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Christian Pilgrimage Tours – By Government of Andhra Pradesh

Ashok Varma on Aug 13th 2008

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has started an innovative scheme of “Christian Pilgrimage Tours”.
Details:
This pilgrimage covers a very large number of places connected with the life of Jesus Christ in Israel. Mainly, they are:
Place of birth – BETHLEHEM
Place of Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection – JERUSALEM
Place of bringing up – NAZARETH
Place of Baptism – JORDAN [...]

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Site Seeing: Abhinav Bindra’s blog

Ashok Varma on Aug 12th 2008

Index of all must watch Websites
Abhinav Bindra, the latest sensation is going to last for ever in Indian history. Interestingly he has started a blog recently, with his Olympics journey. Probably he would have never expected that a superb post was awaiting with a sweet news. The way he has reacted to the sensation is [...]

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PFCOne 2008 – Passion For Cinema Short Film Festival

Ashok Varma on Aug 12th 2008

Passion For Cinema popularly known as PFC is a fantastic website of passionate film makers/lovers.
There are many stalwarts like Anurag Kashyap,Anish Kuruvilla, Santosh Sivan,Revathy who are active participants in the site.
Inorder to encourage talent last year they have started PFCOne film festival. It was a roaring success as more than 150 entries were received.
This year [...]

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Fair & Lovely Scholarships 2008

Ashok Varma on Aug 11th 2008

Fair & Lovely is inviting Scholarships for the fifth consecutive year.
Scholarship of up to Rs. 1 lakh are awarded to deserving young girls for Graduate, Postgraduate and Doctorate studies for education in India only.
Till date over 300 women have been recipients of the Scholarships.
How to Apply:
Step 1
You can apply either by;
Submitting your details online, or
Downloading [...]

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Photography enthusiasts (www.nerdybirders.com) among the Gautami Express’s victims

Ashok Varma on Aug 8th 2008

I came to know about www.nerdybirders.com from today’s Sakshi Newspaper. The article is on a sad note that two of three founders are missing after the Gautami Express’s tragedy. Three friends Ashok Madaravally, Hari Shankar, Roshni Mukherjee love Wild Life Photography. They like capturing birds, butterflies, dragonflies, reptiles..etc. They update their works in this [...]

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Hexaware to cut down 300 employees

Ashok Varma on Aug 6th 2008

Indian IT and BPO firms continue to reduce their labor cost as they find it difficult to go ahead due to U.S. recession. Now Hexaware Technologies, one of the providers of IT and BPO services, takes its turn to reduce the work force. They are all set to reduce about 4.5 percent in its work [...]

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Convergys shuts down its Mumbai Office

Ashok Varma on Aug 6th 2008

Employment security crisis is further worsening in India.Convergys, a contact centre and billing solution firm has recently asked most of the employees in its Malad Centre, Mumbai to resign as the centre is going to shut down due to business slowdown. About 400 employees are working in the Malad center in Mumbai.
Convergys has eight centers [...]

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FMB: Flash flash… Virtusa fires 300 Employees

Ashok Varma on Aug 5th 2008

Virtusa (India) has fired 300 employees in a single day. Among them 200 belong to Hyderabad itself. The main reason is reported to be heavy losses.
Virtusa was established in 1996 and is headquartered at Massachusetts, America. It has offices in America, Canada, Europe, Asia. It has its key centres at Colombo, Hyderabad. It is offering [...]

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