadodara city.No arrest has been made so far pertaining to the matter.More details in this regard are awaited.
7 die while cleaning septic tank in Gujarat hotel
As many as seven persons were asphyxiated to death in the wee hours of Saturday while cleaning the septic tank of a highway hotel in central Gujarat's Vadodara district.
Seven suffocated to death while cleaning hotel sewer in Gujarat's Vadodara
Seven persons, including four sanitation workers, died due to asphyxiation on Saturday while cleaning sewer of a hotel in Gujarat's Vadodara district, officials said. The incident happened at a hotel in Fartikui village in Dabhoi tehsil, about 30 km from Vadodara city. Three employees of the hotel were also among those killed. "When one sanitation worker failed to come out of the manhole, others went inside. All of them died due to asphyxiation," district collector Kiran Zaveri told PTI.
"TL govt committed to develop strong strategy to promote
The Telangana government Friday said it is committed to develop a strongstrategy to promote tourism in the state and sought the cooperation of the industry in their endeavour. "The government of Telangana, under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao, is committed to build the strongest possible tourism strategy," Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud said here Friday. Goud, who was speaking at a conference on tourism here, sought thecooperation of the sector in the endeavour. The Confederation of Indian Industry, Telangana,in partnership with the state government, organised the conference on "TOURISM 4.0: DESTINATION TELANGANA"with the theme"Linking Heritage, Tradition and Technology for a Sustainable Tourism". CII, Telangana suggested that the government formulate a comprehensive Tourism policy to lay out a long term vision to promote tourism and also adopt a more focused perspective. "Given the inherent strengths and challenges, Telangana can devise a planned ..
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TTAG submits recommendations to boost tourism in Goa
While expressing worries over the decreasing foreign visitors, Goa's tourism body in its recommendations has suggested various measures to the state government to boost tourism. Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), an apex tourism body in the state, after holding several consultative meeting prepared a 'white paper' which was submitted to state Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar on Thursday. The suggestion includes reduction in taxes which makes the Indian coastal state, an expensive destination. The detailed white paper points out that the financial year 2018-19 saw a 50 per cent decline in Russian charter flights and 62,000 lesser Russian tourists in 2018-19 as compared to 2017-18. In the period from 2017-18, airport arrival and departure figures saw a decline of more than 21 per cent, it states adding that "while domestic tourism has seen an upswing of 25 per cent to 30 per cent, the appreciable drop in average room rates and occupancies across Goa, indicates
ITBP men perform Yoga in freezing Ladakh ahead of Yoga Day
Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) performed yoga at an altitude of 18,000 feet in freezing Ladakh.In a video released by ITBP, the personnel are seen doing Suryanamaskar and breathing exercises as they gear up for the 5th International Day of Yoga."Himveers of ITBP gearing up for 5th International Day of Yoga at 18,000 feet in Ladakh", ITBP tweeted along with a video clip.International Yoga Day is celebrated throughout the world on 21 June every year. The concept of Yoga Day was formally promoted in India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the very first year of his tenure.Modi founded the Ministry of AYUSH which deals with natural methods of treatment including Yoga, Naturopathy, Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha.Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State for Ministry of AYUSH announced 'Yoga for the heart' as the theme for Yoga day for 2019.
Indian Army rescues 81 tourists stranded in Ladakh
Indian Army team rescued 81 tourists visiting Shyok in Ladakh and provided them with immediate aid on Friday."Indian Army rescues 81 tourists visiting Shyok region, stranded onPartapu r- Turtuk road; immediate shelter, medical aid & warm clothing were provided" Northern Command, Indian Army tweeted on Friday.All the rescued tourists were provided with jackets, caps and warm clothes to protect themselves from adverse weather conditions.The Indian Army provided them with food after bringing them to the army camps.Rescued tourists wrote thanksgiving messages for the Indian Army during their stay at the camps.
