Category: Travel
** Harappan-era city Dholavira in Gujarat inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
Gujarat so far has three world heritage sites – Champaner near Pavagadh, Rani ki Vav in Patan and the historic city of Ahmedabad.
** Telangana’s historic Ramappa Temple receives UNESCO World Heritage site status
“Today, because of a historic decision taken at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee, Ramappa temple now belongs to the whole world, to the entire humanity. I congratulate the people of Palampet,” India’s representative at the session said, expressing excitement over the inclusion of the 12th-century Kakatiyan architectural marvel among the list of World Heritage sites.
** Column | A look at Kerala’s almost forgotten Jain heritage
** Meet Sanjal who is in the news as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos flies to space
Born in Kalyan, Maharashtra, Gavande is a systems engineer at Blue Origin who always dreamt of designing aerospace rockets.
** Tracing the culinary journey of Chef Midhun Ayyappan
The Head Chef of Kuwait European Restaurant, Mithun’s culinary journey is worth documenting and emulating.
** France recognises India’s Covishield vaccine for travel
Paris: France will allow international travellers who have had AstraZeneca’s Indian-manufactured vaccine (Covishield) into the country starting Sunday
** In search of everything desi
Sundeep Bhutoria’s ‘The Global Desi’, is an account of his travels abroad looking for Indian connections
Author Sundeep Bhutoria’s book The Global Desi: Reflections on Home and Away is a compilation of his travel memoirs; made unique by his constant search for the Indian connect. Be it Norway, Poland or Chile, Sundeep manages to search for and connect with people of Indian origin (PIO), wherever he travels.
** Chola-era temple in Velachery grabs government’s attention
The dilapidated Vasudevaperumal temple is said to be 1,000 years old
Work to clean the precincts of Sri Vasudevaperumal temple at Ram Nagar in Velachery will be expedited. A large part of the temple is covered with thick layer of dirt.
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P. Sekarbabu said on Wednesday that officials had been asked to dig out documents and any information relating to the temple.
He said he had visited the temple, which was said to be around 1,000 years old, on the request of the South Chennai Member of Parliament Thamizhachi Thangapandian, who had asked the officials of the Greater Chennai Corporation to clean up the premises.
** Operation Sankalp: Sixteen Indian-flagged vessels provided safe passage everyday
Operation Sankalp was started in June 2019 after there were explosions on board two oil tanker ships in the Gulf of Oman amid increased tensions between Iran and the U.S.
The Indian Navy’s Operation Sankalp has provided safe passage to an average 16 Indian-flagged merchant vessels in the Gulf region everyday, an official statement said on July 14.
Operation Sankalp was started in June 2019 after there were explosions on board two oil tanker ships in the Gulf of Oman amid increased tensions between Iran and the U.S.
“Since then, an Indian Navy ship with an integral helicopter embarked has been continuously deployed in the north-west Arabian Sea [off R’as al Hadd], Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf from June 2019, to show presence, instil confidence in Indian maritime community and provide assistance to Indian-flagged merchant vessels,” the statement said.