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international travel. A recent report by MakeMyTrip, covering the period from June 2023 to May 2024, highlights a significant rise in the number of Indians taking international trips, with a 32% growth in people going on two or more international journeys. Those taking three or more trips have grown by 37%, underscoring India's growing appetite for global travel.

Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a Spanish YouTube chef and member of a famous family of actors, was found guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the gruesome death and dismemberment of a Colombian surgeon on an island in Thailand.

Icra Ltd. This, he said, was largely attributable to rising demand for international travel for leisure, jobs—primarily in the Middle East—and studies. India's aviation market—the world's third largest and also the fastest growing—is on the cusp of a boom as the economy expands and incomes rise, prompting airlines to add capacity.

Prosecutors in Thailand has indicted a former national police chief in connection with an alleged cover-up of a 2012 traffic accident involving the Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer

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Pop star Dua Lipa, who is set to headline the second edition of the Zomato Feeding India Concert in November, says she is looking forward to returning to the country after she rang in the new year here. The Grammy winner, known for songs such as «Levitating», «Houdini», and «Dance The Night», shared a post on Instagram expressing her excitement for the upcoming show. «India, I'm coming back!!! My trip at the start of this year was a beautiful reminder of how much I love this place. »The warmth and energy I felt from everyone I met there was amazing, and I can't wait to see you again to perform in November!!!!" Lipa wrote on Saturday alongside a series of pictures from her previous India visit and the announcement poster of the concert.

Stuck with a 36-hour layover in Bangkok in December 2016, I made a wild decision: I contacted a Thai friend via Facebook whom I had met decades earlier, when I was studying abroad in my early 20s. Shortly after, Pim arrived at the airport bearing two flared glasses brimming with ice-cold martinis. We hustled onto a flight bound for Phuket, Thailand, and spent the next 24 hours beachside catching up on the past quarter-century.

BIMSTEC Summit scheduled in Bangkok on September 4 owing to “technical issues” over formation of the cabinet. The decision to postpone the Summit was taken on Thursday as all preparations were ongoing till Wednesday. PM Narendra Modi in the light of the current circumstances will not travel to Bangkok. He was also scheduled to undertake a bilateral visit to Thailand on September 3. Modi is, however, expected to go ahead with the bilateral visit to Singapore on September 5, it has been learnt. Earlier he had plans to fly to Singapore from Bangkok. Ahead of Singapore visit, Ministerial delegations of the two countries will meet to firm up agenda to boost strategic partnership and the visit.

Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution

Southeast Asia is among the regions most prone to natural disasters, but a new analysis shows its people also feel the best equipped to deal with them

₹5,200, a jump of 23% from a year earlier. Similarly, a Bengaluru-Kochi ticket now costs around ₹3,500, a 46% spike from a year ago. While air traffic slowed in July on account of monsoon, travel picked up in August.

Allied Blenders & Distillers (ABD), which owns the Officer's Choice whisky brand, is in talks with vodka giant Russian Standard and Bangkok-based Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) to market and distribute their products in India, two executives privy to the development said. The talks, if fructify, will help ABD to widen its product portfolio from largely whisky to a host of spirit segments such as vodka and scotch, while the two global companies will get an entry into the world's biggest alcohol consuming country with a strong partner which has robust distribution and manufacturing capabilities, the executives said. ThaiBev's global portfolio through its arm International Beverage includes scotch brands Old Pulteney, Speyburn, Balblair, Reid vodka, Phraya rum and Source gin. The company is owned by Thai-Chinese billionaire businessman Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi and is listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Russian Standard is the largest vodka brand, owned by billionaire Roustam Tariko.

Auto sales in China faltered in July, falling 5% from a year earlier, although exports jumped about 20% from a year earlier as makers of electric vehicles expanded into global markets

The mayhem that swept across world markets this week was partly caused by a market strategy known as the “carry trade.”

China has reported its exports rose 7% in July from a year earlier, below economists' forecasts for growth closer to 10%

Advent International plans to tap the capital markets to list portfolio company Manjushree Technopack Ltd, India's largest rigid plastic packaging solution provider, said people aware of the development. A successful listing will help monetise a part of Advent's six-year investment in the entity that counts brands such as Coke, Pepsi and Bisleri among its customers. The private equity group has hired JM Financial, ICICI Securities, Avendus Capital and Goldman Sachs to manage the IPO. It had hired Avendus and Goldman Sachs earlier this December to find potential buyers for Manjushree.

The ride sharing giant Uber and Chinese automaker BYD say they have agreed on a partnership to introduce 100,000 BYD model EVs on the Uber platform in Europe and Latin America

China will ban the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and restrict certain drone features

China’s powerful Politburo has endorsed the ruling Communist Party's strategy for growing the economy by encouraging more consumer spending and weeding out unproductive companies to promote “survival of the fittest.”

best time to visit Bangkok. While the cooler months from November to February are traditionally favoured for their pleasant weather, August, often overlooked, is actually a fantastic time to experience this bustling metropolis. During August, the city is lush and green, with fewer crowds and unique cultural events that offer a deeper insight into Thai traditions.

China has ratcheted up its efforts to spur slowing growth by cutting a key policy rate and doubling subsidies for electric vehicles bought to replace older cars