Travelers Financial News
25.02 / 01:59
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International
LIC holds these three penny stocks. Should you?
When discussing Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and penny stocks, it’s a classic case of ‘big money’ playing a very different game than the average retail investor.While LIC is famous for its blue-chip holdings, it actually maintains a long tail of low-priced stocks. However, low-priced stocks are sometimes not active buys but holdings that have eroded over years.Here are three penny stocks that LIC holds.
23.02 / 08:25
markets
Booking
Strategy
hospital
reports
travelers
cricket
Loyalty pivot: How hotels are cashing in on repeat guests amid high occupancy
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As branded hotel occupancy in India nears decade highs, hotel chains are shifting focus from acquiring new guests to ‘farming’ existing ones through enhanced loyalty programmes. A surge in repeat guests and an expanding travel market are compelling players like IHG, Radisson, Marriott, The Postcard Hotel, and Accor to pivot toward member-driven growth.
22.02 / 06:23
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Digital
Food
country
travelers
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cricket
Advocacy and storytelling is the cornerstone of our marketing: Tourism Australia’s Nishant Kashikar
luxury; it is a way of life. As soon as they start earning, young Indians are taking their first international trip. There is also a shift in attitude.
22.02 / 06:07
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Digital
Platform
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As Indian advertising outperforms global markets, WPP focuses on AI
IT services companies which are trying to adapt. Established network agency companies are struggling to stay relevant as advertisers turn to AI to not just generate creatives, but also conduct market research and run campaigns end-to-end.
19.02 / 08:39
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community
students
Universities
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social
travelers
Kaushik Basu: India brims with talent and promise but there seems no escape from politics and pollution
Last month, I travelled across India— listening, observing and taking stock. While the journey was energizing and often inspiring, it left me with an open question: Where is the world’s most populous country headed? My trip began in West Bengal’s Purulia district, a relatively poor region marked by beautiful landscapes of lakes and rolling hills, some crowned with small ancient temples. Purulia’s population is a mosaic of cultures and tribal communities.
19.02 / 08:15
Provident
Platform
Airlines
Software
Healthcare
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travelers
Tech Turbulence: Navitaire outage briefly jolts IndiGo, Akasa, AIX check-ins
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A global technology outage involving airline reservation platform Navitaire briefly disrupted operations of carriers including IndiGo and Akasa Air on Thursday morning, before systems were restored within about half an hour, according to two people familiar with the matter. No major flight delays were reported.
17.02 / 10:33
Citi
Software
Research
consequences
2020
travelers
Regulation please: AI doing its own medical research entails the risk of putting human lives in danger
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Early in 2020, as cities around the world began locking down in response to covid, a few researchers were still able to continue to run their experiments. Even though they, like everyone else, had been prohibited from entering their labs, they were able to log into ‘cloud laboratories’ and submit their trials remotely, leaving it to robotic arms and automated instruments to execute their instructions from a distance.
17.02 / 00:57
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Platform
Food
Bill
pop
travelers
It's raining rewards points as e-retailers chase loyalty
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU : E-retailers are widening the scope of their loyalty programmes to capture everyday spending on food, groceries, and daily essentials, giving reward points a life beyond air miles and luxury splurges.
16.02 / 02:05
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TikTok
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Influencers make money posting about their lives. The taxes can get messy.
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nadya Okamoto is getting married this summer and wasn’t sure if she could write off the cost of a professional photographer. The 28-year-old earns most of her income posting about her life on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, and plans to post photos of the ceremony online.
12.02 / 06:27
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Citi
Metro
travelers
Schools
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New income-tax rules may revive interest in old regime for high-income salaried taxpayers
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As part of the Income Tax Rules, 2026, notified last week, the government has proposed three key changes that may tilt the needle towards the old tax regime again. First, the children’s education allowance exemption is to be increased sharply from a token ₹100 per month per child to ₹3,000 per month per child.
10.02 / 04:09
Citi
Entertainment
Mobile
economy
show
concert
travelers
Orange is the new black: Why India is betting big on the ‘orange economy’
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The economic survey and the budget underscored the importance of India’s “orange economy", explicitly acknowledging its potential as an engine of growth. Budget 2026 proposed an outlay of ₹250 crore for talent development in the animation, visual effects, gaming and comics (AVGC), which can be classified as “orange economy" sectors.
08.02 / 09:43
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Aviat
Airlines
Strategy
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travelers
International
From flyers to faithfuls: Why IndiGo and Air India are racing to lock in loyal customers
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fifteen months after launch of its loyalty initiative, IndiGo counts 10 million people on its BluChip programme, bringing the Gurugram-based airline at par with Air India's frequent flyer scheme, as the country’s two largest airlines battle it out for more customers. InterGlobe Aviation-run IndiGo, which launched its BluChip programme in September 2024, 107million passengers in calendar year 2025, data from India's aviation regulator show.
08.02 / 07:33
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COST
Digital
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love
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Ajit Ranade: We should welcome the India-US trade agreement but need to parse the fine print
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Markets love certainty, or rather its appearance. That is why our equity market cheered the announcement of an interim India-US trade deal framework even though the ‘fine print’ is still not fully in the public domain.
04.02 / 18:11
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Aviat
Airlines
country
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travelers
Investigations
CCI orders probe into IndiGo over alleged abuse of dominance after mass flight cancellations
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI : The Competition Commission of India (CCI), the country's competition watchdog, has ordered an anti-trust investigation into IndiGo for alleged abuse of dominant position following large-scale flight cancellations and sharp fare increases in December. CCI has observed that passengers were “left with no real choice but to accept last-minute cancellations" and were forced to seek alternatives “at significantly higher prices".
04.02 / 08:27
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UPS
Provident
Google
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International
How Indians keep overpaying abroad even after buying ‘zero forex’ cards
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this year, I was in Dubai—a city Indians now treat like the third long weekend of every quarter. I was travelling with a friend who had proudly picked up a “zero forex" travel card just before the trip.
03.02 / 01:05
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UPS
Aviat
Airlines
travelers
International
IndiGo hires Nik Laming to head loyalty program as its eyes ramp up
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IndiGo, the largest airline in India by market share, has appointed veteran of loyalty programmes Nik Laming to lead its frequent-flyer business, as the airline seeks to shift from its low-cost roots to defend its market share against feisty Air India. Laming, a Singapore-based consultant with over 30 years of experience, joins at a critical time.
01.02 / 12:11
UPS
Citi
hospital
travelers
International
cricket
Budget boosts sentiment in hospitality stocks. Cricket World Cup in focus
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union Budget 2026-27 put the spotlight on the tourism and hospitality sector. The finance minister proposed measures to strengthen the tourism ecosystem, with focus on medical tourism, skilling and institutional capacity-building.
29.01 / 01:37
Target
Aware
Mobile
Research
country
reports
travelers
Niti Aayog plans to advocate 90% EV share in private vehicles by 2047
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The federal policy think tank Niti Aayog may advocate raising the share of electric vehicles in India’s privately owned cars and two-wheelers to 90% by 2047 from nearly 6% now as part of the nation’s energy transition, according to three people aware of the development.
27.01 / 11:11
markets
UPS
Trade
President
War
country
travelers
Stung by Trump, America’s top trading partners cozy up to China
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S. trading partners, feeling burned by an unpredictable and transactional White House, are reassessing China in a drive to lessen their longstanding reliance on America.
26.01 / 01:35
UPS
Provident
Dreams
Healthcare
Freedom
Golf
travelers
Longing to stop working? Retiring early creates its own stresses.
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retiring before age 65 is a dream for many workers. For Taylor Kovar, turning dream into reality made him anxious and depressed.
26.01 / 01:35
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travelers
International
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Govt may pitch adventure tourism as revenue model for states in budget, may announce ₹500 cr outlay for tourism sector
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Union Budget may promote adventure tourism as a new source of revenue for states, aiming to formalize the segment. Also, the budget is likely to announce schemes worth ₹500 crore to promote tourism, according to two government officials aware of the development.
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