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July 9, 2008 Cochin to host boat event MRITYUNJAY BOSE Mumbai: The Cochin Port is getting ready for a unique maritime regalia - for it would be hosting the India stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. It is for the first time in the 35-year history of the race, regarded as the ultimate in ocean racing competition that an Indian port has been chosen for the stopover. The race is scheduled to stop over in Kochi for 10 days, from December 3 to 13, according to Cochin Port Trust officials. The race is the ultimate in world-class water-sporting competition on the extreme edge of adventure, drama and endurance. The participants of the race, several of them are Olympians, require physical endurance and sheer grit of the highest order to deal with life at the extreme, as they race day and night for more than 20 days at a stretch in some of the legs, facing potential dangers such as gales and storms, icebergs, ocean debris and the whales! The race will commence its round-the-world marathon

Mumbai: A replica of the famous Ajanta caves will come up at the Tourist Information Centre, which will help to tourists to understand the history of these caves. A presentation on the Tourist Information Centre and the replica to be developed was made before State Tourism Minister Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil recently, official sources said on Tuesday. Multimedia guides will also be available at the centre. With the financial assistance of Japan Bank of International Corporation (JBIC), precincts of Ajanta-Ellora will be beautified and the first phase of project is already complete. Work of Phase II is on and will be completed by 2009. It includes roads, airport area development, water supply, forestry, etc. Modern Tourist Centre as a replica of caves will be constructed at Ajanta. Officials of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Larsen & Toubro were also present during the presentation. Among those who were present include MLA Ranjitsingh Mohite-Patil, managing director of Maharashtra

June 24, 2008 E-cigarettes will help you quit smoking now MRITYUNJAY BOSE Mumbai: Now e-cigarettes are also set to zoom into the Indian market – and these will help you quit smoking. Though already into existence in United States, United Kingdom, China, Turkey and several other countries, e-cigarettes are now available in the country. E-cigarettes are non-inflammable electronic gadget – and works on an extremely scientific principle. Chennai-based firm, SPK has already launched e-cigarettes it in the southern parts of the country on May 31, the World No Tobacco Day. "Now we are looking at having the product all over the country," Sunil Kumar, the proprietor of the company, told 'Sakaal Times' on Tuesday from Chennai. "For quitting smoking you need will power, our product helps us quit smoking in a phased manner," Kumar said. "On the business side, the product is going to have a very good demand in India," he said. It is a sort of a technology

June 11, 2008 From: Mrityunjay Bose SAP implemented at Gajanan Maharaj sansthan Buldhana/Mumbai: Roping in modern computer-based technologies, the world famous temple trust of Sri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan of Shegaon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra has created a sort of firsts. Patni Computer Systems, one of the leading global IT services provider has successfully completed India's first ever SAP ERP implementation for a temple trust. The Sri Sant Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan at Shegaon, one of the biggest pilgrimage centres of western India. The trust partnered with Patni to implement the SAP ERP solution in order to streamline its various functions including automation of the Trust's donation collection, accounting and inventory management processes – for the pilgrim centre located in the Vidarbha region. With a daily footfall of 3,000 devotees, a network of nine branches and over 20,000 daily transactions, the trust needed to radically enhance its operational efficien

June 3, 2008 From: Mrityunjay Bose Vetiver grass planted to prevent landslides on Konkan route Mumbai: In a unique way to tackle landslides on the rocky and mountainous track of the Konkan Railway, it has now started planning Vetiver saplings along the route, which holds the soil firmly reducing chances of rocks and boulders falling down during the monsoon. "This is perhaps for the first time such a technology is being used in India," a senior official of the Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd (KRCL) told 'Sakaal Times' on Tuesday, following completion of the pre-monsoon safety work. More than 50 lakh Vetiver saplings were planted on the soil cuttings along the route since the last monsoon and this monsoon nearly 28 to 30 lakh saplings would be planted. "Vetiver is a type of grass, and the roots can go as much as four meters inside the soil," the official said pointing out that it makes the soil cuttings more stable and reduces soil erosion. The Konkan Railw

June 10, 2008 From: Mrityunjay Bose Animal parks selling tiger bone wine: EIA report Mumbai: Animal parks in China are selling illegal tiger bone wine made from the remains of the captive big cats which die there, covert investigations by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) have revealed. The expose by the London-based EIA comes ahead of the Olympics to be held in China. Despite national and international laws banning trade in the body parts of tigers, staff at 'safari' parks offered to sell undercover EIA investigators tiger bone wine and were openly advertising the wine, the EIA claimed in a press release issued from London. Park staff told EIA they had regular customers for the wine - an alcoholic 'health tonic' made from the crushed bones of deceased tigers and which purports to treat a wealth of conditions including arthritis and rheumatism. One regular customer bought two cases of wine at a time, it was said. It was offered at up to US $186 (£94) a bot