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Ola said it will add 10,000 electric three-wheelers to its fleet over the next 12 months as part of a plan to promote the use of electric vehicles. Ola plans to have 1 million electric vehicles on offer by 2021, said Ola in a statement. The company also said that it will work with various state governments, vehicle manufacturers and battery companies to meet its target. Ola will introduce the electric three-wheelers in three cities. Ola operates in 110 Indian cities and has over a million driver partners. Last May, Ola launched a pilot project to test a fleet of electric vehicles ... Read more

The Central Railway (CR) is planning to open a revolving restaurant in Matheran, Mumbai. The CR is also getting in touch with IRCTC to come up with ways to attract more tourists to the hill station. THe authorities are also planning to come up with a steam engine ride up the Matheran hill. The CR looks at improving the number of tourists on the 21-km-long Neral-Matheran stretch. “We are looking at having a revolving restaurant at Matheran. We want to attract as many tourists as possible. We shall be running a ceremonial run of the steam engine with two coaches attached ... Read more

After the introduction of new web layout for Gmail, Google comes up with a new update that enables confidential assistance to users. Named as the confidential mode, the functions stop recipients from forwarding important emails, as well as, restrict the user to copy or download them. According to various technical reports, Gmail users will soon require a passcode to open certain e-mails. Passcodes can be generated through personal mobile numbers via SMS. The new version of the Gmail enhances the opportunity to use Google Calendar directly from the user interface. Additionally, the tech giant is also testing algorithms that can ... Read more

India, along with 170 other nations, have signed an agreement to reduce carbon emission from the shipping industry. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO), from its part, will do all the efforts to switch the container ships from running on renewable sources of energy, rather than fossil fuels. IMO predicts that it will reduce the greenhouse gas emission by around 50 to 100 per cent in 2050. The shipping industry for the first time came forward to reduce climatic change in associated with the Paris Agreement. Meanwhile, studies show that the increase in international trade among the countries is the main ... Read more

According to the recent statistics, it is reported that some 5.2 million foreign travellers visited Iran in the Iranian calendar year 1396, which ended on March 20. “A survey of the inbound tourists indicates their satisfaction of cultural scene (atmosphere) in the country. The number of international travellers can surge in the event of reinforcing tourism infrastructure and its associated facilities along with offering fresh packages and routes,” said Mohammad Moheb-Khodai, the deputy director of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism. Iran’s outbound passengers at 9 million, of which nearly half were pilgrims. Around 5.5 million travellers visited Iran in 1395, fetching ... Read more

Now, you don’t need to go to the zoo to see the animals. You will soon be able to view animals at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur through live streaming on the Internet. Enclosures housing animals such as lion, chimpanzee, lion-tailed macaque and Indian Gaur will be streamed live when they are in the display area. After working hours, the animals will be in enclosures that will not be covered. The zoo officials have also announced a night stay package for visitors at the guest house on the zoo campus. Visitors can book online stay at the zoo for a ... Read more

An earthquake measuring over 5.9 magnitude on Richter scale hits the Moluccas Sea, offshore Indonesia earlier today. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake was noticed under 36.5 km northwest of Kota Ternate at around 4.30 am on Monday. No damage to life and property was recorded by the authorities. Meanwhile, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre hasn’t issued any tsunami alert, with respect to the quake. Previously Indonesia, has the history of a huge undersea earthquake in 2004, causing a massive destruction of life and property. Around 1,70,000 people were killed followed by the Tsunami that hit the region. Indonesia ... Read more

If you are anyways planning to drive down to Chennai airport today or tomorrow  anytime between 2 and 5 pm, you will have to follow a new traffic route to reach the domestic and international terminals. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is carrying out a trial run to open the central arm of a vehicular bridge on the airport premises. The authorities would put up a signage so that passengers are not confused. After the trial run for two days AAI will implement the new traffic arrangement permanently in about two weeks’ time. As per the new traffic arrangement, passengers ... Read more

UAE announces new transit visa policy which is aimed at enhancing transit visa procedures to enable stopover passengers to enjoy a day out in the country, thus boosting the tourism industry. The cabinet has given a thumbs up for the preparations to begin on a general policy to grant entry visas to transit passengers – across all UAE airports – who wish to visit the country’s landmarks and tourist attractions. The cabinet has formed a working group, led by the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship, to prepare the new policy considering the possible positive effects it will have on the ... Read more

Government of Andhra Pradesh is planning to develop the historic Kondaveedu fort close to the new state capital Amaravati, into a hill station with a resort. The authorities are expecting a significant increase in the tourist footfalls in the coming years and are launching the developmental activities soon. A host of projects would be taken up by the tourism, endowments, archaeology, roads and buildings and electricity departments. As part of the project, the roads and buildings department would first lay a ghat road atop the 14th century fort at an estimated cost of Rs 12 crore. The department has already taken up various ... Read more

Air Odisha is introducing two more destinations in Gujarat at lowest fares starting from Rs 1420 and Rs 1699 between Ahmedabad to Bhavanagar and Bhavnagar to Surat respectively. The fights will be operation from April 16. With the two new routes under the Under the Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme, ‘Air Odisha ‘is now having operations in five cities -Ahmedabad, Mundra, Diu, Bhavnagar, and Surat. “On the maiden flight between the sectors, there will be some prominent guest who shall be flying with Air Odisha including Bhupendra Singh Chudasama Minister of Civil Aviation and Education, Gujarat, Jitu Bhai Vaghani – BJP ... Read more

IndiGo has announced the commencement of non-stop four daily flights between Hyderabad and Rajahmundry from June 7, 2018. “Save on time and travel hassle-free with one-way fares starting as low as Rs 1130. Book Now at http://www.goindigo.in,” tweeted the carrier. IndiGo has recently introduced four direct flights between Chennai and Tiruchirappalli, which will commence from June 1, 2018. Tiruchirappalli will be IndiGo’s 51st destination and one can start booking tickets for an all-inclusive starting fares from Rs 2,499. This would make the airline the first to launch four departures on its inaugural day to Tiruchirappalli. Also, IndiGo will be the ... Read more

SpiceJet has announced it will launch daily direct flight between Delhi and Adampur (Jalandhar) from May, its sixth destination under the UDAN scheme. The airline was awarded Adampur under under the first round of UDAN. “With the introduction of the daily direct flight services on the Delhi-Adampur-Delhi route, SpiceJet earmarks its sixth destination under the Regional Connectivity Scheme. Passengers from Adampur can now conveniently travel to a host of other cities both on SpiceJet’s domestic as well as international network via multiple onward connections from Delhi,” a SpiceJet release said. With the addition of Adampur-Delhi UDAN route, SpiceJet will operate ... Read more

Air India resumes its direct flight linking industrial town of Durgapur in West Bengal with Delhi after a gap of nearly 22 months. The flight AI-756, with a 122-seater Airbus A319 aircraft, will leave Durgapur at 08:25 am and arrive at Delhi at 10:35 am. The return flight will take off from Delhi at 05:50 am and land at Durgapur at 07:50 am. Air India is offering attractive fares for this flight, which will operate four days a week, both ways. AI was the first airline to start operation from Durgapur in May 2015 but it withdrew the flight on June 17, ... Read more

It was just two days before that the flights between Kota and Delhi was inaugurated, and it have been stopped now following objections raised by the airport authorities over mandatory clearances for operating commercials flights. Low-cost carrier, Supreme Airlines had started operating flights between Kota and Delhi from April 11, using a nine-seat fixed wing craft. The Kota airport administration and the airlines operator are accusing each other for the discontinuation of the flights. The airport authorities have asked Supreme Airlines to submit the mandatory clearances from the Airport Authority of India (AAI) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ... Read more