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Topic: Tourists

Vance calls Pahalgam attack ‘devastating’, Israeli envoy & foreign minister voice support for India

Two groups of six terrorists opened fire on the tourists visiting Pahalgam's Baisaran valley, killing at least 26 people.

Free visas for Indians from January, policy on research vessels soon, says Sri Lankan FM Vijitha Herath

On final day of a 3-day visit to India, Sri Lankan foreign minister also says that the country could produce electricity for export to India after completion of all projects.

Goa minister says 2023 tourist footfall crossed pre-Covid numbers after X user booked for claiming dip

According to Goa tourism minister, over 86 lakh tourists visited in 2023, and 80.64 lakh in 2019. Entrepreneur booked for X post says ‘can't protect Goa tourism by suppressing criticism'.

Drinking on Dal Lake isn’t just unethical—it snatches freedom, safety from Kashmiri women

Dal Lake is more than a tourist attraction. Kashmiris share a pious and intimate relationship with it.

French tourist dies after falling from high platform at Fatehpur Sikri Fort

A group of tourists from France were taking selfies inside Fatehpur Sikri Fort when the wooden railing broke. The woman fell off 5-foot-high platform, landing on the stone floor.

7 tourists stranded mid-air as technical snag hits cable cars in Himachal’s Solan valley

Himachal Pradesh's Timber Trail Parwanoo saw a mishap Monday after their cable car experienced a technical glitch. The tourists were stuck mid air and a rescue was underway.

Soot from research & tourist activity hastening snow melt in Antarctica, finds global study

According to the study, increased human activity is leading to black carbon pollution, contributing to snow melting, a concern as loss of Antarctic ice accelerates global heating.

9 kids among 21 dead as heavy snow leaves cars stranded in Pakistan tourist hotspot Murree

Rescue efforts are underway at Murree hill station, and Pakistan’s Punjab province declared a state of emergency in the area. An inquiry has been ordered too.

How Covid arbitrage became trade of the year, be it in India or Taiwan

The choice of where to live, how to work and which schools to attend provided relative comfort for the rich, while billions of others scrambled for vaccines and work-life balance.

Govt raises concern amid pictures of people flouting Covid norms in hill stations, markets

Describing the pictures as 'frightening', the govt officials cautioned that not following Covid-appropriate behaviour will nullify the gains made in the management of the pandemic.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.