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Indigo Airlines the best among low cost airlines
Jul 2nd
Indigo airlines keeps collecting the awards for aviation industry and praises on the customers. Anyone who flies of Indigo will agree to their claim of ontime performance.
Nowadays, the passengers also get to hear the remarkable achievement that the Airline is about to make. The airlines is all to set to start its international operations in September 1, 2011.
At the time when government run Air India is struggling, Indigo management is showing the industry how to run the show. Their achievements are result of sheer hard work and discipline.
Tourism May Take a Hit with the Proposed service tax on room rates
Mar 11th
The government’s Budget proposal to impose 5% service tax on rooms charging over 1,000 per night is likely to Foreign tourists arrival. In states like Kerala and Goa, the state governments levy a luxury tax on room charges which is as high as 12.5%.The new proposed service tax would amount to a multiplicity of tax as both the proposed service tax (levied by Centre) and luxury tax (levied by states) are on the same base amount.
Kerala and Goa, two of the favourite destinations for foreign tourists, the total tax on room rents would go up to 17.5% on levy of the newly proposed tax.
States like Delhi and Tamil Nadu also charge a luxury tax of 10% and 12.5%, respectively. Proposed service tax on room rates of over 1,000 per night to make stay costlier.
AOL announces cuts to its India force
Mar 11th
Online media company AOL who has an office in Bangalore, India made official that it will only have a token presence in India, with just over 100 employees, down from about 1,000 from now.
The fears of AOL’s big layoff came true at a town hall meeting addressed by AOL India head Kumar Talluri and officials from the US on Thursday in Bangalore. The AOL Indian staff were told that about 500 employees, including the entire management team, would be laid off.
HP and MindTree are expected to acquire some divisions. Sources said that HP would take 200 employees and Mind-Tree 170. This in return of AOL giving them work commitments for a few years.
AOL’s $315-million acquisition of The Huffington Post in the US has rendered much of the employee base in India redundant. AOL issued the following statement on Thursday: “Moving forward, our focus in India will be on our core capabilities around building the most compelling consumer facing products primarily for the Indian and other Asian markets. We’ll be partnering Mindtree and HP to round out our business operations.”
For those being laid off, the company has announced severance packages amounting to four months of their salaries for most employees, and six months of their salaries for executives at the director level and higher. Employees will also get an additional week’s salary for every year that they have served in the company. All changes will come into effect by July’2011.
Standard Chartered Private Equity arm to invest 85 Crore on Privi Organics
Mar 10th
Privi Organics, a Mumbai-based aroma chemical manufacturer and exporter is among the talks with a 85 crore investment made on it by the private equity arm of Standard Chartered Bank.
Most of the products manufactured by Privi Organics are used by fragrance and flavours companies. The Privi Organics also exports products to over 25 countries. It is planning an expansion of its manufacturing facilities at Mahad in Maharashtra and the fund infusion will partly be used to finance this expansion.
According to a report by SRI Consulting, the speciality chemical segment was among the hardest hit, leading to the shut down of a number of plants globally.
The specialty and fine chemicals market is pegged at $860 million and most of the products in this segment are used as additives in the textile, leather, paper, cosmetics and detergent industries. The global chemical industry underwent a major downturn during the recession.
“The aroma chemicals space presents significant opportunities for Indian companies, as India emerges as a key manufacturing center for aromatic and speciality chemicals,” said Rahul Raisurana, Managing Director, Standard Chartered Private Equity.
Breaking News: Major fire breaks out in Mumbai slum
Mar 4th
Major fire has broke out around 8.45pm in Mumbai slum. 28 fire tenders are on the spot trying to get control over the spreading fire.
Number of casualities is still uncertain. Slum is reportedly located in Gharibnagar area near Bandra railway station.
5 local trains has been halted due to this fire. The crowd is reportedly very angry because the fire tenders reached late on the spot.
Indian Army Ski Expedition 2010-11
Mar 2nd
Congratulations to Indian Army on the successful Skiing expedition to the South Pole. The team comprised of:
Col Anand Swaroop, SM (Corps of Engineers)
Col Anand Swaroop was the leader. Qualified in Basic and Advanced Mountaneering courses from HMI (Darjeeling) and NIM (Uttarkashi), he has participated in numerous mountaneering expeditions namely Everest, Cho Oyu, Annpurna-1, Kalindi, Nanda Devi, Panchachuli, Mana etc.
Capt R Bala Karthik, SC ( Special Forces)
Capt R Bala Karthik was the deputy team leader. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathinagar, NDA and IMA. He is a gallant paratrooper, who has earned a Shaurya Chakra for bravery.
L/NK Khilap Singh (Garhwal Rifles)
L/NK Khilap Singh hails from district Chamoli, Uttarakhand. He has excelled in mountaneering the courses at High Altitude Warfare School and participated in various mountaneering expeditions. He was also the official photographer of this expedition.
L/NK Arjun Kumar Thapa (Gorkha Regiment)
L/NK Arjun Kumar Thapa is a hard working Gorkhali, who kept the team pondering with his questions on history and geography. He has climbed Mt Lea Pargial and Kinner Kailash.
L/NK Parsuram Gurung (Para Field Artillery)
L/NK Parsuram Gurung is an astute gunner, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, He has also summitted Stok Kangri in 2009.
RFN Tsewang Morup (Ladakh Scouts)
RFN Tsewang Morup hails from Ladakh, to whom mountaineering comes naturally. Humourous and dedicated, he remained the underutilised doctor of the team.
RFN Ram Singh (Garwal Rifles)
RFN Ram Singh is a tough Garwali, who has excelled in the High Altitude Warfare School courses. He was the communication expert during the expedition.
RFN Showkat Ahmed Mir (Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry)
RFN Showkat Ahmed Mir is a Kashmiri, who was a member of the Ski Team and has participated in the National Alpine Ski Championship in 2006 and 2009.
Amitabh Bachchan on Gujarat Tourism Advertisements
Oct 3rd
The new Gujarat Tourism Advertisements featuring Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has been launched targeting the CWG 2010 games. All the Ads hav really come out good and Amitabhji’s acting makes it a wonderful experience to watch.
This is definitely going to increase the tourism to Gujarat. The Ad with Lions does make every wildlife traveller attracted to itself. There is one shot in which Amitabh Bachchan acts like clicks a lion’s photo, unfortunately he has forgot to opens the camera’s shutter while giving that shot.
I wonder if anyone else noticed that? Gujarat is difinitely an unexplored destination and its high time when celebrities like Mr. Amitabh to contribute to its promotion.
Review : Movietime, Pacific Mall, Pitampura, Delhi
Oct 3rd
The visit today to Movietime Pitampura gave a mixed taste. The only good thing was that unlike other theatres in Delhi, it doesn’t hit your pocket hard. I visited today to watch the Rajnikanth starrer Robot (ENDHIRAN / ENTHIRAN). As the theatre was not so popular among the movie watchers, which i later figured out why, getting a ticket was very easy as soon as i walked into the counter. A ticket here costed only 300 for two people. The ticket also included a Rs 50 coupon for a free coke & popcorn combo.
Though the Movietime theatre looked neat from inside, the Mall was a mess. With dust, dirt, broken window glass pieces and on top of that the AC doesn’t operate in the Mall area. So one doesn’t have AC until you are allowed to enter the theatre (which is only 10 minutes before the movie starts). I was surprised to see a Mall in such a bad state with not even a single shop operating in a Mall which gets descent crowd during weekends.
When we entered the Audi, the Hall looked promising. Good AC, descent screen size, good sound system and descent seating. There was little bit of foul smell inside the Audi which got fixed when a theatre boy sprayed freshner all around the Audi.
Like the movie and theatre was good only in the first half. Towards the end of the movie, i realised that the AC was switched off half an hour before the show ended. This made it very difficult to sit there until the end of the movie.
The exit from the theatre is horrible. The exit door’s leads to the dirty stair cases which has not been cleaned for ages. There was a huge pile of waste piled up, on the exit staircases. The walk further till the exit on the Mall is shear mess and adds to one’s agony.
Delhi Eye
Sep 29th
Located at Kalindi Kunj, Delhi Eye is the upcoming Delhi’s most happening place. For more details about the Delhi Eye visit the following websites:
http://delhirides.in/
http://delhieye.net/
Delhi Tourism is all set to get this new spot which is expected to become a must visit place for any traveller to Delhi. The Kalindi Kunj Delhi would be hosting the following for the Delhites and the travellers to Delhi:
1. Delhi Eye – India’s highest giant wheel (50 meter)
2. Kids City
3. Water Park – Over 12 different levels of slides
Should CWG Commitee approach Consumer Court?
Sep 26th
The biggest question which arises in everyone’s mind today after seeing all the CWG fiasco related news, it to bring the culprits to justice. Be it missing deadlines, using sub standard products, falling foot bridges, breaking roads, caving in roads, faulty stadium roofs, filthy toilets, filethy conditions at CWG Village (khel gaon delhi ), sub standard beds and the list goes on.
The common man who pays his had earned money as tax is watching eagerly and waiting for the CWG to be over, before they start asking the questions to the government for the answers.
Its high time when the government wakes up and starts understanding the importance of the tax payers money. If Indian counts itself as developed country, then its time to become transparent about the use of Tax payers money.
