India

OAP and off-season jaunts As well as destination trends, tour operators are rushing to cater for other shifts in the way people travel. A quest for value for money is driving holidaymakers to book breaks during monsoon season when airfares and accommodation are cheaper, as well as opt for shorter …

Sri Lanka is considering the possibility of allowing the use of the Indian rupee for local transactions just like the dollar, euro and yen to facilitate Indian tourists and businessmen, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Saturday. Sabry was briefing the media here on President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s visit to India …

MUMBAI, July 22 (Reuters) – India’s Yes Bank (YESB.NS) reported a smaller-than-expected increase in quarterly net profit on Saturday as it set aside more money for aging bad loans and security receipts, denting the impact of higher net interest income. The private lender’s standalone net profit rose 10.3% for the …

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — West Indies were an uplifting 86-1 after Virat Kohli hit his first overseas century since 2018 for India on day two of the second test at Queen’s Park Oval on Friday. India was all out for 438 on the stroke of tea then West …

India and Sri Lanka agreed on Friday to consider building a bridge between the two countries during a visit by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi The Sri Lankan president is in India for a two-day official visit, his first since taking office last year. Following talks with …

New Delhi: India’s per capita carbon emissions have been hailed as significantly low amid growing concerns over climate change, said Union minister for power and new & renewable Energy RK Singh. The announcement was made during the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial and 8th Mission Innovation Meeting in Goa. The ministerial …

NEW DELHI : A newly formed India-Australia joint working group is looking at the possibility of a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) that would help Indian whiskey makers tap into the Australian market, which has a significant Indian population and growth opportunity, two people aware of the development said. India and …

On Wednesday, a landslide caused by India’s torrential rains swept dozens of people. The landslide buried 17 houses and caused at least 21 deaths, but many others are still feared trapped beneath the piles of debris. Several of the 75 people rescued were taken to a hospital for treatment, according …

At the press opening for the Metropolitan Museum’s beyond-beautiful “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE-400 CE,” five red-robed monks chanted Pali blessings, the vocalized equivalent of oceanic silence. The ancient sculptures around them projected a different, visual music: Forest birds sang, mythical creatures roared, and semi-divine …

RAIGAD, India (AP) — Rescuers found five more bodies Friday in India’s western Maharashtra state, raising the death toll from a landslide triggered by torrential rains to at least 21 with many others feared trapped under the debris, officials said. Scores of rescuers and trekkers have been deployed to search …