Life: A Journey: Benefits of India Travel Card

Life: A Journey: Benefits of India Travel Card: Are you planning your summer tour across the seas? If Yes! You spend time on planning your tour. You must give yourself a time to think ...

Benefits of India Travel Card

Are you planning your summer tour across the seas? If Yes! You spend time on planning your tour. You must give yourself a time to think about money management too.

Of course! You do carry your travelers’ cheques internationally. Sometimes, your traveler’s cheques do not work out in every country when you are in medical emergency because you definitely need some cash. For instance, you need to deposit cash at very point when you are at the admission counter of any Indian hospital, though you can use credit cards but it does not work out every time. For roadside rail and tram rides or for expenses such as hotel payment or car rentals, credit cards are there to help you out in making payments against such bills. For other expenses, you can carry a pre-paid travel card.

Pre-paid travel card can be loaded from your respective banks. Banks like ICICI, Axis, and American Express etc. load your travel card in India with different currencies. When you load your travel card, you lock into the exchange rate prevalent on the day you buy the card. Axis Bank claims that it is the first Indian Bank to launch such secured prepaid card instrument in India. With this card, the traveler can avoid issues such as loss of currency, thefts, frequent currency fluctuations and also access Indian rupees anytime, anywhere without having to find a money changer/branch.

US dollar is widely accepted currency across the world. You have to shell out more for every dollar if rupee is depreciating. You have to pay currency conversion charges every time you swipe your credit/debit card. On the other hand, it is only one time charges you have to pay for travel card. Several Banks give offer for travel cards with different services. You don’t need to have an account with such banks from which you are availing the services of travel card. It is your choice to choose the best one which meets your demands.

Skimming crime is registered highly in many countries. You swipe your Debit/Credit card frequently when you are travelling. Skimmers keep an eye on such transactions in which the huge amount is involved. The chip cards can stay you away from such skimmers. You can always load limited money in your travel card which comes with in-built chips. In that case, skimmers cannot read the data of your card easily.

In case your travel card is lost or compromised. Some banks such as Axis and Kotak issue the back-up/secondary card it can be activated immediately in case you lose your primary card.

Bank refunds the balance amount once your journey ends or you are ready to back your home. You can get your refunds from any of banks’ outlet. Axis India Travel Card is available over 1,600 Bank branches and also at reputed Money Changers in the country, who has network of more than 400 branches at key tourist locations

Banks offer many features with these travel cards including shopping, buying Air/Train tickets, hotel booking. Cosmic Travel Hub provides free Axis Bank India Travel Card which is a VISA signature based prepaid card loaded upfront with encashment of foreign currency in the form of currency notes and travelers cheques. If you book your tour with cosmic travel hub then you don’t have to pay extra charges for such India travel cards.

How it works if you book your tour with cosmic travel hub?

• COSMIC TRAVEL HUB will introduce India Travel Card to their guest traveler. The representative from COSMIC TRAVEL HUB will inform the key features to every guest traveler about the travel card
• COSMIC TRAVEL HUB will guide the traveler to nearest Axis Bank branch to avail the travel card services
• Axis Bank branch will ask the traveler to fill up the application form and submit the necessary documents like passport and VISA copy.
• After verification of the document submitted by the traveler, branch will collect the Foreign Currency Notes or Travellers Cheque from the customer and handover physical card to the traveler
• The branch will arrange to encash the Foreign Currency Notes or Travellers Cheques at applicable exchange rate. The equivalent INR amount will be loaded after deducting necessary issuance and loading fees.
• You can load up to Rs. 50,000/- on the card at any point of time
• The balance will be refunded in Indian Rupees at any branch of Axis Bank whenever required.
• You can change your PIN at over 10,000 Axis bank ATMs, for added security.
• A 24-Hour Customer Service number is available so you can report any lost card and issue a duplicate ATM PIN.
• Indian Travel Card is provided to travelers as a value added services by cosmic travel hub.

Janmashtami: Birth Anniversary of Lord Krishna

Janmashtami is know as the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna the eighth avatar (Incarnation) of Lord Vishnu. This religious festival is celebrated all over India in the month of August/September on the ashtami of Krishna Paksh or the eighth day in the month of Bhadon according to the Hindu calendar with great devotion and zeal. Janmashtami is also known as Gokulashtami, Krishnasthami, Srijayanti.

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Hamid Ansari's winning was not in question?

The dailies were busy in writing about the victory of Vice President Hamid Ansari couple of days back. He has become second person after former President Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to get second term as the Vice President of India.

The second term victory of Vice-President Hamid Ansari to serve the country was never in question. He easily defeated his challenger Jaswant Singh. Vice-President Hamid Ansari is blessed with scholarly abilities as proved by his association with the Centre for West Asian and African Studies at and Jamia Millia Islamia's Academy for Third World Studies as a guest professor before he became the Vice-President of India. He served as India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran and Afghanistan and High Commissioner to Australia. He was highly admired for his skills as a diplomat. He got an opportunity to hold the post as the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University when he retired as an IFS officer. Ansari has good ability of flooring with his politeness in behavior.He initiated several procedural reforms during Rajya Sabha Chairman to maintain the dignity of the House and to run it smoothly.

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A glance at London Olympics 2012 Schedule

Logo

This version of the 'London Olympics' main logo was designed by Wolf Olins, a brand consultancy based in London, New York City, and Dubai.

In June 2007, a poll conducted by the BBC showed heavy negative public reaction regarding the logo. Criticism from several news agencies is also reported.

According to a BBC article, “London 2012 will see the biggest anti-doping operation in the history of the Olympic Games.

Half of all the competitors are to be tested for drugs, with 150 scientists set to take 6,000 samples between now and the end of the Paralympic Games. Every competitor who wins a medal will also be tested.”

Financing:

• Building the venues and infrastructure                     :  £5.3 billion
• Elite sport and Paralympic funding                         :  £400 million
• Security and policing                                            :  £600 million
• Regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley                    :  £1.7 billion
• Contingency fund                                                 :  £2.7 billion
• VAT                                                                    :  £800 million

• Motto                                                                  :  Inspire a Generation
• Number of participating Nations                             :  204
• Estimated No of participating Athletes                    : 10,500
• Number of events                                                  :  302
• Number of sports                                                   :  26
• Opening ceremony                                                :  27 July, 2012
• Closing ceremony                                                  : 12 August, 2012

Here are the 26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines:   

1. Aquatics        

Diving (8)

Swimming (34)

Synchronized swimming (2)

Water polo (2)

2. Archery (4)   

3. Athletics (47)   

4. Badminton (5) 

5. Basketball (2) 

6. Boxing (13)   

7. Canoeing        

Sprint (12)

Slalom (4)

8. Cycling        

BMX (2)

Mountain biking (2)

Road (4)

Track (10)

9. Equestrian       

Dressage (2)

Eventing (2)

Jumping (2)

10. Fencing (10)   

11. Field hockey (2)   

12. Football (2)   

13. Gymnastics       

Artistic (14)

Rhythmic (2)

Trampoline (2)

14. Handball (2)  

15. Judo (14)   

16. Modern pentathlon (2)   

17. Rowing (14)   

18. Sailing (10)   

19. Shooting (15)   

20. Table tennis (4)   

21. Taekwondo (8)   

22. Tennis (5)   

23. Triathlon (2)   

24. Volleyball       

Volleyball (2)

Beach volleyball (2)

25. Weightlifting (15)   

26. Wrestling       

Freestyle (11)

Greco-Roman (7)

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Football is scheduled to be held from 25 July to 11 August. It is not just being held in London, the host city of the Olympics, but in six venues across the whole country:

City of Coventry Stadium (Out-of-London venues)

The stadium is located within a multi-purpose complex that hosts a variety of entertainment, sports and business events. This is one of the permanent venues specially constructed for London 2012.  After the London 2012 Games, the stadium will continue to host Coventry City matches.

Hampden Park (Out-of-London venues)

Hampden Park is Scotland’s national stadium. It ranks as one of the greatest football stadia the world. The stadium will host eight games in the Olympic Football tournament, five women’s matches and three men’s.

Millennium Stadium (Out-of-London venues)

The Millennium Stadium is located on the banks of the River Taff right in the heart of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. The venue is Wales’ national stadium and home of the Welsh national rugby team.

Old Trafford (Out-of-London venues)

This is also named as ‘Theatre of Dreams’ by football legend Bobby Charlton. The stadium is home to Manchester United Football Club. This was also the venue when the new Wembley Stadium was under construction.

St. James' Park (Out-of-London venues)

St James’ Park is the oldest football ground in north-east England, having hosted a football match as early as 1880, and is among the largest football stadia in the UK.

The stadium has been the home ground of Newcastle United since 1892, and also has experience of hosting international football matches.

Wembley Stadium (London venues)

Wembley is one of the most famous stadia in the world. It has hosted some of the most memorable sporting moments in history. It is also the largest of the six venues hosting the London 2012 Olympic Football tournament.

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Sambal Goreng is very favorite in Indonesia. You can prepare it with many vegetables. It made of spicy fried vegetables.

Cosmic Travel Hub invites people to send their favorite recipe which they brought from their holidays or vacations. We try your favorite recipe and we will publish it on our traveler community page i.e. www.cosmictravelhub.com

Why India to travel?

India as a Mystery: What arouses the curiosity of
many travelers to visit India, of course, It is its splendor and its capacity
for surviving the ravages of Time. The great Poet Alama Iqbal says: “The great
civilizations of Greece, Rome and Egypt have vanished from this earth. However,
the unique identity of Indian Civilisation has survived. There must be
something which preserves our Identity despite the ravages of Time.”  India thus becomes a reality and not an
abstraction.

Visit to India: Visiting India has never been
just a journey for a traveler. It is not so much a journey but an experience.
It is believed that world is divided into two parts- those who have been to
India and can’t wait to get back, and those who have never been and would not
dream of going.

Where to visit:
It does matter
when you have to decide where to go and what to do because there is no such
thing as instant India. When Mumbai Swelters, Kashmir is freezing, and when the
old hill stations are delightfully temperate, cool drinks are mostly wished to
have on the southern beaches. You can reach almost every part of India daily by
flying with Indian Airlines. India is not just a country but a continent. No
one can describe India in one line or in one piece of writing. Unless you have
unlimited time, you must choose your destination to help yourself in
understanding it.

CTH(Cosmic Travel Hub): CTH team believe in its thought
i.e. “traveling leads to discovery,
discover your destiny” . We suggest you that don’t try to understand India as
a tourist. It would take two lifetimes to do that. Just let the customs and
traditions flow over you it will help you to discover India more because in
India everything is a contradiction: confusion on the surface, noise and
secretiveness, mixed with an almost total lack of privacy. We facilitate our
every guest traveler in understanding India and exploring every part of India
like:

Rajasthan: The very name Rajasthan means the
home of Kings which is every tourist’s romantic picture of India.

Goa: Goa offers astonishing discovery
of the great age of the European presence in India. St. Francis Xavier begun
his missions here to the East and where his body still lies in the massive Bom
Jesus Church.

Kerala: Kerala in India is aquatic,
peaceful and filled with brilliant colours.

Delhi: Delhi is the only one of India’s
great cities which seems to have always been centre of action. Delhi did not
just happen-It was just made!

Agra: No Tourist would like to ever
miss a visit to Agra. If Mumbai is the future and Delhi is present, Agra is
India’s past. A past which has been so romantic and pregnant with memories of
Taj Mahal. A monument of love built by Shah Jehan to the memory of his wife and
beautiful queen, Mumtaz Mahal.

Fatehpur Sikri: The colossal capital which Akbar
built as a toy and where he sat playing chess with slave girls.

Khajuraho:  Go back to the thousand years and visit 85
temples of Khajuraho, with their curved togetherness of erotic scenes. It is
said that Khajuraho is either pure pornography or just pure, depending on your
own viewpoint or perception. 

Varanasi (Banaras): Varansi (Banaras) was already
old when Jerusalem was a sheperd’s village. It is strange, disturbing,
uncomfortable and almost totally incomprehensible. The beauty of this place is
its Ghats. You should stand at dawn near the Ghats leading down to the holy
Ganges and witness the outward manifestations of a religion. Religion is a way
of life which belongs to the hearts and minds of all Indians.

Mumbai: It is India’s materialistic
Mecca where the prevailing religion is making a rupee. More than Twenty per
cent of India’s heavy industry is here.

Kashmir: Kashmir does not need any
introduction. It is supported by one statement from Mughal Emeror Jehangir
itself. When Jehangir was on his deathbed, his attendants asked him if there
was anything he wanted. “Only Kashmir,” he whispered. “Only
Kashmir…”

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