Mung Daal with peel Aappe

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराMom had made these yummy aappe few times and we all liked it a lot. So this time i told her to show me the recipe. The aappe are easy to make and really healthy and...

Star Fine Foods Dinner ---Get Your Entry In!

Mmm, olives..."olive" them! Stuffed with pimentos, pickled garlic, bleu cheese- I seriously just can't get enough of them. I also won't go into how much olive oil we go through in the kitchen at my house....

Bread Paneer Rolls

Ingredients :1 Cup grated Paneer1 Finely chopped onion1/2 Tsp Garam Masala1/2 Tsp Red Chilli Powder1/2 Tsp Amchoor(Dry Mango) Powder1/4 Tsp Jeera (Cumin) Powder1/2 Tsp Ginger Garlic Paste1 Tsp Tomato...

Kisumu airport to open doors in one month

The much-awaited Kisumu International Airport will be officially commissioned in a month’s time, as engineers wind-up construction works. Airport manager Joseph Okumu told The Standard that works at the new site was now 98 per cent complete."What we are doing now is test runs to ensure that all is ready as we look forward to opening up the facility to the public," explained Okumu.Some of the works that are yet to be completed include ground lightening, visual aids and markings at the runway.Okumu said the new terminal building will be able...

KISUMU AIRPORT SET FOR COMPLETION

Following news a few days ago that Malindi’s airport construction was nearly complete and the commissioning of the new facilities, i.e. passenger terminal, shops, restaurants and the new control tower was only weeks away, was additional information sent to this correspondent over the weekend that Kisumu’s airport too was now counting down to the end of construction work on terminals, the expanded runway and other facilities.Catapulted to international fame when President Obama, whose paternal relatives live near Kisumu, was elected to the presidency...

East Africa news Khartoum’s membership application to join EAC seen as ‘pure mischief’

MORE MISCHIEF FROM THE KHARTOUM REGIMEKhartoum’s formal application to join the East African Community has been received with some incredulity in Arusha, causing a blinding diplomatic headache to community bureaucrats and the member states.No longer having any direct borders with any of the East African Community, the regime in Khartoum is thought to have placed their membership application to not only spite the new Republic of South Sudan but also to cause maximum diplomatic discomfort and division between the 5 present members.South Sudan has...

Daytrip: Locke, CA

Mr. S. and I woke up Saturday morning and it was such a beautiful sunshiny day that we decided to take a leisurely drive down to the Delta and explore the small town of Locke. I've heard about Locke often...

Terror: Will Nigeria produce another "underwear bomber"

Aviation authorities in Nigeria have been beefing up security at Nigerian airports following an attack at a UN building in Abuja that killed some 18 people when a Boko Haram suicide bomber rammed a truck full of explosives into the UN building.Nigeria's Boko Haram is thought to be getting training from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb(AQIM) and getting more sophisticated in its attacks with the use of suicide bombers. In 2009, by all appearances, it seemed the movement had been permanently crushed when the late President Umar Yar Adua ordered...

Rasgulla

Ingredients :For Rasgulla : 4 Cups Milk2 Tbsp Lemon Juice dissolved in 1 Tbsp Water1 Tbsp Maida (All purpose flour)For Syrup :4 Cups Water2 Cups Sugar1/4 Tsp Cardamom Powder4-5 sticks of Kesar Method...

SkyTrax: The Best Airports in Africa

The SkyTrax Award , which lists the best airports on the world is based on a questionnaire filled in by 11 million passengers. Hong Kong International Airport was voted the best airport in the world,...

Star Alliance Launches FareFinder App

Following the recent successful launch of its Navigator iPhone app, the Star Alliance network has now become the first airline alliance to introduce an easy and simple to use fare finder mobile applicationChristopher...

Egyptir Resumes Baghdad Flights after 21 years absence

EgyptAir is resuming flights to Baghdad Iraq after a 21 year absence. The Egyptian carrier scrapped flights to Iraq following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The first Cairo-Baghdad flight ...

Egypt's Military Opens Airport to Civilian Use to Boost Tourism

Egyptian pro-people ruling junta has approved a decision to convert a military airport into a civilian airport with an aim of boosting tourism in the country.The decision to open Ras Banaas for civilian use was made to enhance the movement of civilians in Marsa Alam  where the airport is located in the Red Sea Governarate. The unique Red Sea region has great potential for the development of tourism with a host of magnificent natural features....

Emirates Launches Online Recruitment Ad for 4000 Cabin Crew on Spotify

Emirates, the largest international airline, is advertising for 4000 cabin-crew jobs via online music provider Spotify as it strives to attract international staff for the world's biggest fleet of Airbus...

African Aviation: Africa Needs to Improve on Aviatioon Data Gathering

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is decrying poor aviation data on its aviation sector but this is not just a Nigerian problem but a problem facing the African aviation sector as a whole. The authority says that the data showing annual passenger traffic emanating from the agencies in the country are mostly contradicting and unreliable.  The Director General for NCAA Dr Harold Demuren has stated that aviation statistical committee gathering was to appraise the statistics of aviation agencies and parastatals which handle data collection...

Nigerian Airlines issued 90 Day Ultimatum to Join IATA BSP

The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, earlier this week issued a 90-day ultimatum for Nigerian domestic airlines to join the International Air Transport Association’s(IATA) Billing Settlement Plan. The deadline was contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Minister. The IATA BSP is the revenue clearing house for over 230 global airlines, representing about 94 per cent of the international air traffic. It is designed to facilitate and simplify the selling, reporting and remittance procedures of IATA...

Nigeria Aviation: Nigerian Aviation College has refurbished 22 Planes

The Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Capt. Adebayo Araba, has said that the college has rehabilitated 22 aeroplanes since 2007. Araba told the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Friday that by 2007, the college had only one serviceable aeroplane.“When I came in as rector in 2007, I met only one serviceable aeroplane and that resulted in non-availability of any training in this college.Before I came, only one pilot and one aeroplane were hired for the college when Isa Yuguda was Aviation Minister to...

In Pictures: RwandAir takes delivery of the first Boeing 737-800NG at a ceremony in Seattle.

Rwandair crew after inspecting the Boeing 737-800NG Sky Interior Rwandair 737-800NG Economy Class Happy Client A first glimpse at the new baby by the outside world Let's head home: Journey...

Sierra Leone Airlines over Freetown, 1987

Thursday's post detailed the launch of Sierra Leone's new carrier, concurrent with the 50th anniversary of the country's independence. In honor of another jubilee, in this case the 40th Anniversary...

UTA French Airlines: Central & Southern Africa Destinations

Another detail from UTA's worldwide map from 1989, part of Flickr user caribb's collection. Even thought France didn't have any colonies in the southern half of the continent, and there isn't a francophone...

UTA French Airlines: Worldwide Network, 1989 Detail 1: The African Network

A detail from the previous post, from Flickr user caribb's collection, showing the huge number of African destinations, which Air France didn't bother with.Courtesy: The Timetablist...

Swissair: Zurich-Kinshasa, 1973

Swissair always had extensive routes across Africa. This envelope, although certainly commemorative, does not indicate whether this date was particularly important for the route to Zaïre, which is...

Air Gabon: Systemwide Timetable, 1990

Air Gabon is another carrier that has recently seen extensive attention on timetablist, only to be have this further article, a delightful sample from Flickr user caribb's amazing collection, illuminate...

Sudan Airways; The Domestic Network, April 1977

The second half of a fantastic prize of Flickr user caribb's incredible airline memorabilia collection: Sudan Airways "White Nile Intra-African and Regional Services" as of April 1977.Showing a respectibly-dense...

Sudan Airways: The International Routes, April 1977

Yet another jaw-droppingly rare find from the world-class collection of Flickr user caribb: This unembellished matrix shows Sudan Airways "Blue Nile international Jet services" as of April, 1977. The...

Nigeria Airways: International Routes, November 1973

Having just recently featured Nigeria Airways in its vintage glory, it is particularly pleasing to highlight this second gem from the incredible collection of Flickr user caribb. This colorful, elephantine...

Lufthansa/Privatair Flight No. LH588: Frankfurt->Libreville->Pointe-Noire

Here is the curious case of LH588: a 7 hour, 15 minute flight on board a wingleted B737-800 of Lufthansa-owned PrivatAir, from Frankfurt Airport to Libreville, Gabon, and then an onward hop of a little...

Nigeria Airways: Detail of the Domestic and Regional Network, April 1966

Still from the TimeTablist, showing the Pink Nigeria Airways in 1966 Still Nigeria Airways, still all pink. The state airways corporation operated a zig-zaging domestic network, shown here as an inset...

Historic African Airline Timetables - Nigeria Airways: Systemwide Network, April 1966

Pink was chosen to capture the essence of the fleet of the wingéd elephant's global reach in this delicious timetable from April 1966, sporting a roseate VC-10 flagship on its cover, with the stout...

Historic African Airline Route Maps - Cameroon Airlines: Systemwide Network

Although Cameroon Airlines never abandoned its psychadelic-jungle imagery, it apparently had, by 1996, divested in original graphic design, seeming to opt instead to scrawl its network over a readymade...

Historic African Airline Route Maps: Cameroon Airlines: Systemwide Network, Summer 1976

One of the earliest and most marked secessions from the Air Afrique consortium was the Republic of Cameroon, which withdrew in 1971 to found its own flag carrier, Cameroon Airlines. This overbright...

African Airlines Timetables: Air Mauritanie: Systemwide Network, 2002

The Timetablist travels to Mauritania Continuing with those national carriers which sprang up in the wake of the Air Afrique collapse, here is a combination timetable and route map of Air Mauritanie,...

Toumaï air Tchad Systemwide Network, March 2005

Continuing series from the Timetablist blog, here we travel to Chad Continuing to examine West African state carriers in the wake of Air Afrique's demise, this posts credits, with special thanks,...

African Airline Route Maps: Air Burkina: Systemwide Network, c.2004

Further post-Air Afrique aviation: with special complements to the website Developpement Felix Mayer is this colorful Carte of Air Burkina's Reseau, which the fantastic site Timetable Images suggest...

Air France: The African Routes, 1977. Detail #1: East Africa & the Indian Ocean

Air France: The African Routes, 1977. Detail #1: East Africa & the Indian Ocean Compared to the Western portion of the continent, where Air France was absent in 1977 and is quite present today,...

Air France: The African Routes, 1977.

Our series from the Timetablist continues with Air France's African Route Map for 1977.Air France: The African Routes, 1977. In the wake of Air Afrique Week, it might be most fitting to spend the latter...

Historic African Airline Route Maps: Air Afrique: Route Map Poster c.1962

For the last  two months, we have been publishing select posts from the Timetablist, a unique aviation blog dedicated to historic and current airline route maps, route post cards from the last...

Masala Bhakari (Spicy / Masala Roti)

Ingredients :1 Cup Jowar flour1 Cup approximately hot waterA pinch of Salt.ReadyMade Onion-Garlic Masala 1/4 Cup finely chopped onion1/4 Cup finely chopped tomatoesRed Chilly Powder Finely chopped...

Upcoming Food Events

(print by PragyaK)August 26th- Sacramento Wine & Dine   http://www.jlsac.org/?nd=winedineAugust 27th- Davis Farm to School's Village Feast http://www.davisfarmtoschool.org/index.php/events/September...

Kenya Airways adds one more daily flight to Kisumu

Kenya Airways will be adding an additional daily flight to Kisumu as the demand to the city rises....

Jambo Jet: Will Kenya Airways succeed in low-cost airline market?

Kenyan LCC Fly540: Kenyan LCC market already faces stiff competition Kenya Airways recently announced its intention to establish a low- cost, “no frills” airline to be called Jambo Jet.The stated...