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India Travel Agents Free to Book Vande Bharat Mission Flights 

Since the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus, hundreds of thousands of Indians have been stranded in various locations around the globe due to geographical lockdowns. As of a few days ago, under India’s Vande Bharat Mission, Air India has repatriated many of those long-stranded citizens. The Chairman and Managing Director of Air India, Rajiv Bansal, […]

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Tokyo Olympics organizers: Postponed Games will keep same venues and schedules

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games organizers announced today that all venues and the schedule of competitions for the postponed event will be unchanged and Tokyo Olympic Games will be staged as planned before the event was pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March. The Tokyo Olympic Games will feature a record 33 sports and […]

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Minister: Ireland to retain COVID-19 quarantine for UK and US visitors

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney announced today, that Republic of Ireland is ‘likely’ to retain its requirement that visitors from UK and the US self-quarantine for two weeks upon arrival when it publishes a “green list” of countries exempt from quarantine on Monday. Dublin has been more cautious than much of Europe over the reopening […]

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Strong earthquake strikes Samoa Islands region

Strong earthquake rocked Samoa Islands region today. Preliminary Earthquake Report Magnitude 6.2 Date-Time ·         18 Jul 2020 15:32:36 UTC ·         18 Jul 2020 03:32:36 near epicenter Location 15.276S 172.649W Depth 10 km Distances ·         144.2 km (89.4 mi) ENE of Hihifo, Tonga ·         185.8 km (115.2 mi) SSW of Apia, Samoa ·         232.2 km (144.0 […]

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Pilgrim Africa supports ranger patrols in Gorilla Parks

Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)  has received US$100,000 from Pilgrim Africa, to support rangers in Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area for a period of 10 months. This follows the initiative by Joseph Osiiya , Strategy and PR Consultant for Pilgrim Africa, who reached out to UWA  through the  Director Business Development  Stephen Masaba. This happened when all […]

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FAA issues record of decision for Las Vegas Metroplex Project

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact-Record of Decision for the Las Vegas Metroplex project. The document, as well as the Final Environmental Assessment, are available on the Las Vegas Metroplex environmental website. The decision enables the FAA to move forward with the project, which will use cutting-edge satellite navigation […]

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US travel industry outlines relief needs as re-openings falter

Amid a new round of coronavirus-related economic closures and fresh data that Americans are as wary as ever of traveling, the devastated U.S. travel industry on Friday submitted to Congress and the administration its policy requests for the next COVID-19 relief package. The slate of proposals includes measures to help travel employers survive the worst […]

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Thomas Cook India takes over dnata Travel India’s Corporate Travel business portfolio

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. has announced that it has signed an agreement with dnata Travel, to operate as the Travel Management Company (TMC) to service dnata’s customers as it closes its TMC operation in India. The agreement was concluded after an extensive process of evaluation by dnata, aimed at ensuring the continuity of top quality […]

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