Travel

Love has no boundaries

Love has no boundaries

Here is an inspirational story captured in frames by photographers Evan Schiller and Lisa Holzwarth about a baby baboon’s frightening encounter with a lioness. The duo were on a travel hunt when they captured the remarkable wildlife interaction where the lioness had killed an adult baboon and the baby baboon popped out only to be caressed and cared by the… Read more →


Battery cars to be withdrawn at Chennai airport

Battery cars to be withdrawn at Chennai airport

With walkalator not in place, passengers will have to walk between terminals While the walkalator is nowhere close to becoming functional, the battery cars at Chennai airport too may soon be a thing of the past. This summer, passengers are in for a long walk in the airport as battery operated golf carts — a free service that shuttles passengers… Read more →

The possibility of pilot suicide

TOPICS transport accident air and space accident The similarities between the crash of SilkAir flight MI 185 and the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 point to deliberate and skilled human intervention On the 17th day after the strange disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that the plane may have crashed… Read more →

Mumbai Metro almost ready to run, to get speed certificate this week

Mumbai Metro almost ready to run, to get speed certificate this week

Railway’s research arm RDSO is likely to issue ‘speed certificate’ to the much-awaited Mumbai Metro this week, sources said. This will now pave the way for the operator Reliance Infra obtaining safety certificate from the Railways, they said. “The process of issuing speed certificate for the Mumbai Metro is almost over. The trial report is nearly ready and we may… Read more →

H-1B quota may be used up on Day 1

BANGALORE: The demand for the US H-1B work visas for the coming year is expected to be so high that the quota of 65,000 is expected to be exhausted on the very first day they open for submission – April 1. Last year, the cap was reached in five days on April 5, which was substantially faster than that in… Read more →

Ten things you need to know about Tofino’s special appeal

   The Pacific Rim Whale Festival celebrates the roughly 20,000 grey whales on their yearly migration northbound right past Vancouver Island and Tofino. Activities include the March 16 First Nations’ guided Big Tree Walk on Meares Island, where some of the oldest trees measure more than 18 metres in diameter. Adults $75; kids aged three to 12, $45. There’s also… Read more →