India’s port capacity and strategy

Anchored for very long port development in India has began to look promising after its Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a comprehensive plan to increase India’s port handling capacity to 3,000 million tonnes (mt) by 2025, from the present 1,400 mt. With this India envisag...

Former French president in India

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit India on April 13 and meet with the Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi, after their first encounter in Paris in April 2015. He is perceived as rather pro-business amongst Indian decision makers and is also surrounded, in the gen...

Emerging markets

India has just taken up the presidency of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) group. It has become the strongest economic performer of this heterogeneous ensemble, with the highest growth and the most readable investment context among these five countries. Sinc...

World Tourism Forum 2016

Former President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso has criticised the recent moves by some European Union leaders to suspend the Schengen agreement, which allows for visa free travel within 26 European nations. Barroso cautioned the European leaders against building ...

World Tourism Forum 2016

World Tourism Forum 2016 will be held from February 4-6 in Istanbul in Turkey. Africa will be the flavor of the forum as leaders of the tourism industry from all around the world gather. World Tourism Forum was established with an aim to deliver value to the tourism industry by p...

Netflix finally launched in India

The world famous video service platform Netflix has now fully buffered in India. On the day of its launch, the Internet saw a gush of updates from the youth about the same. Netflix was finally launched in India and in 129 other countries on 6th January and the people, especially ...

Kenya

Lux Belle Mare, Mauritius

In the midst of pristine sea, white sand and luxury, Lux Belle Mare, earlier known as Beau Rivage Resort, will make you feel like being in heaven. Mauritius, the ‘Chotta Bharat’ as they call it. The island of white sand beaches and pristine waters is the perfect destination f...

Mauritius: Spoilt for choice

Of the 330 km coastline that Mauritius has, nearly half, or 160 km, are sublime beaches that offer plenty of options for tourists. Exploring and enjoying these can take a good part of any vacation in this Indian Ocean island. Unlike the beaches in India that are exposed directly ...

Tanzania

With a warehouse of exotic animals such as zebra, giraffe and hippopotamus; and the culture of its primitive tribes; Tanzania attracts the travellers inclined to adventure and desolation.   Muh’ – I say in a moment of rare eloquence. It’s a giraffe – my first giraffe...

Carthage

In North Africa, Tunisia is a rare gem that provides a very rich mix of European and Arab heritage. The Roman ruins of Carthage are a stellar example of the treasures waiting to be discovered there. When you land at the Tunis airport in the capital of this tiny, North African nat...

D’Kar: Small is Beautiful