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Okinawa Scooters, the Gurugram based electric scooter manufacturing company, has launched the new Okinawa Praise. Unbelievably the scooter can cover a distance of about 150-200km on a single charge. The scooter has a top speed of about 75 kmph, with aggressive futuristic designs. The Okinawa Praise comes with a bunch of features like digital instrument panel, USB charging port, slots to store water bottle, and disc brakes on both front and rear wheels for added safety. The scooter runs in a calm nature with no aggressive sounds. The model comes with two modes attached to its handlebars- Economy and Sport, ... Read more

Kuwait Airways has announced that it has suspended flights to Beirut because of security concerns. According to the airline, the decision was made following “serious warnings” from authorities in Cyprus. Earlier, Lebanon’s national airline, Middle East airline, said it was rerouting some flights because of the “recent security situation” between the United States and Syria. On Wednesday, European aviation authorities issued a warning to airlines that operate in the Eastern Mediterranean and Nicosia flight information region (FIR) area, which covers an area stretching from Turkey’s southern coast to areas near the shores of Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. The warning advised ... Read more

The Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism – (DCT Abu Dhabi) said it has successfully concluded a roadshow taking in three major cities in China. The roadshow, which took in Beijing, Nanjing and Guangzhou, aims to help raise awareness about the emirate as a holiday destination for Chinese travellers. Statistics show that in the first two months of 2018, 86,400 Chinese visited the Emirate, with February alone accounting for a 83.6 per cent increase. The Department is targeting 600,000 Chinese hotel guests a year by 2021. Several tourist attractions and hotels across the emirate have already received the China Tourism Academy’s Welcome Chinese ... Read more

Deccan Odyssey, the Luxury train service offered by Indian Railways and Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), has introduced new ‘Companion Free’ offer for the bookings from 30th April onwards. According to the new offer, anyone can enjoy 8 days 7 nights trip for a cost of Rs 3, 06,250 rather than the original cost of Rs 6,12,500. The travel itinerary named as the Maharashtra Splendour (7N/8D) includes Mumbai, Nashik, Aurangabad, Ajanta, Kolhapur, Goa, Sindhudurg and Mumbai on 29th September – 3rd November, and 24th November – 22nd December. The luxurious journey of Maharashtra Splendour explores the authentic western states of ... Read more

Mumbai is all set to host the much awaited US-India Aviation Summit, on 9th May 2018. The event focuses on highlighting aviation policy-making and improving technology in association with US Trade Development Agency and Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation. “The Summit will serve to assist India civil aviation agencies and aviation industry representatives, including private sector airlines and airport operators, to identify advanced US technologies and practices that can support their expansion and modernization efforts,” said US Commercial Service. Meanwhile, the summit also focuses on mutual talks among US and India upon various segments of the Industry. The program further ... Read more

Sri Devi bags the National Award for Best Actress and A R Rahman takes home two of the awards for the best music director and best background score. Malayalam films including ‘Bhayanakam’ and ‘Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum’ has bagged ten awards in total in the 65th National Film Awards declared today. The List of winners:  Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna Best Director Award: Jayraj for Bhayanakam Best Book on Cinema: First book on Manipuri films. This is the first time that a book on Manipuri Films has got award Best Film Critic: Giridhar Jha Special Mention for Film Criticism: Sunil Mishra of ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: ANI As part of promoting tourism through air travel, a seminar on ‘Incredible India for tourism promotion and connectivity’ was held at International Centre in New Delhi. The event was coordinated by Foundation for Aviation & Sustainable Tourism, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. The main objective of the programme was in generating economic growth through tourism and air travel. “We are targeting foreign tourists, NRIs and domestic tourists because they are the key drive of the tourism sector,” said Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism. The seminar further focused on stakeholders in the Travel and Aviation sector, ... Read more

With an aim to attract more tourists from Buddhist countries like that of Japan, the Indian Tourism Ministry is planning to promote Buddhist tourism. The country is organizing international Buddhist conclave every other year and is also aggressively developing Buddhist Circuit, which connects key places associated with the religion’s heritage.   “We are receiving a minuscule number of Buddhist tourists – just 0.005 per cent of the total Buddhist population in the world despite being a key pilgrimage destination for millions of practicing Buddhists around the world,” said Suman Billa, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism. “The idea is, even if we are ... Read more

Israel Ministry of Tourism has launched its summer campaign in India to attract the April – June peak holiday season. Close to 60,000 Indian tourists visiting Israel last year, marking a record growth of 31 per cent. The Israel Ministry of Tourism office in India is confident of achieving its target of one lakh Indian tourist visitors this year. The advertising campaign incorporates varied media platforms including television, print and digital spaces. The integrated advertising campaign ‘Begin your journey to Israel’ includes the television commercial (TVC) showcases Israel’s famous cities – Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The TVC shows the various facets of ... Read more

Uber, the American based cab service technologies, is about to shift on another level by integrating multiple transportation services in under one umbrella. According to media reports, the company is about to include train ticket service and shopping app along with the cab service portal. Uber also plans to launch ‘Uber Rent’ exclusively in San Francisco, which is an idea of sharing private cars for peer to peer commutation. “We’re going beyond cars. We are about mobility-making mobility available to everyone, everywhere,” said, Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber Chief Executive Officer. Meanwhile, Uber also announces a partnership with London based mobile ticketing ... Read more

Italian luxury supercar manufacturer Lamborghini concludes the world tour, coordinated as part of a marketing drive of its latest Super-SUV Lamborgini Urus. The 4-month trip was concluded by covering over 114 cities, that spreads in over 4 continents. The car has the same design philosophy in terms of its other sports car such as Aventador and Hurricane. Interior of the car has the same cockpit model arrangements in the dashboard that resembles a typical Lamborgini. Around 8,500 participants including customers as well as celebrities and media were present at various locations of the world tour. Meanwhile, the new Super SUV ... Read more

Maiden direct commercial flights from Kota-Delhi commenced from Kota airport. In August, Kota was connected with Jaipur, and now the flight will connect Kota with Delhi as well. The flight will depart from Jaipur at 6 am and will reach Kota at 6:45 am. From Kota it will depart for Delhi at 7 am and will reach Delhi at 8:30 am. With a travel time of 1.5 hours between Kota and Delhi, the flight will facilitate students, businessmen and short term visitors. Kota airport, established by Ex Royals of Kota, prior Independence, had landing facility for VIP flights or charter plains ... Read more

At least 12 people died in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur and Dholpur districts after heavy rain lashed the areas. Five children were among those who died in Dholpur, as per the reports. The administration said the toll may go up. Most of these deaths were reportedly happened due to collapse of houses in the storm. At most of the places victims were sleeping, said an official from the district administration. The heavy rainfall snapped power lines in many areas, leading to outages or fire due to short circuit. Several main streets were waterlogged and traffic and railway lines were affected. The Dholpur-Bharatpur ... Read more

South Korean electronics giant Samsung’s next flagship model, the Galaxy Note 9’s specifications are out prior to the official launch. Speculations are that the phone is about to house a 6.4 inch bigger infinity display, along with a massive 4000mAh battery. The phone’s bezels design would be slimmer than that of its predecessor Note 8. In addition, the phone would be featuring a powerful Snapdragon SoC 845 processor, along with a 6GB RAM. While the camera specification rumours, as a 12 MP dual shooter with a wide-angle telephoto lens. Meanwhile, the selfie shooter is said to feature an 8MP f/1.7 ... Read more

From now on Indonesians can afford multiple entries to South Korea within five years, with each visit allowed to last up to 30 days. The new visa policy is expected to increase the number of Indonesian visitors to South Korea. The applicant should be a civil servant, a government official or a staff member of an Indonesian State-Owned Enterprise, as evidenced by a certificate of employment and has visited South Korea at least once, as validated by a photocopy of the old visa in the passport. The applicant for the new visa should have a valid visa to Organization for Economic ... Read more