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  ·          UK’s University of Essex graduates and alumni from across India to attend first-ever Indian graduation ceremony. ·          Indian graduation ceremony in January 2023 to have all sense of occasion, excitement and fun which Essex graduation ceremonies are so well known for. ·          Open to all Indian alumni even if they attended their original ceremony in Colchester. UK’s University of Essex today announced that it will hold a special and first-ever graduation ceremony for its students in India. The prestigious ceremony will be held at the British High Commissioner's Residence in New Delhi and will be attended by recent graduates plus soon to graduate students, alumni, Essex Vice-Chancellor Professor Anthony Forster and the soon to be announced Indian Alumni of the Year. The first graduation ceremony is to be held in India, on 21 January 2023. Vice-Chancellor Professor Anthony Forster said: “I’m very much looking forward to sharing this unforgettable day with our

  ·          Regenta Central Imperial Candolim is Royal Orchid Hotels’ fifth property in Goa I ndia’s leading business and leisure hospitality brand Royal Orchid & Regenta Hotels is expanding its presence in the country’s most popular tourist place Goa. Royal Orchid Hotel has launched its fifth property - Regenta Central Imperial Candolim in Goa. The property will be operational beginning October 15. T he launch of its fifth property. The Group is already running four properties in the state -   Royal Orchid Beach Resort & Spa Utorda Beach, Regenta Central North Goa, Arpora, Regenta Place Mandrem Beach Resort, Pernem and Regenta Inn Palacio De Goa, Panaji. The Regenta Central Imperial Candolim is strategically located at the Candolim road – a short distance from north Goa’s exciting tourist attractions. The newly opened luxury property comprises 73 rooms. These include four imperial suites, 18 luxury suites, four deluxe rooms and 47 superior rooms. The rooms exude luxury

  ·          Indian Ocean saw a 33% increase in populations within 100 KM of a coral reef and 71% at 5 KM ·          Coral reefs predicted to decline between 70-90% in the next decade and up to 99% if global warming reaches 2°C above pre-industrial levels ·          In India, 30 million more people lived within 100 KM of coral reefs in 2020 compared to 20 years ago According to research by UK’s University of Essex, the steep rise in population growth in coastal areas over the past 20 years have increased the risk to coral reefs globally. Research from the University of Essex has found that the number of people living in coastal areas by coral reefs has grown to nearly one billion – a rise of 250 million since 2000, and rates are going up in these areas quicker than global averages. Worryingly, the areas closest to the coral reefs – where people’s direct livelihoods rely on these valuable ecosystems – has seen a population density boom which is now four times the global average. The n