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Book fair which was running in Kolkata was put on hold today by Calcutta high court and the reason behind this is that high court has said that till the organizer, publishers and booksellers of the Book fair will have to obtain permission from relevant authorities. A division bench carried by Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice K K Prasad has directed to the book fair organizer to obtain the permission from the police, state pollution control board and other related authorities so that the 32nd book fair can go ahead.
This order have been given after taking action for the PIL filed by high court advocate Sabyasachi Roychowdhury in which he challenged the permission provided by Defence Ministry for this book fair.
According to the petition it is said that no fair would take place in the maidan then how come such a book fair have got the permission for this fair. So now you have to wait till the organizer of the book fair take permission from relevant authorities to carry out this book fair.
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Worlds largest and most prominent Wild screen Festival which is related to wildlife and environment film festival which have break down in New Delhi which will move from here to Chennai, Kolkata and Pune. This festival will go on for six days and it will be attended by Mike Salisbury who is executive producer of Golden Panda winning BBC blockbuster for “Life in the Undergrowth”.
There will be many other international experts are going to attend this festival like Jane Goodall who is in primatologist and authority on chimpanzees. This festival includes workshops and screenings which is organized by the British Council in association and British High Commission along with Wild screen organization. In this festival you will know about the movies on wild life and will have the knowledge about the making procedure of such films.
So just go and have the experience of wildlife movies because this experience will be unforgettable for you.
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There is good news for those students who want to make their future in tourism and trek industry that now you can have the studies related to this field in Noida as Government is planning to establish a tourism and travel management institute which will cost up to Rs 14.52 crores.
Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM) will be established in the area of five-acre which will be in sector 62. Foundation of the institute will be laid by Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni on January 18.
You will have the two years postgraduate diploma course in tourism and leisure management and if you want to have short courses then such courses will also run in this institute. This institute has its branches in Goa, Gwalior and Bhubaneswar. So it can be good news for you as now there is one more option for you to make the bright future in travel and tourism industry.
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Pongal, a well known festival of South which has just passed but there was celebrated and this time this was especially for elephants. Yes it was, “Elephant Pongal” which was celebrated at Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary in Pollachi and in this unusual ritual of special dress and feast was organized for elephants.
Elephant Pongal is also known as “Yanai Pongal” and in this celebration sixteen elephants dressed up in fresh look by smearing “vibhooti” and paste of sandal after which they were lined up at the Valparai forest range.
On this special occasion they were fed by ‘pongal panai’ which was decorated by sugarcane were placed before them. About 35 kgs jaggery, seventy kgs of rice and other ingredients were used to cook “sundal” for elephants on this occasion. All the area was covered by thick smoke due to the preparation of sundal and pongal.
All the elephants had approx one kg pongal rice, sugarcane and sundal. In the mean while the elephant ride which was banned there is being started and the charges which are kept are up to 400 per elephant for four members. Not only human elephants also celebrate pongal but in great way.
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On January 19, one day debate is going to take place in which the discussion will be on the “’the role of media in the task of Nation building, in the changed scenario for the last 60 years.” This one day meet is being organized by Kural, an NGO and voice of Coimbatore populace.
This meet will be more an interactive session in which experts will examine the role of the media in generating public view. This meet will take place in Coimbatore and in this you will have the knowledge about the important role of media in making the civilized society.
Here you will also have the knowledge about the importance of media as it is the work of media which have helped in getting development of the nation in broad manner.
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Do you know Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan got engaged? Yes it’s true after months of conjecture at last these two celebrities got engaged in Mumbai. This ceremony was very small so only well known friends were there in this ceremony. This ceremony took place in Amitabh Bachchan’s house.
This engagement ceremony was confirmed by Aishwarya Rai’s media manager Harii Singh. As this ceremony took place in very small way because of which soon after this they left for the premiere of their latest film Guru in New York and Toronto. Aishwarya Rai a famous actress and former Miss World have played numerous roles and gave many films during past few years.
Where as Abhishek Bachchan has started his career with several successful films and been voted as the sexiest Asian man by British newspaper last year. Earlier also heard many news about the two celebrities marriage proposal but they were denying with such kind of news.
But now by the news of both celebrities engagement all the shadow have been cleared off. So now there is no doubt or misconception about the marriage of these two celebrities.
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Honda, well acknowledged name in the world has planned to set a second plant in India so that they can convene the rising demand of passenger vehicles of Indians. This new plant will be in north-west of Rajasthan and its annual production capacity will be up to 50,000 units.
This plant will be started most probably from 2009 and this plant will be expected to rise up to 24 billion yen means 199.54 million dollars. This decision has been taken after seeing the increasing demand of passenger vehicles in India and this is because now every person wants to have his own vehicle which has made him eager to make an investment in having his personal vehicle.
Well on the other side the plant which is running for years will dual its annual productivity in northern India to 100,000 units by the end of this year. This is news which is excellent and will aid in enlargement of nation.
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