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Medical tourism value in India to touch USD 9 bn by 2020: Govt

The government has said that the value of medical tourism in India is likely to reach a whopping USD 9 billion by 2020 as compared to the USD 3 billion

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Foreign Exchange Earnings through Tourism in India in November 2017

Ministry of Tourism estimates monthly Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) through tourism in India, both in rupee and dollar terms. Based on the credit data of Travel Head from Balance of

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Cancelling your flight? Good news, no more flat Rs 3,000 fee

Domestic airlines won’t charge you a flat flight cancellation fee of Rs 3,000 any more.  Need to postpone that trip home by a week? Booked well in advance and not

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Steps taken to strengthen NE states air connectivity: AAI

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has taken initiatives to strengthen regional air connectivity in the north eastern states, a top AAI official said. A new terminal building is being

Technology

We have to create our own Google, Facebook, Alibaba: Jayant Sinha

Sinha has encouraged startups to reach ‘mega unicorn’ levels with market capitalization of hundred billion dollars. Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha today urged Indian entrepreneurs to

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Railways to offer discounts like hotels, airlines; flexi-fare to be revamped: Piyush Goyal

Just like the airlines and hotels, the railways could soon be dishing out discounts on tickets if trains were not fully booked, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said today, indicating a

Aviation

Civil aviation ministry may face funding crunch for UDAN

With more routes set to be operational under UDAN, the civil aviation ministry is likely to face paucity of funds in providing viability gap funding to participating airlines, according to

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India must develop 100 billion dollars companies to become global leader: Union Minister Jayant Sinha

India can take over the global economic leadership in the 21st century if it manages to create $100 billion companies across sectors on the home soil, Union Minister Jayant Sinha

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India is Afghanistan’s most reliable regional partner: Pentagon

“India is Afghanistan’s most reliable regional partner and the largest contributor of development assistance in the region,” said the Pentagon in its report to the Congress titled ‘Enhancing Security and

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‘Ease policies, improve infra to develop cruise tourism’

If the country wants to develop cruise tourism which has vast potential, she needs to upgrade infrastructure, ease security and immigration policies and attract investments, says a leading cruise-line operator.