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Tamil Nadu on mission to get Blue Flag tag for 4 of its beaches. But Marina presents a unique challenge

4 yrs ago, state's Kovalam beach for the Blue Flag certification, a globally recognised eco-label awarded by Denmark-based non-profit Foundation for Environmental Education.

Surf’s up on Mars. Red planet once had ‘vacation-style’ beaches, suggest new findings

A team of scientists from China’s Guangzhou University & US’s Penn State analysed data from China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars in 2021.

Karnataka can be a Goa or Kerala for beach tourism. Only it doesn’t want to be

“Our countryside beauty is intact. We have a lot of secret beaches and spots in the hills we don’t share with anyone,” says Yatish Baikampade, a tourism entrepreneur in Mangaluru.

Pondicherry Resort — all you need to know before booking your stay

Pondicherry, a coastal town surrounded by Tamil Nadu, is your answer to an idyllic vacation to refresh, relax and rejuvenate. It is a Union...

Sydney Covid restrictions widen amid Northern Beaches outbreak

Authorities in New South Wales will limit gatherings in homes and entertainment venues from Sunday after 28 (of 30) new Covid cases registered were linked to the Northern Beaches area.

WFH sees big city professionals realise the Goa dream — buy/rent property, move to the beach

Most people are buying or renting property near popular tourist destinations in Goa, like Anjuna and Vagator, giving a boost to the beach town's Covid-hit real estate business.

With flights yet to resume, cheap beach destinations could turn into exotic holidays

The virus has been destabilizing for Southeast Asia, whose rosy economic outlook before Covid was premised in large part on booming international travel.

Short trip, virus screening hotel, social distance on beach – this is the future of holidays

It’s becoming painfully clear that our next vacations will be close to home and overshadowed by concerns about health precautions.

Tourists are three times less likely to make safe swimming choices at beaches than residents

Just because a beach is accessible, has numerous attractions and is near to a resort, does not make it safe or drowning-proof.

A 550 km-long mass of rotting seaweed is heading for Mexico’s beaches

It’s a bleak picture. Beaches ruined by deposits of foul-smelling, rotting seaweed are bad for tourism.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.