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Topic: Travel

Do-piyaza, blood-spitting paan, camels — The ‘bizarre’ food of Mughals in Western travelogues

In 'Tasting Difference', Gitanjali Shahani writes about the Mughal foods and traditions that early Western travellers considered 'ugly' and disturbing.

An Indian-Chinese couple went on a road trip to Chengdu — this is what they found

In 'The Other Shangri-La', Shivaji Das writes about his travels to Chengdu, its ear-cleaners, 'Chinese dream' posters and Tibetan dogs.

Itching to travel but don’t want to quarantine? This Covid ‘health passport’ is your answer

In mid-July, the number of confirmed cases globally jumped by a million in just four days. Travellers are now being forced to quarantine when they return home.

US allows Americans to travel abroad but the world is still sceptical of them

A European travel ban against Americans remains in effect, and non-essential travel to Canada is severely restricted. Other nations require Americans to quarantine on arrival.

Indian tourists are finally out. But there’s a bigger headache than coronavirus — red tape

Checking into a hotel is easier. Getting past the innumerable checkpoints where you are asked the same set of questions again, and again, is not.

Why staycations can’t fill Singapore’s $20 billion hole in tourism sector

Singapore’s tourism sector faces a tough challenge as locals prefer to wait to travel to hotspots like Thailand and Malaysia rather than spend on a hotel down the street.

Supreme Court asks Centre, states to send migrant workers home free of charge

The top court earlier passed a slew of directions to states, asking them to send migrant workers home, register, counsel and help them find employment.

Travel will come back after Covid. It will become ‘touchless’

To make travel safer after Covid crisis, companies will use digital tools for identification instead of physical fingerprints and hand scanners.

Coronavirus could cost global economy $8.8 trillion – that’s almost 10% of global GDP

The new estimates by ADB are more than twice the range of $2 trillion to $4.1 trillion the development bank gave 3 April.

On Camera

New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.