Adventure & Discovery
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY - India Celebrates 15 August Independence Date |
| As the crescent moon rose in the deepening night at the stroke of midnight on August 15 1947, India ushered in a new dawn; the rise of an independent nation. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister’s famous speech titled, ‘Tryst with Destiny’ still echoes with the same bang now as it did back then.
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again”, Nehru intoned.
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| India has been stepping up the ante in Africa-India relations where it has been actively promoting trade with the continent in recent years. In March 2010, the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), together with the EXIM Bank of India and with support from the government of India, hosted the sixth Conclave Meeting on the India-Africa Project Partnership in New Delhi. The meeting themed ‘Developing Synergies: Creating a Vision’, witnessed a gathering of almost 1,000 delegates, with about 380 participants, representing 34 African countries to discuss business transactions and about 150 project investments to the value of approximately US$10 billion. This was one of the largest meetings between political and Industry leaders from India and Africa.
India-African bilateral trade is projected to grow by over nine times from $26 billion now to $150 billion by 2012, according to an estimate by a leading business chamber. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham), in a report on Africa, projects that in the next four years the continent will have greater business significance and drive two-way trade to over $150 billion.
The governments in African continent have also been encouraging industries to intensify their ties with the Asian nation. Among the areas expected to witness increased trade include healthcare, education, IT, minerals, fuels, gems, inorganic chemicals, project exports and consultancy.
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| MISS IT AND MISS OUT - Maasai Mara for Diplomats |
| In our July issue we brought you a tailor made exciting safari expedition deal in conjunction with Maniago Safaris for the highest degree of travel at its very best. We want to give you, our readers a chance to break away from the roll and mill of everyday life – in order to capture the authentic display of wildebeests in all their dark primeval beauty crossing the crocodile infested waters of the Mara River.
Our partner, Maniago Safaris is pleased to inform that the response has been beyond expectation with adventurers booking in big numbers. The rare chance of experiencing Africa’s Eden in real time is an offer too good to refuse.
Producing one of the world’s most spectacular sights is a natural inclination played out during the migration - an opportunity that calls for all to take a part in. We invite our esteemed readers to order their golden ticket in order to get on board this paradise in the wilderness.
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