17 more Omicron cases detected in India, tally reaches 21

India reported 17 more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Sunday -- nine persons in Rajasthan capital Jaipur, seven in Maharashtra's Pune district and a fully vaccinated man who arrived in......

US ups air screening; 14 nations on watch list

Travellers from 14 nations, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia flying into the United States will face additional screening starting Monday, US officials have said. The......

Kenya offers help to kin of Indian victims

Kenya has said it will make travel arrangements for two next of kin of every Indian passenger who died in the Kenya Airways airliner that crashed on Saturday in Cameroon. Kenyan Airways has said......

After jobs, Kingfisher-Jet to cut 15 aircraft

Kingfisher and Jet Airways, the two private carriers that announced a cost-saving alliance on Monday, will send back 15 narrow-bodied aircraft to the leasing companies after their leases end later......

Say goodbye to your air ticket

If you still have a foil of an old self carbonised air ticket - the kind that used to be issued when we were growing up and the only kind your grandmother would recognize - preserve it. You can......

How to treat coloured people

Exactly a month ago, my wife, son and I were not allowed to board a British Airways flight to Paris via London because we didn't have a transit visa, called a Direct Airside Transit Visa. This came......

Sensex sheds 175 points at close

The markets were trading weak throughout the day but selling pressure increased during the last half an hour of trade. After three consecutive days of positive close, the Sensex closed with a loss......