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The world rowing federation also known as Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Aviron (FISA), founded by rowing delegates from France, Switzerland, Belgium, Adriatica, and Italy, have taken an oath to protect the world heritage sites. The promise was developed after the FISA‘s clean water partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Photo Courtesy: www.ebu.ch FISA admits that large sports events can give an adverse effect on the location as well as the environment, and hence the association had made certain protocols to protect these sites. UNESCO was pleased by the federation’s decision, as they look forward to other sports federation to take ... Read more

India’s low-cost airline carrier IndiGo is all set to start low-cost flight service from New Delhi to European countries Madrid, Hong Kong, Paris and London. Photo Courtesy: Youtube.com IndiGo will be putting its Airbus A330 aircraft for the service and has asked for various grants from the authorities to operate flights. ‘IndiGo currently offering service for up to 30 per cent less than that of its rivals apart from the cost of fuel burn, labour charge and aircraft run-time. All these notable progress are done by maximising economy seating and reducing premium seats. Photo Courtesy: Youtube.com IndiGo also uses low ... Read more

Zambia tourism board launched their latest mobile app with the name Zed Tourism Mobile App on play store, the app opens up the possibility of exploring Zambia in a hassle-free manner with the latest technology. Photo Courtesy: google play The contents of the app include featured places, tourist destinations, food and drinks, hotels, entertainment, sport, shopping etc. The app opens up the exploring attribute of Zambia with all the detailing for major destinations that an unknown traveller demands. It also includes details regarding the destination, reference pictures, ratings, descriptions, GPS tagging and much more. For more info visit  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.zedTourism&hl=en   ... Read more

‘Airpocalypse II,’ a report from Greenpeace India revealed that Kerala has the cleanest air among other states of India, followed by a good ambient quality air. The agency has found out that Kerala kept PM10 (particulate matter in air of 10 microns and smaller) standards, said Sunil Dahiya, senior campaigner, Greenpeace India. Kerala followed a consistency in its pollution level in 2015 and 2016 with a minor variation in number. Cities such as Kochi, Thrissur, Wayanad and Kozhikode showed an increased variation whereas Alappuzha, Kottayam, Malappuram and Palakkad got a slight decrease in variables. Photo Courtesy: Kerala Tourism The authorities ... Read more

Andhra Pradesh tourism department is on a plan to construct new hotel rooms under the luxury category as there’s a constant demand from the foreign tourists. The state government estimates an amount of Rs 3,500 crores from investors to build over 10,000 new luxury rooms. The state currently ranked 3rd in terms of tourism potentials to the country, has already 8,500 hotel rooms, as per official reports. “The new project would come under the public-private partnership with a moderate policy that would attract investors,” said Bhuma Akhila Priya, Tourism Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Photo Courtesy: luxurytrainsindia.com Analysts confirm that there ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: chinadaily China’s national observatory maintained its blue alert, the lowest level in a four-tier warning system, after a cold front hit parts of central and east China. Temperatures are expected to remain near freezing in many of the southern Chinese provinces, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said. Cities including Changsha, Hangzhou, Hefei, Guiyang, Nanchang, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan saw their temperatures drop below zero degrees Celsius. Heavy wind is expected within the nest 48 hours in parts of Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, and other north China region. The southern China will see rain and snow, said NMC The ... Read more

France’s first sex doll brothel opens in Paris with three silicone sex dolls ready for rent. Having paid sex was made illegal in France in 2016, but the law had no mention about paying for sex with a silicon doll. The brothel website XDolls advertises three different kinds of dolls on offer – Lily, Sofia and Kim and also displays the pictures of each kinds of dolls. The website even offers Virtual Reality experience to the users. “Welcome to Digisexuality. Live the experience 2.0 with our immersion pack. Sex and virtual reality, strong feeling guaranteed!,” reads the website. The contact ... Read more

The silver jubilee edition of SATTE, South Asia’s leading travel and tourism exhibition, kick starts at the Le Meridien in New Delhi. THe evnt was inaugurated by Chief Guest KJ Alphons, Minister for Tourism (I/C), Govt. of India, along with TS Rawat, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand;  Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog; Faiyaz Koya, Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism Fiji; I Gde Pitana Dy. Tourism Minister, Indonesia;  Bo Keun Choi, Senior Officer, Regional Programme for Asia and the Pacific, UNWTO; Subhash Goyal, Member, National Tourism Advisory Committee; Navin Berry, Founder, SATTE; Michael Duck, Executive Vice President, UBM Asia and Yogesh Mudras, Managing ... Read more

Abu Dhabi welcomed over 3, 50,000 Indian visitors last year. With new additions like Louvre Museum, Abu Dhabi is expecting more millennial visitors from India. Keeping this in mind, Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT) has entered into a partnership with GoFro, India’s foremost online holiday marketplace. DCT partnered with GoFro, to leverage company’s unique travel marketplace model with packages and customised travel option from all leading travel companies of the country. The partnership will enable travellers to get travel advice from local travel experts from Abu Dhabi and help them to customize travel. “Travellers are now ... Read more

More than 150 people had to be rescued from a ski lift in Austria after it faced a mechanical problem at Kreischberg ski resort in Styria, Austria. Several helicopters were called to help move skiers out of the chairlift, with a majority of the seats suspended more than 50ft above ground. A number of British tourists were among those rescued by the Austrian Armed Forces rescue helicopter. It took almost three hours for the team to rescue the skiers. Since it takes much time to mend the mechanical problem of the ski lift, the authorities decided to use the helicopter service ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: OTV An infiltration bid by militants has been foiled on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Baramulla district. India and Pakistani troops on Tuesday exchanged fire along LoC in Rajouri and Uri. No casualties have been reported so far. “Noticing suspicious movement in Gohalan area on Monday, alert troops fired forcing the infiltrating militants to flee back,” Defence Ministry sources said.  “Pakistan Army started firing at Indian positions immediately after the infiltrators were forced to withdraw. Indian positions retaliated strongly and effectively,” said military officials. Pakistani shelling along the border in Jammu and Kashmir has increased ... Read more

From March 2018, it would not be possible to spot a hookah parlour in Maharashtra as the state government is planning to ban the same. Following the recent fire at two restaurants in Kamala Mills area that claimed 14 lives, the state government has moved a proposal to ban hookah parlours by initiating an amendment in the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA). It wanted a provision of imprisonment of three years and a fine of Rs 50,000. Though the government was trying to regulate the law and make it a bit more stringent looking at the revenues these ... Read more

Abu Dhabi police have announced a major change in the speed limit across Abu Dhabi’s prime highway. Speed limit was increased from 140km/hr to 160km/hr on the new Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road. Radars were set up to catch vehicles coming from Al Mafraq- Al Ghuwaifat international highway at a speed of 161 km/hour. The new law, where the speed limit is considered to be the highest in the country,  came to effect on 24 January. The Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road links the capital to the Al Dhafra region and Saudi Arabia. Motorists breaking the limit will be fined.  

Hong Kong-based air carrier Cathay Pacific and yoga pioneers Pure Yoga has joined hands to introduce in-flight well-being programme called ‘Travel Well with Yoga’. The project has initiated as part of the airlines ‘Life Well Travelled’ campaign that includes an array of video series prepared by international trainers of Pure Yoga. The video aims to calm the passengers through a series of meditation and exercise tips translated into different languages – English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese. One of the highlights of the programme is that the yoga moves can be watched even in economy class seats, that includes stretching to ... Read more

A total of 8.88 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria last year, reporting a 7.6 per cent growth compared to 2016. Around 1.16 million tourists came from neighboring Greece, a figure that was up 8.5 per cent year-on-year, the Bulgarian tourism ministry said on its website. With 1.14 million tourists, Romania came second, with an increase of nearly four per cent, the ministry said. Germany, Turkey and Russia came third, fourth and fifth respectively, the ministry said, adding that among these countries the most significant increase was the growth of Turkish visitors, at 12.5 per cent. More than 61 per cent of ... Read more