Travel

Latest reports suggest that the Afghan airspace has now been closed for flights, which means overflying is also not permitted. Nonstop Air India flights from the US to India are being diverted in order to avoid the Afghan airspace. The…
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Special flights between India and the UK are going to have an increased capacity from August 16 onwards.. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has now increased the cap on these flights, from 30 to 60 per week. The decision has come from the…
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In a move to facilitate travel across India, the Tourism Ministry has asked all Union Territories and the states to remove restrictions, if any, for the fully vaccinated travellers. Reportedly, this is the second time the Ministry has…
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The Philippines will extend a ban on travelers from India and nine other countries to the end of August because of concerns posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesperson said on Friday.…
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The Canadian government has announced that it will issue proof of vaccination or vaccine passports, for international travel. The document may be released this fall. A release from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said the…
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Pakistan is among nine countries, devotees from where have been barred from entering Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, the country’s federal minister for religious affairs, Noor ul Haq Qadri has claimed. Qadri made this claim while…
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With countries recording a rise in COVID-19 Delta variant cases, many countries have been in a fix. While many have banned Indian travellers, some have gone ahead to lift travel bans on Indian travellers. Here are some countries that have…
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With domestic tourism in Kerala having suffered losses of ₹33,000 crore from March 2020 to December 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government has said unexplored tourist destinations are being identified to bring in more…
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Tresses swirled and fins shimmered as thousands of people donned tails to dive into a weekend of all things mermaid at the MerMagic convention in Virginia. Held at an aquatic center in Manassas, in the eastern United States, the convention…
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Saudi Arabia will gradually begin receiving Umrah pilgrimage requests from abroad for vaccinated pilgrims starting August 9 after about a year and a half of not receiving overseas worshippers due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19)…
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