Kochi, Jan 6 (IANS) Kerala has unveiled the International Spice Routes Heritage Network, a collaborative global platform aimed at leveraging the state’s historic role in maritime trade to drive cultural tourism, research partnerships, and creative economies.The initiative signals a strategic push to reposition heritage as a contemporary economic and tourism resource rather than a static historical narrative.Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas announced the initiative while inaugurating the thr…
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New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Indian Navy’s INSV Kaundinya, which embarked on its maiden voyage from Porbandar (Gujarat) to Muscat in Oman is sailing strongly in the high seas and is believed to have completed one-third path of its journey. Unlike the modern vessels, the INSV Kaundinya is a ‘stitched’ ship and has no engine, no metal nails, and no modern propulsion. It depends entirely on wind, sails, and a shipbuilding method dating back to the fifth century.Sharing an update about the voyage of …