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India’s e-visa will now have three components — e-Tourist visa, e-Medical visa, e-Business visa. For the first time in this country, medical visa is going the electronic way and so is the case with business visa. The best thing is that the initial period of application, which...

Country to add 322 million more air passengers over next 20 years, IATA forecast reveals India will overtake the UK to become the world’s third largest aviation market by 2026, a new forecast has revealed. According to projections from the International Air Transport Association...

Country to add 322 million more air passengers over next 20 years, IATA forecast reveals India will overtake the UK to become the world’s third largest aviation market by 2026, a new forecast has revealed. According to projections from the International Air Transport Association...

GMR Group’s Delhi Airport, managed by Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL), has become the first airport in Asia-Pacific to achieve Carbon Neutral status.  The announcement has been made by Airports Council International (ACI) during the Airport Carbon Accreditation...

India’s Ministry of Railways has said that a series of studies have already been conducted into the new lines. The most challenging of these projects would be to Bhutan, which does not currently have any railway lines. Bhutan borders the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal,...

Mumbai Airport has been named CAPA Asia-Pacific Airport of the Year. This award is given to the airport that has been the biggest standout strategically, established itself as a leader and done the most to advance the progress of the aviation industry. Mumbai Airport, CEO, Rajeev...

Air India could soon be operating the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight. The airline is planning to link the IT hotspots of India and the US — Ben-galuru and San Francisco (SFO) — almost 14,000 km apart. At present the longest non-stop commercial flight is operated by...

As many as 6,072,501 domestic and foreign tourists visited the Taj Mahal in 2014 against 5,835,342 in 2013. Taj Mahal, a centrally protected monument, is looked after by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). There has been no decrease in the number of total tourist foot-falls...

The Goa International airport is set to welcome e-Tourist Visa (eTV) arrivals from the second list of 31 countries enlisted for this facility by the Centre recently, a move that will boost tourism during monsoon.  The airport at Dabolim has already made adequate arrangements for...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the Government of India has decided to extend e-Tourist Visas to Chinese nationals. This was revealed by the Prime Minister at the Tsinghua University in Beijing. Modi informed that the government is celebrating the “Year of India”...