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TopicKonkan coast

Topic: Konkan coast

Eye on pristine Konkan, Fadnavis govt looks to start cruises in Maharashtra

Maharashtra tourism department is scouting for companies to run cruises. Besides trips in the Konkan, private operators can suggest more routes. 

Maharashtra’s geoglyphs discovery is citizen archaeology at its best. It put India on the map

The presence of geoglyphs in India shows that even in prehistory, the subcontinent was in sync with global trends.

At heart of Maharashtra floods, a Konkan river that can ‘drown the world’. But there’s more

Last week, Jagbudi river, along with Vashishti and Kodavali, crossed danger level and submerged large parts of coastal Konkon due to heavy rains and discharge from Koyna dam. 

How Aaditya Thackeray’s using Covid downtime to prep Maharashtra as post-pandemic tourist hub

Since the beginning of the year, the Maharashtra tourism department has sent at least 5 major policy decisions to state cabinet, all of which have been approved.

After 10 years, Maharashtra abandons US-style Sea World plan as villagers won’t give land

Project to galvanise tourism in Konkan region stuck after farmers refuse to part with land.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.