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In keeping with the run of disappointing debuts of highly anticipated stock market listings in India, the performance of LIC IPO too left investors with a sour taste as LIC shares crashed 8.62 pc on market debut on Tuesday, turning dream investment of tens of millions of retail investors into a nightmare.

Many African countries depend on tourism as major source of revenue and hence when earlier this month Indaba, a leading African travel show returned after a gap of 2-years due to the pandemic, practically every National Tourism Organisation from Africa was present. India Outbound used the occasion to meet a variety of exhibitors and ask them what Indaba meant and how they saw revival of tourism.

With resumption of regular international flights to India, various states in India have begun targetting foreign tourists after a long break of two years. Along with the old favourites like Kerala, Rajasthan or Karnataka, Kashmir is also positioning itself as a prime destination in the country. In an interview with MIG TV (or Media India Group), G N Itoo, Director of Kashmir Tourism outlines the preparations made by Kashmir to receive foreign tourists again, notably by launching 75 off beat locations for tourists to visit. Itoo adds that Kashmir is also ideal for solo women travellers as well as for MICE.

On May 13, 1638, Red Fort construction began. It took over 8 years to build and was completed on April 6, 1648.

The Padmanabhaswamy temple, dedicated to Lord Vishnu situated in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, is considered to be world’s richest temple, due to donations that it has been receiving over the ages. But there is more to this temple than its sheer wealth. Its architecture has a unique blend of both Kerala and Dravidian styles of neighbouring states.

One of the main reasons behind Ukraine War is the deep division and loss of trust between Moscow and Washington DC over expansion of the US-led military pact NATO as well as several arms control treaties that have lapsed in absence of agreement on renewal. For years, Russia has accused the West of breaking its promises made in 1990s not to expand NATO eastwards.