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Ticket prices soar over 100 pc on US-India routes
New Delhi: Airfares on several major routes between North America and India have surged sharply after the closure of key airspace corridors disrupted long-haul flight operations, forcing airlines to reroute flights and…
- India
India seeks US cover for Middle East energy cargoes: Source
New Delhi: India is tapping the United States to secure marine cover for vessels to ferry oil from the Middle East as it looks for continuity in energy supplies beyond its current…
- Entertainment
Sonu Sood offers free accommodation to those stranded in Dubai
New Delhi: Actor Sonu Sood has announced free accommodation for travellers stranded in Dubai following flight disruptions triggered by the escalating US-Iran conflict in the Middle East. Taking to social media platform…
- Middle East
Oil prices cross USD 83 per barrel as Middle East tensions escalate
New Delhi: Amid escalating Middle East tensions, crude oil prices went up more than 2 per cent on Thursday, March 5, over supply constraints as Strait of Hormuz was closed by Iran.…
- Middle East
Repatriation flights rise as nations rush to evacuate citizens from Middle East
Dubai: Explosions in the sky woke Cory McKane on Saturday, turning a quick visit to Dubai before a friend’s wedding in India into a tense, multi-day search for a way out of…
- Middle East
Kuwait extends visit visas, absence permit amid regional travel disruptions
Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior has announced the automatic extension of visit visas for one month and an additional three-month absence permit for residents currently outside the country, citing exceptional circumstances…
- India
West Asia turmoil drags stock markets, Sensex tumbles 1,123 points
Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed more than 1 per cent lower on Wednesday, March 4, in tandem with a weak trend in Asian markets as the conflict in West…
- Business
Rupee slumps to all-time low of 92.16 against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee slumped 67 paise to close at an all-time low of 92.16 against US dollar on Wednesday, March 4, weighed down by spiking crude oil prices in the wake of the…
- World
Spain PM stands firm on opposition to war in Iran despite Trump’s threat
Madrid: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez once again criticised the US and Israel’s military actions in Iran, standing firm on Wednesday, March 4, against fresh trade threats from Washington and warning that…
- India
India’s silence on US-Israel strike on Iran incomprehensible: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday, March 4, said India’s silence on the US-Israel aggression against Iran was incomprehensible for her, as only Tehran had stood by New Delhi when sanctions were…
- Middle East
Iran war disrupts global cargo supply chains beyond oil
New York: The Iran war has effectively halted oil tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz. But it’s also disrupting the wider global supply chain beyond oil, affecting everything from pharmaceuticals…
- Entertainment
Yash’s Toxic release postponed amid rising Middle East tensions
Bangalore: The makers of director Geethu Mohandas’s highly anticipated action-drama, ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups’, featuring Yash in the lead, on Wednesday announced that the film’s release was being postponed to…
- India
Returnees recount fear, soaring costs amid Middle East conflict
New Delhi: “I didn’t feel any relief, not even during the flight, until I finally landed in Delhi,” said Sunil Gupta, one of the several passengers who returned home shaken, as the…
- India
AAI seeks fuel stocks details from airport operators amid Iran crisis
New Delhi/ Mumbai: State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) has asked all international airport operators in the country to provide details about available fuel stocks as well as estimated requirements for the…
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IndiGo operates 4 repatriation flights to Jeddah, Muscat next on list
New Delhi: IndiGo on Tuesday, March 3, operated four repatriation flights to Jeddah and plans to have another flight to Muscat later in the day to bring back passengers stranded due to…