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Major tour operators from across India converge in Kerala to find means to promote travel destinations The constraints that had come about due to the coronavirus spread and the related restrictions imposed on travel could be seen as making way for some strategic moves by the tourism industry, of late. Kerala’s tourism scenario is currently upbeat in anticipation of the new measures that could be ushered in following a conclave of stakeholders from across the country soon. Looking towards firming up partnership with tourism stakeholders in Kerala, major tour operators from across the country have converged at the renowned beach destination of Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram for a three-day destination promotion meet that will lead to a slew of business decisions. Tour operators line up B2B meets Organised by South Kerala Hoteliers Forum (SKHF) in association with  Kerala  Tourism and Tourism Professionals Club (TPC), the tourism promotion meet has as its objectives, destination promotion

The Wire interview with Justice Madan Lokur should be an eye opener for the Executive and the apex court It’s been around two weeks since the so-called Dharma Sansad convened by anti-national elements in Haridwar called for a Muslim genocide. What is more worrying is the fact that the apex court has yet to respond. Call for genocide is not a simple crime, and taking suo motu cognisance was what the Supreme Court of India should have done.  In an interview with The Wire’s Karan Thapar, former judge of the Supreme Court Justice Madan Lokur has categorically stated that the apex court should have acted immediately, considering what happened in Haridwar was a crime against humanity. Though already too late, the Supreme Court should, at least now, initiate action by giving the government not more than 24 hours to investigate and act so that the people who made the call for genocide are arrested and not allowed to roam freely, Justice Lokur asserted.  As the people who called for gen

Even when the virus situation was growing grim, parties had gone about organising huge poll rallies. The Covid-19 surge has been on, and it looked like election rallies and meeting were more important to political parties in Uttar Pradesh. The parties which had been ignoring the surge went about organising huge rallies in their bid to assume power in the state. But with the virus spread threatening to go out of hand, sense seems to have prevailed over politics. Better late than never is the theme here as political outfits are fast cancelling or postponing the already scheduled rallies in the state.  The Congress, which has been looking to make inroads into UP after the drubbing it was handed over by voters during the last Assembly elections, had scheduled a slew of massive rallies to get back its vote share. Holding aloft women’s welfare, the party had organised women’s marathons with the title 'Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun' across Uttar Pradesh. Poll rallies or super spreaders? The

Kim Jong-un's weapons obsession has been posing a threat to the world Pyongyang is at it, yet again. Even as a UN ban on testing nuclear and ballistics weapons remains, North Korea has gone a step further in violation of the restriction, and done just that. Opening the New Year with the test of a suspected ballistic missile, North Korea has sent the global community looking for reasons as to why it shouldn’t condemn such mischief. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s 2022 shocker came in the form of the suspected ballistic missile that crashed into the sea off the nation’s east coast. Landing in the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, the action evoked strong condemnations from Seoul and Tokyo. Ballistic missiles are believed to be a greater threat that cruise missiles as they have the capability to carry more powerful payloads. They also have a longer range and can fly faster. Kim Jong-un throws UN ban to the wind Though the UN has slapped a ban on testing of ballistic and

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik sanctioning Rs 78.76 lakh from the CM’s Relief Fund to institutions run by Missionaries of Charity comes as a relief The Union Home Ministry’s Christmas day decision to reject a request from the renowned Missionaries of Charity to receive funds from donors abroad had come as a bolt to all who knew the charity organisation that has been functioning in India since very long. All who are familiar with the organisation founded by Nobel laureate Mother Teresa would agree that it has been working towards wiping tears of the hapless and abandoned. But then, when the Home Ministry rejected the request, the Missionaries of Charity was left with no other option but to hope for a reversal in decision at the Union government level. That was not to come by, though. The Ministry’s stance was that non-profits, if they are to use such funds, would have to get clearance under the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act, or FCRA. It is a known fact that the plea by the Missionaries

Air quality plummets to dangerous levels in central Indian cities, a CSE analysis finds Polluted air that poses huge risks are often associated with the northern Indian cities. But it may not be just these cities that have a problem of bad quality air. The issue is that not much is written on the air quality and pollution hassles that the central Indian cities suffer. If one goes by the recent analysis that have been made public by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based renowned non-profit, it becomes clear and, indeed shocking, that a clutch of central Indian cities are at the risk of fall outs that could come about due to the worst quality of air above them. Winter pollution levels in cities such as Gwalior and Singrauli are at par with what is normally reported in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of northern India. The fact that the central India cities too have a humongous pollution problem is yet to be accorded national attention, though. The CSE analysis has po

Prominent Awardees Padma Bhushan Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi, Padma Shri Ms. Tulsi Gowda, Earth Shot Winner Vidyut Mohan also received the prestigious award amongst others. Harmony Foundation hosted the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice which premiered on December 30th, 2021. Each year, the Harmony Foundation identifies a theme for the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards that aligns with the need of the hour affecting humanity worldwide. The Award is an annual event that celebrates and commemorates the legacy of Mother Teresa. “While the Nobel prize was instituted in remorse and apology to the devastating destruction caused by the invention of the dynamite and other high explosives, On the other hand, this award in memory of Mother Teresa espouses her ethos of selflessness and virtues of compassion immortalised even in her living sainthood. Her’s is the legacy of the pursuit of a lifetime in social justice and the enduring face of peace in the face of deprivation and hate globa