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Mobile food services market to grow at 6 pc CAGR

Mobile food services market to grow at 6 pc CAGR

December 13, 2022

A report by global markets analyst firm Future Market Insights says that the business of food trucks is set to grow at a healthy compounded annual growth rate of 6 pc around the world for the next decade. The FMI report says that food trucks have been an integral part of many vib...

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Repair, not replace: Key to tackling climate change

Repair, not replace: Key to tackling climate change

March 29, 2022

Thirungia region in Germany is offering residents up to 100 Euros for not throwing away their smartphones, but repair them and continue to use them. Similar repair bonus is also available for other consumer electronic items like laptops and domestic appliances. The scheme is soon...

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Vaccine passports: Bad idea with terrible timing traumatises tourism industry

Vaccine passports: Bad idea with terrible timing traumatises tourism industry

August 24, 2021

For a long while now, international travellers have been used to finding different queues at immigration counters at various airports, especially in developed world, queues that classify arrivals by origin of their country. Most of the rich countries are clubbed together and then...

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Is the beauty industry hurting us?

Is the beauty industry hurting us?

January 30, 2020

The internet has transformed beauty culture from an exclusive domain of models and magazines to the broad, accessible world of social media. In recent years, research shows that more women are saying that they feel beautiful, but at the same time, a vast majority of women feel th...

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Pench: chasing fleeting wildlife wonders

Pench: chasing fleeting wildlife wonders

December 10, 2018

Unperturbed nature, wild animals, unique flora, get ready for a safari in the Pench National Park.

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Portraits from Pushkar

Portraits from Pushkar

December 1, 2018

We witnessed the charm of the countryside, the people and their lifestyle, and made some portraits providing a complete backdrop of their brightly coloured saris, odhnis (strip of cloth); their everyday ornaments; some aged and painted faces in the crowd; men in equally colourful...

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Vibrant colours of the Pushkar Fair

Vibrant colours of the Pushkar Fair

November 23, 2018

The Pushkar Fair invites tourists from across the globe who flock to this town and soak in the riot of vibrant colours and festivities. The fair is all loaded with cultural programmes, folk music and dance, richly adorned camels and other livestock.

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Would You Dive Deep into the Sea without Oxygen?

Would You Dive Deep into the Sea without Oxygen?

November 22, 2018

On the South Korean island of Jeju, the local women dive up to 10 metres below sea level every day to gather food.

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Three Colours from the Omani Palette
Why it’s more fun in the Philippines

Why it’s more fun in the Philippines

November 22, 2018

With cruises, casinos, and fun galore, this quiet gem in the far east is cooler and closer than ever before. Excerpts from a conversation over coffee with Daks F Gonzales, head of product and market development for India at the Department of Tourism, Philippines.

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Hotel Review: Dusit Thani

Hotel Review: Dusit Thani

November 22, 2018

Swanky rooms, stylish looks, superb food. Dusit Thani is designed to pamper you. The rooms This sprawling Thai-inspired luxury hotel comprises 37 floors. The gigantic glass tower consists of 527 rooms and 125 apartments and about 3,700 square metres of state-of-the-art events, me...

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The Guru of Kung-Fu

The Guru of Kung-Fu

November 22, 2018

Kung-Fu is considered to be a Chinese martial art, but did you know that it was inspired by the teachings of an Indian monk?

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