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Saudi Arabia suspends 1,800 foreign travel agencies over Umrah service violationsSaudi Arabia's Hajj and Umrah Ministry has suspended 1,800 foreign travel agencies due to service quality issues. This move, affecting near...
Saudi Arabia: Hotel bookings made mandatory by the country for acquiring Umrah visaSaudi Arabia introduces new rules for Umrah visas. International pilgrims need confirmed hotel bookings via Nusuk Masar. This rule starts J...
MHA alerts public of online booking scams impersonating religious institutions, tourist servicesThe Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre warns of online booking scams. These scams target pilgrims and tourists through fake websites an...
Top tech and startup stories this weekWelcome to a new edition of ETtech Unwrapped – our weekend newsletter packed with the most important stories this week. Let’s take a look.
NPCI tweaks UPI; Govt’s fintech committeeHappy Tuesday! NPCI is slowly phasing out the ‘Collect Payments’ feature on UPI payment. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch w...
Maha Kumbh 2025: Mumbai residents fall prey to online scamsters promising VIP tents, helicopter ridesTwo separate cases of fraud have been reported at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, with victims losing a significant amount of money throu...
Maha Kumbh: No call drops, seamless internet at mega festival with record teledensityTelecom service providers are working to ensure seamless connectivity for the 40 crore attendees at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj. Measu...
Ensuring safety and convenience for pilgrims and tourists at Mahakumbh is state govt's priority: UP CM Yogi AdityanathUP CM Yogi Adityanath reviewed preparations for the Mahakumbh. His focus was on safety, disaster management, and cyber security. He also em...
Groww may pip Zerodha in active user count; ETSA 2023 winner Gameberry Labs on its bootstrap journeyTalk about a growth story! Online stock broking platform Groww is all set to pip market leader Zerodha in terms of active investors next mo...
Italy’s ‘miracle’ pizza maker draws strong opposition from the VaticanIn a country where three-quarters of the population still identify as Catholic, the case has rekindled public fascination with the supernat...
Imran Khan surprises Opposition leaders with inswinging yorker in politicsThe 69-year-old leader, who was facing the prospect of being run out in the number game in Parliament on Sunday, pushed Pakistan into a con...
Trump legacy on race shadowed by divisive rhetoric, actionsHis strategy of divisiveness was on display this past week as he urged supporters, mostly white men, to descend on the U.S. Capitol in the ...
The billionaires and the guru: A family burns through $2 billionThe brothers’ story is a cautionary tale to Indian businesses, offering a window into a dark road.
Is Jammu and Kashmir government's tax on air trip to Vaishno Devi a version of Jizya tax: CongressFlaying the decision of PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir to levy service tax on pilgrims availing of chopper service to Mata Vaishno...
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
Railway Budget 2013: Full text of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's speechBansal, on Tuesday, presented his maiden Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha announcing a slew of measures to improve passenger experience and ...
- Putin may use credit squeeze as a tool to ‘destroy’ oligarchs
Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 vowing to destroy Russia’s oligarchs ‘as a class’. Within two years, he’d driven two into exile and im...