Airline flight attendants reveal the craziest requests they have received from passengers!
In the start-up world, hitting the $1-billion mark, which accords the "Unicorn" tag, is a milestone. Enterprises typically reach the milestone only by series C or series D, or three to four funding rounds later. Zeta achieved it at the first one. On May 25, the six-year-old banking tech firm raised $250 million from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, at a post-money valuation of $1.45 billion. "This is the first time we have raised institutional money," Zeta co-founder Bhavin Turakhia beamed on the conference call. This trajectory is uncommon in start-ups.
India joins a select list of countries that have made entry for animals less bureaucratic, thereby helping families, including people like Rishabh, escape the warzone with their beloved companion animals.
The government is considering setting up air freight stations to enable direct movement of vaccines from pharmaceutical factories to the aircraft.
Among Bollywood's most popular actors, Anupam Kher has fans all over the world. But he's one of the few celebs who reaches out to them, and posts interesting videos of his interactions with them.
Gold and diamond retail chain Malabar Gold & Diamonds will be investing Rs 1,600 crore in FY22 to launch 56 stores globally with 40 across India and 16 internationally in FY22 to further boost its retail presence across the globe. The move is expected to generate over 1,700 jobs. In India, the expansion strategy is centred in states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Kerala. Internationally, the expansion will be in markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and UAE.
The no-frills carrier was launched in 2009. It began India operations a year later.
This money was found wrapped in newspapers and was concealed in their check-in baggage.
PM has been regularly seeking people's inputs through mygov.in and his app, to assess the mood of the nation.
Emirates is now making this feature available to customers of all classes instead of only those travelling first and business class, a press release said in Dubai.
Removal of this status means India can now enhance customs duties to any level on goods coming from Pakistan.
Curtailment of flights between India and China will help Air India and other airlines to boost their seat occupancy and market share.
Vikram Lamba was carrying 13000 pounds and electronic and luxury items worth lakhs.
Dubai Summer Surprises is a 10-week family fun-filled shopping-cum-educational festival. During this time, malls take on a carnival-like atmosphere with some of them adopting special themes. Valid from June 19 to August 22, the packages must be booked for a minimum of three nights and offer customers a choice of 24 city and beach hotels in various price-brackets.
Jasna Salim, a 28-year old homemaker in Kerala's Kozhikode district, has drawn hundreds of paintings of Lord Krishna in the last six years but her faith has not permitted her to keep any one of them in her home.
The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority, which is probing the incident, said the work was underway to recover the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, also known as "black boxes", that will be analysed at its facility in Abu Dhabi.
The Department of Revenue Intelligence, Customs and Central Excise have intercepted a container at Cochin, which had arrived from Dubai, suspecting that it is carrying counterfeit currency notes. The owner of the consignment had told the Customs officials that the container had children's diapers and it was brought from China after conducting all clearances, informed sources.
Travellers may have to hand over personal information, including social media passwords and mobile phone contacts or be denied entry.
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
And will sell its 50 per cent stake to State Bank of India in Russia as part of rationalisation of overseas branch network.
In 2014, about 650,000 customers used Emirates' Wi-Fi service on board.
Eating out was never so much fun and seldom so strange.
Ram Buxani said increase in the customs duty on gold will help Dubai's business.
The family that used to make the legendary sports car wants to bring the same design panache to luxury flats.
Mass mobility in India is in a race when the light turns from yellow to green. Just that this moment has lasted three years. The renewed enthusiasm, however, indicates that the lights may finally be about to change, says Patanjali Pahwa.
The Indian finance ministry has sought the help of forensic experts in major locations to detect and handle explosives and radioactive material in metal scrap.
Mumbaikars from different parts of the city are providing people with ready-to-grow seed balls to help tackle depleting forest cover, reports Swapnil Joglekar.
The Zoom Mobile Surveillance Package allows the customer to choose from two and up to sixteen security cameras depending on his business or home needs.
'With over 50 per cent of medical seats reserved for those who have the ability to pay a fee ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore for a five-year MBBS course and quotas in accordance with affirmative policies in government colleges, the band of seats available for the not-so-rich and non-OBCs is very narrow.'
Tata Sons on Friday announced organisational changes, bringing in S Padmanabhan as the group human resources head.
Former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor tied the knot on Sunday, with Dubai-based entrepreneur Sunanda Pushkar in a typical Malayali wedding ceremony in his ancestral home at Elavanchery village near Pallakkad, in Kerala.
Buoyed by the success in a tiny but exclusive market, Lamborghini India, which operates dealerships in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru, is going to roll out another two, in Kolkata and Chennai, in the near future.
Kalyan Jewellers is eyeing overseas expansion by catering to India-like markets and the diaspora
About 73 per cent of the fake medicines seized at the European borders last year was routed through the UAE, a newspaper report has said.
A mysterious consignment of 10 AK-47 rifles along with telescopes landed here in a cargo plane three days ago and now security agencies are hot on trail of a man from Uttar Pradesh.
The Department of Revenue Intelligence, DRI is tracing a major counterfeit currency racket with roots in Kerala and wings spread across Middle east and Far East.
The detailed role of the six convicts in the case, whose trial was separated from the main one, which concluded in 2007.
Virat Kohli ensured during the break that his supreme fitness level was not impacted and, in fact, it helped him skill-wise on his return to action
Travel companies are reducing the number of days from packages to make it more affordable for globe trotters.
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