Vista Brings XO to Asia, Amid Continued Private Jet Demand

Vista, the world's leading private aviation group, announced its 2026 commitment and expansion plans for Asia, along with the outstanding demand for flying solutions through its leading brands VistaJet and XO in the Asia Pacific region during the...

Air India Express losses rise: Is Air India’s 2027 profitability target now in turbulence?

It has been over three years since the Tata Group began the recovery of Air India and the journey has been far from smooth. Tata Sons agreed to acquire Air India in October 2021 and formally took charge in January 2022. In the same year, it fully...

Trisha Paytas Continues All-Out Halloween Tradition with 5 Different Looks (Including Son Aquaman's First Costume!) By Luke Chinman and Zoey Lyttle

NEED TO KNOW Trisha Paytas continued her streak of iconic Halloween costumes, dressing up with friends and family for a number of elaborate looks this year The internet personality has been known throughout her career for her over-the-top cosplay,...

Cricket world in awe over Mitch Marsh’s ‘humungous’ six in Australia’s T20 win over India

Mitch Marsh smashed one of the biggest sixes ever seen at the MCG after a lethal spell from Josh Hazlewood laid the platform for Australia’s emphatic four-wicket Twenty20 win over India in front of 82,438 fans at the MCG. After the opening game of...

Post-holiday traffic seen on NLEX

Ric Sapnu - The Philippine Star November 2, 2025 | 12:00am MEYCAUAYAN CITY, Philippines — Motorists returning south after spending Undas in their hometowns in the north have been advised to use the NLEX Connector to help ease the expected traffic...

Subrayen’s 5/61 sinks India A after Pant’s 17

Two cavalier shimmies, two well-timed fours and a nothing shot summarised Rishabh Pant’s 29-minute 17, which aptly reflected in India A’s 234 all out against South Africa A on the second day of the four-day match on Friday. After bowling out SA...

Saudi Arabia records 60.9mln tourists in H1 2025

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s tourism sector recorded a strong performance in the first half of 2025, attracting 60.9 million local and international visitors. Total tourism spending exceeded SR161.4 billion, reflecting a 4% growth compared to the same...

Hyderabad replaces Ahmedabad in Lionel Messi's 'GOAT Tour of India 2025’

Hyderabad has replaced Ahmedabad in the list of cities that Argentina football great Lionel Messi will be making a stop during his ‘GOAT Tour of India 2025’. Messi, whose tour is set to start on December 13 in Kolkata, was originally scheduled to...

This is not tourism – it is energy

Belco’s North Power Station (File photograph) Dear Sir, About a month ago I was worried that we had “tripped” in our journey along our energy hiking trail and were just waiting for the pain of the fall (The Royal Gazette, September 13, 2025). Then...

Economic Watch: China's overall economic output remains stable in October

BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's overall economic output remained generally stable in October 2025, a chief statistician with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday, when commenting on the latest composite purchasing managers'...

Is This Central Asia’s Green Energy Reckoning? 

Just as renewable energy has overtaken coal as the major source of electricity globally for the first time in history, Central Asian countries are struggling to balance their Paris Agreement commitments with the economic realities. From...

Economic Watch: China's liquor industry brews innovation for young consumers

GUIYANG, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- In trendy bars across China, young customers are raising glasses of fruit-infused spirits and tea-pairing craft beers, a result of youth-friendly innovations being pursued by the liquor industry. During the 2025...

Book Review | Keep Travelling, Keep Gathering Tales

He was a tram conductor in Calcutta of the 1940s. He’d completed his studies but couldn’t wait for a ‘respectable’ job. And so, every day he approached passengers and asked, “Ticket?” She was a girl in her teens. Her parents had succumbed to......

Game on in Gujarat — Ahmedabad is building India’s new sports economy

Ahmedabad: The national budget for sports was a mere Rs 1,643 crores just a decade ago. Fast forward to this September, Ahmedabad unveiled the new Veer Savarkar Sports Complex — a single facility worth ₹825 crore, and the largest of its kind in...

US-China trade ties: Trump says talks with Xi ended with ‘great success’ — But will it revive their economies?

During their latest meeting in South Korea, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping managed to cool the intense trade stand-off between their countries briefly. The two leaders reached a provisional deal: the US would trim...

Bank Holidays In November 2025: Banks To Stay Closed For 11 Days Across India

New Delhi: Banks across India will remain closed for a total of 11 days in November 2025, including weekly offs and state-specific festivals, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) official holiday calendar. These holidays apply to both...

Air India Commences Operations from VIA’s New Terminal 1

Air India, the national carrier of India, has officially begun operations from the new state-of-the-art Terminal 1 at Velana International Airport (VIA), marking another milestone in strengthening air connectivity between the Maldives and India. A...

Henley Passport Index: India’s passport ranking faces sharp decline, US drops out of global top 10 for first time

In the ever-changing world of global mobility, both India and the United States of America (USA) have seen their passport rankings drop in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which lists the world’s most travel-friendly passports. The index, based on...

Egypt opens billion-dollar Grand Museum in Giza, hopes to revive tourism

CAIRO, Nov 1 — After years of delays, Cairo is finally set to open the Grand Egyptian Museum today — a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Egypt hopes will help revive tourism and boost its troubled economy....

No role of India in stopping Nepali citizen from travelling to Berlin: MHA

THE Union Home Ministry on Saturday stated that Indian immigration authorities had no role in the recent incident involving a Nepali citizen, Shambhavi Adhikari, being stopped at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) while transiting...