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TRAVEL TIME REDUCTION IN INDIA
33 hours to 12, 14 to 6 and 8 to 30 minutes: How Vande Bharat trains, expressways, bridges & new-age infrastructure are shrinking travel timesIndia’s expanding network of bridges, tunnels, expressways and faster trains is significantly cutting travel times across major routes. Fro...
Food Ministry asks edible oil firms to pass on full benefit of import duty cutsThe Food Ministry has requested edible oil companies to reduce distributor prices following recent import duty reductions. This directive a...
GCCs may trim 30,000 routine roles to fire up 1.5 lakh tech role explosionArtificial intelligence-led productivity gains and global headcount reductions are driving job cuts in some centres, while small GCCs doing...
Forget holidays, Indians travelled most for religion: 47.7% of domestic overnight trips were for pilgrimage, govt survey revealsReligious travel accounted for 47.7% of domestic overnight trips in India during the year to June 2026, making it the most common purpose o...
China to test supersonic jet, aims to cut Beijing-Shanghai travel time by 75% for 1,075-km tripChina’s TMS-10 project is moving towards a planned supersonic test as researchers work on technology for quieter passenger aircraft. The de...
Daylight saving time: These US states have laws ready to end a World War 2 practice but Congress just can't make up its mindNineteen U.S. states have adopted laws supporting year-round daylight saving time, pending Congressional approval. The proposed Sunshine Pr...
New Zealand route won’t help third-country goods claim India FTA benefits: Here’s what changesUnder the India-New Zealand trade pact, goods from third countries will not be eligible for tariff concessions, with preferential treatment...
Air India’s new IFE platform coming in 2027 second half; targets in-flight commerce revenuesAir India will launch an integrated in-flight platform in late 2027. This new system will combine entertainment, loyalty programs, and e-co...
Asian Games 2026: SAI steps up support to India athletes with transport and extra roomsThe Sports Authority of India has enhanced athlete support at the Asian Games. Transport facilities were arranged for shooters and rooms fo...
FIA approves Formula One rule changes: Shorter Grand Prix races and revised rain delaysFormula One's governing body has announced rule changes for the upcoming season. Race distances will be shortened, and engine development f...
NSE IPO closes with 5.71x subscription, bids cross Rs 90,000 croreInvestor enthusiasm surged on the final day of the National Stock Exchange's landmark IPO, with qualified institutional buyers oversubscrib...
UPI vs credit cards - How India's payments system is boosting savings and benefitting multiple stakeholdersThe Anglo-Saxon economies of the US, United Kingdom and Australia show a reduction in household savings rates along with a growth in credit...
More flights to Vietnam on the cards after new aviation dealIndian travellers gain more flight options to Vietnam this holiday season. The bilateral air capacity limit has now more than doubled to ov...
Manufacturing a bright spot; services presents a mixed bag: Upasna Bhardwaj, Chief Economist, Kotak Mahindra Bank"Despite the ongoing debate around the new GDP series, real GDP growth remained robust at 7.8% in the first quarter, highlighting the econo...
Drug-free India by 2029: Centre lays out 3-year roadmap with 200-plus actionsIndia aims to become drug-free by 2029 with a detailed three-year roadmap. This plan focuses on enforcement, synthetic drugs, demand reduct...
In 2013, a Danish man set out to visit every country without flying; nearly 10 years later, the Maldives was his final stopTorbjorn Pedersen journeyed to 203 countries over nine years without flying. He faced malaria, gunmen, and a pandemic, which tested his res...
DTC strike enters day 5 as Delhi Metro hits record 82.4 lakh boardingsDelhi Metro saw record passenger boardings as a DTC bus drivers' strike entered its fifth day. Many commuters turned to the Metro, facing l...
Bali for a month: Indian man stopped sightseeing & spent 30 days doing this, which made him say, 'It was hard to call that a vacation'Bali travel experience: An Indian man’s account of a two-month trip to Bali has sparked an online conversation. He spent one month explorin...
India’s air travel boom leads Asia, prompting Airbus to raise growth forecast to 9.3%India's domestic air travel growth is projected to be the fastest in Asia-Pacific. Airbus forecasts India will need 3,480 new passenger air...
iPhone found in a 1937 painting? Time travel conspiracy fuels up as old photo shows Native American man holding a strange objectA nearly 90-year-old painting has sparked a bizarre time-travel conspiracy after social media users spotted an Indigenous man holding a sma...