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Topic: travellers

The Sri Lanka story in 100 fridge magnets

Authors Anthony Vipin Das and Vidushi Duggal turned the magnets they collected during their travels into Around the World in Magnets–Sri Lanka, launched earlier this week.

Noida’s Japanese-style pod hotels are buzzing. Next goal is to set up near big hospitals

The pod hotel is surrounded by offices, hospitals and start-ups—restaurants, bars, and cafes have also come up in the area in the last five years catering to young corporate workers.

It’s been a record-setting year for global travel. Time to also make it sustainable

Some destinations struggle with operational challenges, including workforce issues and resource management amid rising tourist numbers and environmental concerns.

China suspends short-term visas from Japan & South Korea over Covid-19 curbs

The issue of visas were suspended in retaliation against countries that required negative Covid-19 tests from Chinese travellers.

Mere 29% travellers got refunds from airlines for cancelled plans during 3rd wave, survey says

LocalCircles asked people about their travel plans between January and March this year, and if they were able to get a refund in case they cancelled. This is what it found.

For James Meeker, travelling is a vocation, brimming with adventure and diverse experiences

Travelling isn’t just moving from one place to another. It’s about passion, commitment, experiences, and adventures. People with such a strong love of travel...

On Omicron, keep eye out for changes in hospitalisation rate & mortality: Centre tells states

All samples from hotspots to be genome sequenced. States asked to step up surveillance at airports, but Centre objects to Maharashtra’s decision on testing all passengers.

On Camera

Henry George’s Single Tax offers a democratic alternative to communist remedies: DM Kulkarni

The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.