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Chennai-based social enterprise Tula introduced its conscious clothing line to Goa in a five-day exhibition that celebrated the artisanal Indian tradition of hand spinning, hand weaving, and natural dyeing of cotton. “Tula is an endeavour to make fellow citizens rethink their clothing choices. Just like the shift to organic food consumption, a shift to organic clothing of the kind that Tula represents will mean not just greater comfort and better clothing on your body – it is also about supporting many rural livelihoods. It is about the revival of traditional skills. It is about a different paradigm of sustainable living. Tula also focuses on reviving heirloom cotton seeds, to pull farmers out of the agrarian distress engulfing them,” said the founder of Tula and safe food activist, Ananthoo. “Tula is a not-for-profit clothing line that was set up in 2014. The customer can be sure that in this garment line, the largest proportion of revenue goes into supporting organic farmers, spinners, weavers, natural dyers, and tailors,” he added. Organic desi cotton is sourced from farmers in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and then spun and woven into the fabric in the same three states. Tula’s main mode of marketing is […]

The COMEDK (Consortium of medical, engineering and dental colleges in Karnataka) UGET and Uni-GAUGE e-entrance examination, for the admission to the engineering courses – Bachelor of Engineering/ Bachelor of Technology – will be conducted on May 12. While briefing the media, the executive secretary of COMEDK, S Kumar stated that this examination is the second largest multi-university private engineering exam in the country, after the Joint Engineering Exam (JEE). After the government of India issued a notification as regards National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) being the only entrance exam for dental and medical courses, COMEDK has now restricted its entrance exam to only engineering courses. The students answering COMEDK UGET and Uni-GAUGE merit-based e-entrance examination will have the option to study in any of the 150 engineering institutions in Karnataka affiliated to 25 private/ self-funded universities. Kumar also said that the students making it to the engineering courses through this exam has an advantage of internship so that they become employable after the end of the course. The applicants need to register on or before April 19, 2019. All candidates, who have passed or are currently pursuing 10+2/ PUC/ any equivalent exam, as approved by the All India Council […]

Entertainment Society of Goa Cinephile Film Club in association with 1930 K Sera Sera, Vasco organized its second edition of Women film festival to commemorate the International Women’s Day. The film festival is titled as– Sai Paranjpye’s film festival, where the movies directed by Sai Paranjpye will be in focus. While speaking at the inaugural function Sai Paranjpye said that “I feel proud to be India’s first woman film director and being a woman director, the response which I got while shooting in various locations was quite overwhelming.” On March 9, film ‘Katha’ will be screened at 6:30 pm, while on March 10 films ‘Saaz’ and ‘Disha’ will be screened at 4 pm and 6:30 pm respectively. The movies will also be screened at 1930 K Sera Sera Vasco on March 9 and 10. This festival is open to all. Pics Credit – Shivang Mishra I NT GOGOANOW.COM

“This entire exhibition is a valiant effort by Vasant Datar, who has kept these currencies for posterity purpose. This valuable collection is a source of knowledge as it gives insights about those countries which are merged in the present world”, said the minister for archives and archeology, Vijay Sardessai while speaking at the inaugural of the currency exhibition. “As a minister for archives and archeology, I will be taking the initiative to provide a permanent place for such exhibits and to provide tourists with good museums”, added Sardessai. Speaking about his collection, numismatic, Vasant Datar said that, “this collective collection of currencies is a work of 50 years, Barring Panama I have visited almost all the countries. I even traveled to Pakistan to visit my maternal Grandfather (Babasaheb Gokhale), in this process I became the first and the last Indian to visit Pakistan through the Khyber region.” While speaking about his treasures Datar also highlighted that, he also posses, a smallest 1 paise gold coin which is of the size of a grain and its cost is estimated around 7 crores. In addition to it, he also has the largest coin, minted of gold which weighs around 10 kgs, this […]