The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, has been declared the best airport by size and region in the Asia-Pacific region for 2021.
This is in the category of 15 million to 25 million passengers per annum.
Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director general, ACI World, congratulated GMR Hyderabad International Airport and said that the award reflects their commitment to improving passenger experience.
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The explorers, including A Karunakar, BV Bhadra Girish, S Venugopalacharyulu and Tirugeethe, a resident of Kerameri, found chert fragments containing the fossils.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Pune metro rail project and unveiled a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the premises of Pune Municipal Corporation.
The inauguration of the 12-km stretch of the total 32.2-km long project took place at the Garware metro station, from where Mr. Modi flagged off the project and proceeded to take the metro ride to the Anandnagar station, located nearly five km away.
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits developed by the DRDO are on board the EOS04 satellite launched on February 14 by the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Defence Ministry stated on Friday.
The circuits have been used in radar imaging modules of the satellite, the ministry said in a statement.
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Gujarat’s Manish Dave, 52, has won hearts for opening his restaurant door to Kyiv residents facing an unprecedented crisis as Russia ups its offensive against Ukraine.
Indian restaurant Saathiya was started for Indian students studying in Ukraine, and now before it could make a full-fledged run, the war broke out and now it is a safehouse for anyone who wants a respite from the airstrike, shelling, and a hot meal.
Gujarat / Ukraine
Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh broke the record set in Ayodhya last year, officials said. Ujjain is home to Mahakaleshwar, one of the 12 jyotirlingas associated with Shiva.
“You have not only created a record by lighting 11,71,878 lamps, but also written the history of this holy occasion in golden letters,” Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a tweet accompanied by a picture while accepting the certificate from Guinness World Records officials.(ANI)
The bazaar is understood to be named after one Edward Tiretta, who was an Italian immigrant from Venice.
The place has been identified and included in the World Monuments Watch list for 2022
“We are targeting about 1,000 historical sites or monuments across states to be placed under Monument Mitra schemes or some other variants.
The Union culture ministry is working on a plan to hand over about 1,000 notified heritage sites and monuments to private players or non-government organisations for maintenance under a special arrangement such as the Monument Mitra (adopt a heritage) scheme.
“We are targeting about 1,000 historical sites or monuments across states to be placed under Monument Mitra schemes or some other variants. We are working on it. This modal will help to spruce up several monuments such as Purana Quila and Safdarjung Tomb (in Delhi). They are not in very good state. Once improved, we can promote them for tourism promotion,” said a senior official.
With garlands of mango leaves and saffron festoons crisscrossing the four roads encircling the Sri Govindaraja temple and plantain trees adorning either side of the road, the core area of the temple city wore a festive look on its 892 nd birthday on Thursday.
According to inscriptions, it was on February 24 in the year 1130 that Vaishnavite saint Bhagawad Ramanuja laid the foundation stone for the temple and the four Mada streets around the shrine, which became the first step towards building the township.
Feb 24th / Andhra Pradesh
MTR in London, Sona in New York, Tres Ind in Dubai — with more Indian restaurants opening internationally.
Spanking new openings, however, are reporting housefuls every day, from Sona (Priyanka Chopra’s New York restaurant), MTR and Chourangi in London (the latter being Anjan Chatterjee’s Calcutta special eatery), to Très Ind in Dubai — not new but newly anointed as the number four swish space on the prestigious World’s 50 Best in MENA (Middle East North Africa). What is the reality behind the scenes? Are they finding it tougher to get staff, or is the new world order seeing (or expecting) easier hires from India, as countries with shortages make work visas easier?