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A cycling tour organised by Let s Go Tours in Singapore. (File photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
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SINGAPORE: Local walking, kayaking and cycling tours can take groups of up to 50 people, an increase from the previous limit of 20, starting from Wednesday (Apr 14).
Tours will also no longer be limited to eight hours, said the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Monday.
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The move is in line with the loosening of COVID-19 measures announced late last month, STB said.
Commerce ministry organises competition for designing new street vending carts to cope with COVID-19 challenges ANI | Updated: Mar 13, 2021 23:21 IST
New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad, organised a competition for designing Covid-19 Street Vending Cart through new and cost-effective cart models.
The objective of the competition was to design a new and cost-effective solution for a modern vending cart to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19, the ministry said in a statement.
The competition took place from December 22, 2020, to February 5, 2021.
The ministry said that NID Ahmedabad coordinated with other NIDs and conducted a Design Hackathon for designing new carts to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19, adding that after selection, it is also proposed to offer these models on a mass scale to
New street vending carts being designed to cope with recent challenges due to COVID-19
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Published: Saturday, March 13, 2021, 13:06 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 13: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, has organised a competition for Covid19 Street Vending Cart Designfor designing a new and cost effective cart models. The NIDs students in Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana and Madhya Pradeshtook part in it from 22.12.2020 to 05.02.2021.
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad coordinated with other NIDs and conducted a Design Hackathon for designing new carts to cope with the recent challenges emerging due to COVID-19.After selection, it is also proposed to offer these models in mass scale to street vendors.
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Parliamentary panel flags under utilisation of funds by food processing industries ministry
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Last Updated: Mar 09, 2021, 07:55 PM IST
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PMKSY is an umbrella scheme, approved in May 2017, under which eight sub-schemes are implemented, including mega food park, integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure.
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A Parliamentary panel on Tuesday flagged the poor performance of the Food Processing Industries Ministry, saying it has consistently under utilised allocated funds and even the flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) has failed to garner good response.
PMKSY is an umbrella scheme, approved in May 2017, under which eight sub-schemes are implemented, including mega food park, integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure.