Bhutan
The calm and peace of Dirang
August 4, 2021
A quaint little quiet village set amidst lush green trees, cool little streams set against high mountains could be straight from a picture-perfect movie set of a Disney production. And Dirang may well be just that. A small village planted in Arunachal Pradesh, North-East, just ea...
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Under Modi’s watch, India’s vaccine diplomacy turns into vaccine disaster
April 15, 2021
With India’s daily case count rising to a new high every day for about a month, the country has once again displaced Brazil from the slot of the country with the second highest incidence of Covid-19 cases. On Tuesday, India registered over 185,000 cases, a jump of 1582 pc from ...
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On World Ozone Day 2020, relearning forgotten lessons from past global success for COVID19
September 15, 2020
It was the decade of 1970s. A dozen men had already landed on the moon. There was an exhilarating mood all around, mainly in the developed countries. ‘‘Sky is not the limit,’’ scientists and technocrats would often boast. The doors of the universe could be commanded from ...
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TTF Kolkata observes another full house edition
July 18, 2019
Travel and Tourism Fair (TTF), India’s oldest and one of the largest travel trade show network celebrated its 30th edition of TTF Kolkata this year from July 12-14 with 450+ exhibitors and a record turnout of 10,000 visitors.
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Short-Haul International Trips
July 20, 2018
Owing to economic air travel options, direct flights, favourable visa policies and more, Indians are now taking short international trips instead of travelling domestically. “Every year we wait for summers to go on a family holiday. Last year we travelled to Leh (Jammu &...
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TTF Kolkata celebrates 30 years of travel fairs in India
July 9, 2018
Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF), the oldest and one of the biggest travel trade shows in India which originated in Kolkata in 1989, celebrated its 30thedition in the city in 2018. More than 430 exhibitors from 28 Indian states and 13 countries participated on the fully packed show fl...
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India’s Stance on Refugees
May 31, 2018
India hosts the largest population of refugees in all of South Asia. At the end of 2016, there were 207,070 persons of concern in India, out of whom 197,851 were refugees and 9,219 were asylum seekers. As per the Global Trends report on Forced Displacement in 2016, published by t...
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Bhutan launches new official destination website
October 31, 2017
The Tourism Council of Bhutan launched its new official destination website in the wake of a growing importance of digital presence in tourism.
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Dynamic Initiatives for Revenue Generation
October 31, 2017
Various initiatives are being undertaken on all fronts to holistically increase the non-aeronautical revenue generation capacity of Indian airports in a bid to have a sustainable revenue stream. Traditionally, airport operators derive their income from two components: aeronautica...
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The Kolkata Airport Cargo Story
October 31, 2017
A look at the inception and growth of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata and how Airports Authority of India (AAI) has managed to effectively implement initiatives making this airport a success story. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (...
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Liberalising aviation services by 2020?
July 20, 2017
The Indian government might contemplate open sky agreements for countries, which fall within a radius of 5,000 kilometres, by 2020.
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A safari in the Buxa Tiger Reserve
June 29, 2017
The sun often fails to penetrate the dense forests to reach the lands of the Buxa Tiger Reserve as you anticipate wilderness in the core area benched on a typical safari gypsy.
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