News – India & You
Housing and Land Rights Network NGO’s challenges
June 1, 2016
New Delhi based NGO Housing and Land Rights Network (HLNR) addresses the crucial issue of housing shortage in the Indian capital, providing shelter and legal help to homeless people and slum inhabitants. But these are provisory solutions and the roots of the problem – from proh...
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India’s Jet Airways aims to expand Europe ma...
May 30, 2016
Responding to the growing demand from the Europe market, Jet Airways, the second most prominent private airline of India, is all set to deploy six wide-body Boeing aircraft to Amsterdam, Paris and Toronto from August 2016. Jet Airways initiated moves to take back the six B777-300...
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Air India – Indian Railway Catering and Tour...
May 26, 2016
If your Rajdhani train ticket is not confirmed, Air India might welcome you on board. In the latest pact proposed and agreed between the Indian flag carrier and IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation); passengers with unconfirmed Rajdhani train tickets will be off...
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Untapped MICE market in India
May 25, 2016
India unlike China, Japan or Korea remained uncannily inert in terms capitalising the global MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) market in the last decade. It’ll be interesting to observe what the government intends to do to boost it in the next five years. The...
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Reusable space vehicle made in India
May 24, 2016
After the much-talked about Mars mission (Mangalyaan), India’s interplanetary space research takes another step with the maiden launch of a reusable space shuttle. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) grabs global attention as it successfully flight tested the coun...
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5 things to know about e-tourist visa on arrival i...
May 23, 2016
Are you planning a leisure trip to India this summer? Do you know there is supposedly an easier and time-saving option called the e-tourist visa on arrival facility rolled out by the Indian ministry of tourism? Although the scheme is yet to bring a significant change in the inter...
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International Day against Homophobia and Transphob...
May 18, 2016
Even as the world observes International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17, the third genders are not yet fully accepted by the society and face constant harassment and exploitation. Though countries across the globe celebrate International Day against Homophobia a...
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Latest e-Tourist visa numbers in India
May 13, 2016
The e-tourist visa scheme by the Indian government is trying to impose itself as the game-changer for the country’s tourism industry. But the announcement of a mammoth growth figure of 266 pc on e-visa arrival in April 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, contrasts sha...
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Interview with Shafiul Alam Ishaque, general manag...
May 11, 2016
Being the state that shares international borders with the neighbouring countries Pakistan and China, the northernmost state Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) experiences issues of territorial conflicts. Additionally, the tourism in the state suffered due to insurgency in the early 1...
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Jammu & Kashmir
May 10, 2016
As a first time traveller to the northernmost state Jammu & Kashmir, nestled in the Indian Himalayas, one may have mixed feelings over security as goes the general perception. However, the hospitality of the land called the paradise on earth for its beauty will leave you plea...
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