A Ghost of the High Himalayas High in Ladakh’s cold desert, where silence stretches across vast rocky plains, lives one of the region’s most elusive animals—the Pallas’s cat. With its thick fur, flat face and wide, watchful eyes, the small wild feline is perfectly adapted to extreme cold and thin air. Rarely seen and even […]
Kerala has quietly but confidently made its way onto a global travel list that matters. The southern state has been named among The Rough Guide’s Top 26 Destinations for 2026, ranking 16th and standing out as the only destination from India to feature this year. For seasoned travellers, this recognition comes as little surprise. Kerala […]
Lucknow is getting India’s first-ever urban night safari, and it’s coming up right inside the Kukrail Forest Area. No long drives, no distant jungle lodges—just wildlife, after dark, within the city itself. For a city known for its culture, food and history, this marks a completely new chapter. A Forest That Comes Alive at Night […]
Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir — The snow crunches underfoot, crisp mountain air fills your lungs, and the valley sparkles under the winter sun. For those arriving in Pahalgam this week, it feels like stepping into a postcard. With the New Year around the corner, the hill town is buzzing again, filled with travelers eager to […]
By late afternoon, the cold settles gently over Shimla. The lights along Mall Road flicker on, laughter spills out of cafés, and tourists pause mid-walk—not to click photos, but simply to breathe. For many who have arrived from pollution-choked cities, that simple act feels like a small luxury. As winter smog tightens its grip on […]
There are places where snow is expected. Saudi Arabia isn’t one of them. And yet, on a quiet winter morning, parts of northern Saudi Arabia woke up to white-speckled hills and roads that looked unfamiliar even to those who had lived there all their lives. In regions like Tabuk and Al Jouf, light snowfall settled […]
New platform aims to ease application process Indian travellers planning a trip to China can now apply for their visas through a newly launched online application system, marking a major shift from the earlier paper-based process. The Chinese Embassy in India rolled out the platform on Monday, allowing applicants to complete most of the visa […]
It starts like any other holiday video. Smiling tourists. Winter jackets zipped up. People posing, laughing, and trying their hand at snow activities. For a few seconds, it feels like a perfect Manali winter moment. Then the camera moves What’s revealed is not a vast white landscape, but a tiny strip of snow—almost comically small—surrounded […]
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Forest staff begin logging animal sightings on mobile phones The Jharkhand Forest Department has started an app-based wildlife census across all 36 forest divisions, bringing a practical change to how animals are counted and tracked in the state’s forests. Instead of filling out paper registers after long patrols, forest guards are now using a mobile […]