Cuba receives over 1.8 mn visitors
August 21st, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Aug 21 (IANS) Cuba received more than 1.8 million overseas visitors in the first seven months of 2012, an increase of over 5 percent compared with the previous same ... Read more...
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Almost half of Cuba’s foreign visitors are Canadians
April 28th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, April 28 (IANS/EFE) Just over 48 percent of foreign tourists who visited Cuba in the first quarter of 2012 came from Canada, according to figures released Friday by the ... Read more...
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Cuba welcomed over 2.7 mn tourists in 2011
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) Cuba greeted more than 2.7 million tourists in 2011, a figure cited by official media and said to set a record for the sector, the island's ... Read more...
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Cuba tourism revenues go up
August 10th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Aug 10 (IANS/EFE) Cuba's revenues from tourism jumped 13 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2010, authorities said.According to the National ... Read more...
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No new cars, business class travel for Haryana officials
June 9th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) The Haryana government Thursday announced that austerity measures, including total ban on purchase of new cars and business class travel on domestic routes for officers, will ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh Khan’s Dubai Villa Faces Ire Of IT Department
January 10th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh has come under the wrath of Income Tax department. King Khan had been gifted a villa in Dubai by the Nakheel Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC). However, ... Read more...
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Jethmalani ready to fight Binakay’s case, BJP steers clear (Lead)
December 28th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani Tuesday said he was ready to appear for jailed human rights activist Binayak Sen against the ... Read more...
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Indian IT industry to raise outsourcing issue with Obama
October 26th, 2010 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 26 (IANS) The Indian IT industry will raise issues related to outsourcing and immigration with US President Barack Obama during his visit to India next month, Infosys Technologies' chief ... Read more...
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Photographers at Commonwealth Games get a helping hand
October 7th, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Leading Japanese imaging major Canon Wednesday opened a service booth at the Main Press Centre of the Commonwealth Games to provide professional services to sports photographers accredited ... Read more...
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IBS inks deal with German TUI Group Airlines
August 19th, 2010 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 ( IANS) Technopark-based IBS Software has inked a five-year deal to provide IT solutions to German TUI Group Airlines.
Under the contract, IBS will provide professional services, including development, support ... Read more...
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Dubai to host Malaysian services fair
April 12th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, April 12 (IANS/WAM) Dubai will host the third Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE 2010) at the Dubai International Conventions and Exhibitions Centre (DICEC) April 12-15.
Over 150 establishments would attend the event which ... Read more...
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MTNL chosen as telecom provider for Games
February 18th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has been designated as the telecom service provider for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, with the cabinet approving a budget of ... Read more...
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Service exports recovery likely by year-end: FICCI
November 1st, 2009 - 10:49 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) India's exports of services, which declined in the first two quarters of 2009, will return to growth by the year-end, according to a report by ... Read more...
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Haryana to outsource auxiliary services
February 23rd, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) A host of auxiliary services of the Haryana government, such as cleaning, gardening, courier work, transport and communications, will be up for grabs for private players.
The state government ... Read more...
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