Tourism
China opens Nathu La route for Kailash Mansarovar pilgrims
22 Jun 2015
The existing Lipulekh Pass stands badly damaged after the 2013 floods in Uttarakhand and the new route will enable pilgrims to travel the 1,500 km from Nathu La to Kailash by buses
China's Fosun acquires 5% stake in Thomas Cook
07 Mar 2015
E-ticketing facility for Taj Mahal to open soon
13 Dec 2014
Branson’s Virgin Group building two ships for new cruise line
09 Dec 2014
The new business will be the first to enter the cruise market in the US almost 20 years after Disney Cruise Lines opened for business in 1996
TUI Travel to merge with parent to create £5.2-bn tourism giant
16 Sep 2014
The merger would see TUI Travel, which serves 30 million customers join TUI AG, owner of 230 hotels and seven cruise ships
Mehair launches Mumbai-Lonavla seaplane service
25 Aug 2014
'Shri Shakti Express’ to Vaishno Devi launched
15 Jul 2014
Union Budget 2014-15: Rs500 crore to create five tourist circuits, focus on religious, heritage cities
10 Jul 2014
Railways completes trial run of 160-kmph Delhi-Agra train
03 Jul 2014
The Indian Railways on Thursday managed to stretch the maximum speed on its rails by 10 km to 160 km, with the successful trial run on the Delhi-Agra rout
UK travel site gives Google Glass to customers
28 Jun 2014
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
