Category Archives: Indian OCean

Discover the beauty of Lakshadweep Islands on a 5 Day cruise programme 2014-15

  Discover the beauty of Lakshadweep Islands on a 5 Day Cruise Programme - 2014 -2015 May 09, 2014 Kochi M.V.KAVARATTI Cruise Packages, Lakshadweep Islands, India. Booking is now open to all, both the domestic and the International tourists. Welcome To MV … Continue reading

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Peak Season Availability at Kadmat Beach Resort, Lakshadweep – Starting from December 01, 2014 to January 10, 2015

Peak Season Availability at Kadmat Beach Resort, Lakshadweep – Starting from December 01, 2014 to January 10, 2015 March 31, 2014 Kochi Booking is available for Christmas and New Year Holidays at Kadmat Island Beach Resort (International), Lakshadweep. Please note, … Continue reading

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All about Kadmat Island travel & tourism information

All about Kadmat Island travel & tourism information Feb 12, 2014 Kochi Download image size: 112KB Image Size: 435KB Kadmat island one among the Lakshadweep group of islands situated 407 kms. far from Kochi (Cochin), Kerala. The blue water lagoon … Continue reading

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Colombo Dockyard launches 400 passenger vessel ‘MV Corals’

Colombo Dockyard launches 400 passenger vessel ‘MV Corals’ 23 August 2013 The Colombo Dockyard launched a 400 Passenger cum 250 Ton Cargo Vessel ‘MV Corals’ Thursday, built for the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, Government of India. The vessel, with a … Continue reading

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Need for safer ferry systems in the Lakshadweep

Need for safer ferry systems in the Lakshadweep  31 May, 2013  Kochi The Lakshadweep Administration does not appear to have imbibed the dictum that all human lives are precious and must be. This is evident from the unsafe ferry system … Continue reading

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Coping with danger onboard the ‘fishing vessels’ in Lakshadweep

Coping with danger onboard the ‘fishing boats’ in Lakshadweep 22 April, 2013 Kochi On Saturday morning, five people onboard a trawler drowned after the boat capsized while ferrying around 30 from Amini Island to Kadmat, a distance of just about … Continue reading

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Shark populations are in trouble globally

Shark populations are in trouble globally 02 March, 2013 Shark conservation Sharks are commonly misunderstood and widely feared. These remarkable animals, however, are incredibly important for overall ocean health and, in particular, for coral reefs. Sharks are often “apex” or … Continue reading

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Kadmat Beach Resort – Traveller Reviews: “Not a journey … an adventure …!”

Kadmat Beach Resort – Traveller Reviews: “Not a journey … an adventure …!” 12 January, 2013 ‘Tripadvisor’ Been Kadmat Beach Resort? Share your experience! Tripadvisor “Well how about we have just returned from the paradise called Lakshadweep … as the … Continue reading

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The Legal Battle for Bangaram Resort, U.T. of Lakshadweep

The Legal Battle for Bangaram Resort, U.T. of Lakshadweep 15 Nov, 2012 Kochi “It is causing avoidable hardships to the most marginalized Scheduled Tribe, as their properties have been taken over on lease for the tourism developments. The socio-political leaders should … Continue reading

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Lakshadweep Archipelago (India), Features – Earth Observatory NASA

Lakshadweep Archipelago (India), Features – Earth Observatory NASA 07 Nov, 2012 In the Arabian Sea, roughly 200 kilometers (120 miles) off the west coast of southern India, are the Lakshadweep Islands. The island chain consists of 27 islands along with … Continue reading

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Likely impact of climate change to Coral Reefs

Likely impact of climate change to Coral Reefs 27 July, 2012 Rising tides, temperatures and costs to reef communities Over the last twenty years, human-induced climate change and global warming have become areas of growing concern for scientists, environmentalists, and … Continue reading

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Lakshadweep: “All quiet on India’s secret islands” The Independent (London, England)

Lakshadweep: All quiet on India’s secret islands 22 June, 2012 Part of the same marine mountain range as the Maldives, the little-known Lakshadweep archipelago offers idyllic scenery – minus the crowds [First published on Feb 1, 2012 – “All Quiet … Continue reading

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Climate change to cost $2 trillion annually in damage to oceans: Experts

Greenhouse gases are likely to result in annual costs of nearly $2 trillion in damage to the oceans by 2100, according to a new Swedish study, by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI ). Warmer seas will lead to greater acidification … Continue reading

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Stop Destroying Lakshadweep Tourism!

Stop Destroying Lakshadweep Tourism! This is with regard to the potential and flourishing Lakshadweep Tourism. It is unfair to keep on complaining. When situations are compelling, a layman has no other way. There is nothing unusual and no one would … Continue reading

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Yachting Safety

Yachting as a Sport and a source of recreation can be very exciting. However there are various safety precautions a Yachter must undertake and be prepared for. YachtsIndia.com has here, some of the basic safety precautions listed which would be … Continue reading

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Kerala The God’s Own Country

Kerala is one of the beautiful states in India, sandwiched between the Western Ghats on the east, and the Arabian Sea on the West. A tropical paradise of waving palms and wide sandy beaches, this thin strip of coastal territory … Continue reading

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Yachts & Yachting History

Sailing as a sport and recreation owes its creation to Piracy. The traders and sea farers were in deep trouble when they couldn’t recover their lost assets from the sea thieves. Thus began building ‘jaghtschips’, or ‘ hunting ships’, the … Continue reading

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Tourists held hostage in Kalpeni Island, Lakshadweep

Kochi: Around 130 domestic tourists, including over 30 children came from various parts of the mainland were stranded at Kalpeni island in Lakshwadeep after locals prevented them from boarding boats to their ship. The captors were using the tourists to … Continue reading

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Boating and Sailing

Boats or small ships have been use since time immemorial. Perhaps the urge to sail across the rivers, seas and oceans urged Man to develop better and huge boats carry livestock, granary and his folk to new places.

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Watersports: Sport Diving

Springboard Diving and Platform Diving. Basic dive has four distinct phases: the starting position, the take-off, the in-flight maneuvers, and the entry into the water.

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