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1.External affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar has said that India, UAE, US and Israel or also termed as West Asian Quad will be meeting in the coming next week. In response to a question at the India Pavilion at the Dubai Expo, EAM said, "You know, we had the initial meeting a month ago...that was hybrid meeting...we had to have follow up session on that.-dnaindia.com
2.After being halted for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, international travel has finally resumed in India and several other countries across the globe, facilitating people who were stranded in other countries during the pandemic, and giving a much-needed boost to tourism.-dnaindia.com
3.On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a comprehensive meeting. Government sources said that the meeting was held to determine the way forward for cryptocurrency and related issues in which it was decided that unregulated crypto cannot be allowed for money laundering and terror financing.-dnaindia.com
4.India's daily tally of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) declined further on Monday after 10,229 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 34,447,536, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare.Nearly 12,000 patients recovered and 125 died due to the viral disease in the same period, taking the cumulative count of recoveries and deaths to 33,849,785 and 463,655 respectively.-hindustantimes.com
5.Air quality in Delhi improved marginally but remained in the ‘very poor’ category on Monday morning, with the city’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) docking at 318 against the figure of 386 the previous morning, according to the Ministry of Earth Science's air quality monitor, System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).-dnaindia.com
6.The Ministry of Railways on Sunday said the Passenger Reservation System ( PRS) of the India Railways will remain shut for six hours during lean business hours at night time for the next seven days. This will be done to enable the upgradation of system data and updating of new train numbers.-timesnownews.com
7.The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is all set to promote vegetarian-friendly travel in some of its trains, with the aim of getting “sattvik certified” soon. This will be implemented in trains that mostly connect religious sites, the Sattvik Council of India said in a release.-dnaindia.com
8.Proving its excellence in tourism in the country, Uttarakhand has won prestigious national level awards in three categories. Among them, the state has won the Best Wildlife Destination, Best Adventure Destination and Best Spiritual Destination Award. The Union Tourism Minister Shri G. Kishan Reddy presented the awards to The Minister of Tourism, Shri Satpal Maharaj.-hotelierindia.com
9.Marriott International, Inc. today announced the signing of an agreement with Prestige Group and DB Realty to introduce the New Delhi Marriott Marquis and The St. Regis Aerocity, New Delhi. Slated to open in 2025, the agreement is expected to add 779 rooms to the Marriott International portfolio.“We are delighted to expand our collaboration with the Prestige Group to bring these two prominent brands to the national capital.-hospitalitybizindia.com
10.More than 8,000 Sikh pilgrims from all over the world will visit Pakistan to celebrate the 552nd birth anniversary of the Sikh faith's founder, Guru Nanak Dev, the country's federal minister for information, Fawad Chaudhry, said on Saturday.-hindustantimes.com
11.Ministry of Tourism in its ongoing effort to strengthen the Hospitality & Tourism Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on November 10, 2021. Ministry of Tourism has already signed similar MOUs with Easy My Trip, Cleartrip, Yatra.com, Make My Trip, and Goibibo, a Press Information Bureau, a press release said.-indiainfoline.com
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