Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel has announced that opening hours of 10 historical monuments across the country has been increased and now these monuments will remain open from sunrise to 9 PM for common public. This extension in the…
YES Bank has become the second-largest shareholder in tour operator Cox & Kings after it acquired an 18.55 % stake from the invocation of pledge. The private-sector lender has additionally picked up a 30 % stake in Cox & Kings…
Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has said that the government is working on a proposal to privatise 20-25 airports, managed and operated by the authority and a final decision will soon be taken. “We have privatised six…
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is ready to implement Aireon’s air traffic surveillance service in Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata’s oceanic airspaces, an area of over six million sq. kilometers. Full implementation of the space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), is…
Sri Lanka on Wednesday included India and China in the free visa-on-arrival program to revive the country’s tourism sector which witnessed a slump following the Easter Sunday bombings. In April, Sri Lanka suspended its plans to grant visas on arrival…
The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BIAL) has rolled out of the Digi Yatra project- a fully biometric-based self boarding solution for a seamless flow from registration to boarding, which has been implemented for one particular flight of full-service carrier Vistara,…
The Potala Palace is the highest ancient palace across the world situated at an elevation of 12,300ft (3750 meters) above sea level. The palace is around 100 meters above the Lhasa City. It was constructed in the year 1645 by…
Ministry of Tourism has identified 17 sites in 12 clusters in the country for development under Iconic Tourist Sites Development Project, pursuant to Budget Announcements of 2018-19. Following are the 17 sites: Uttar Pradesh- TajMahal & Fatehpur Sikri; Maharashtra- Ajanta & Ellora; Delhi- Humayun’s…
SriLankan Airlines achieved the remarkable feat of being named the World’s Most Punctual Airline yet again, with 90.75 per cent of its flights in May 2019 being ‘on-time’ throughout its route network. This is the second time in less than…
VFS Global is extending its business hours to include Saturdays, with an aim to provide more flexibility to student visa applicants to the United Kingdom. The new ‘Student Saturdays’ initiative is one of three special packages being rolled out for…
