With respect to the cancelled flights, customers can opt for a full refund or alternative travel dates free of cost.
Singapore Airlines' deal with Tata Sons (Tata) will inject a further SGD 360 million ($267 million) into Air India. It will give SIA a 25.1 per cent stake in the enlarged Air India group following its takeover by Tata and merger with Vistara Airlines. The November 2022 deal between Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons to further inject $267 million into Air India is one of the key strategic initiatives for future growth mentioned in the quarterly financial report. This agreement is still subject to regulatory approval. SIA in the statement said, "The merged entity will be four to five times larger in scale compared to Vistara, with a strong presence in all key airline segments in India.
High travel volumes from the disease affected areas in the America, presence of mosquitoes capable of transmitting the virus and limited health resources can lead to Zika virus.
President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modicongratulated Vijender Singh on clinching the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title, saying that the star boxer has made the country proud with his feat.
'Ageism is something we have to contend with and I am glad the opportunities that are coming my way today in so many ways have fixed this problem.'
Clock 11% growth in the first 11 months of 2022.
India will also play an increasingly important role as one of the Asia-Pacific region's major economic growth engines, helping to drive Asian regional trade and investment flows.
Australia and New Zealand were handed the right to host the 2023 Women's World Cup soccer tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote by the FIFA Council on Thursday. Their joint proposal beat a rival bid from Colombia to host the tournament which is being expanded to 32 teams.
Overall, with an above world average traffic growth rate of 5.5 per cent, Asia-Pacific will account for 36 per cent of all new passenger aircraft demand
Nikhil did commentary duty for a match in Australia before coming to Bangkok. He will return to Australia at the end of this week after his son's event on Sunday.
Byju's is set to promote its chief operating officer (COO) Mrinal Mohit to a bigger role, including leading the India operations, according to people familiar with the matter. This is because Byju Raveendran, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the edtech giant - which is valued at $22 billion - is planning to focus on global expansion and acquisitions. Among the global regions, Raveendran may look at markets such as the US and the Middle East.
Indian cities have slipped to the bottom of the investment destinations list.
Indian officials will focus on expanding the country's footprint in oil-rich Siberia when they meet their Russian counterparts at the four-day 7th Eastern Economic Forum beginning Monday in Vladivostok. The two sides will discuss the possibility of joint oil exploration in the area and cooperation in running offshore oil and gas fields Western companies are in the process of exiting, officials said in New Delhi. Pavan Kapoor, India's ambassador to Russia, will lead the official-level talks at the summit scheduled September 5-8.
Triple jumper Arpinder Singh created history by becoming the first Indian to win a medal in the IAAF Continental Cup as he clinched a bronze but star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished sixth with a below-par show, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Sunday.
Like puddles all around in the rainy season, we now have smartphones with five-inch screens for almost everyone.
Two years after it hitched a ride with Hero MotoCorp (Hero), Harley-Davidson (Harley) and the Pawan Munjal-led firm are gearing up to ride into the middleweight (midweight) motorcycle segment (350-850cc) in the world's largest two-wheeler market.
Microsoft India on Tuesday said it has collaborated with Invest India to support tech startups in the country. As part of the partnership, the Microsoft for Startups programme will work closely with Accelerating Growth of New India's Innovations (AGNIi Mission) - a programme of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, a statement said. Housed and executed by Invest India, AGNIi Mission helps startups become enterprise-ready.
The report estimates that direct commercial real estate transactional market will exceed $1 trillion per annum by 2030, compared with nearly $450 billion in 2012.
The report estimates that direct commercial real estate transactional market will exceed $1 trillion per annum by 2030, compared with nearly $450 billion in 2012.
El Nino is often associated with below average warmer, dry weather across Asia Pacific region.
Once average inflation for India of 5.7 per cent is taken into account, the projected increase in real terms for 2017 will be 4.3 per cent
China on Friday concurred with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's observation that an Asian Century cannot happen if India and China don't join hands and emphasised that the two neighbouring countries have 'far more common interests than differences'.
Apple's newest phone iPhone 14 will be made in India as the global tech titan bets big on the manufacturing prowess of the world's second-biggest smartphone market after China.
Amid news of a fuel shortage in some parts of the country and wider unrest over fuel issues in the neighbourhood, an analysis of the data from international tracker globalpetrolprices.com shows that the per litre price of petrol is higher in India than in seven out of its nine neighbours.
Will bout will offer viewers the glitz and glamour of Vegas-style boxing event
The second wave of COVID-19 may have a more lasting damage on the Indian economy and exports will once again be the foundation for recovery, Moody's Analytics said on Monday. In its report titled 'APAC Economic Outlook: The Delta Roadblock', Moody's Analytics said social distancing is weighing on the current quarter, but economic recovery will resume by the year-end. The Delta variant of COVID-19 is among factors now adversely affecting economies of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, but the economic hit from the current round of movement restrictions in the region will not be as severe as the recessions in the second quarter of last year.
Navneet would like to believe the medal was worth the sacrifice.
According to a report by global deal tracking firm mergermarket, M&A activity in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole dropped to $72.9 billion, a decline of 26.1 per cent by value from first quarter of 2012 ($98.6 billion).
When SAP, the Germany headquartered software solutions provider, reported a stellar fourth quarter numbers on Thursday, Asia-Pacific and Japan was the cherry on the icing with a growth of 22 per cent.
China will lead Asia-Pacific sovereigns in economic growth in 2008, followed by India, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said. Though Japan is still the largest economy in the region, China' growth could position the country as the biggest economy in Asia-Pacific and the second-largest globally within the next five years.
Goldman includes Bajaj Auto Ltd and Tata Steel Ltd in its Asia-Pacific growth recovery group of stocks.
The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (slip) beat South Africa 17-10 in the women's fours final.
Betting on the growing demand for hospitality services in Asia Pacific, especially in India and China, global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has acquired two hotel consultancies to launch Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality, Asia Pacific.
'Yet the market didn't do all that badly because it was cushioned by domestic inflows.'
Taking inflation into account, China and Vietnam at 4.9 per cent lead the way, while Japan at 0.5 per cent and India at 2 per cent are among countries offering the smallest raises.
Treating India as the most important market after China in Asia Pacific, Starwood Hotels & Resorts is targeting at doubling its property from the current 19 over the next five years.
India is key part of efforts of US President Barack Obama's administration to rebalance its Asia-Pacific posture to the broader security and prosperity of the 21st century, a top Pentagon official said adding India-US relationship is global in scope.
Gender is the main focus of the diversity efforts of companies in India, said a survey by HR consulting firm Mercer. According to Mercer's Asia Pacific Diversity & Inclusion, over 90 per cent of the participants surveyed list gender as the main focus of their diversity efforts in India.
The Omicron variant of Covid-19 adds new uncertainties to the global economic outlook but much will depend on its speed of transmission, hospitalisation and death rates, and also the effectiveness of vaccines, Moody's Analytics said on Monday. In its commentary titled 'Much to Learn About Omicronast', Moody's Analytics said although the variant appears to spread "remarkably quickly", it will be at least two more weeks before more will be known about this new variant. "The Omicron variant of COVID-19 adds new measures of uncertainty to the outlook for the global economy, although it is too soon to adequately quantify that risk.
