JULY 31, 2026
Qatar Airways Business Class seats. Credit: Qatar Airways
After a fellow passenger asked her to switch into economy so her daughter could sit in business class, the exchange sparked millions of views online.
When college student Ishika Yadavalli was booking her flight for travel between Cincinnati and Dubai, she saw a business-class option for $7,000 and decided to splurge...
JULY 31, 2026
File photo; U.S. passport is on display at the Great American State Fair on July 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
The United States has fallen to 10th place in an annual global ranking of the world’s most powerful passports, marking its lowest position since 2016, when it ranked fourth.
The Henley Passport Index compares the visa-free access of 199 passports to 227...
JULY 30, 2026
Chennai Airport - International Terminal.
Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Hundreds of passengers bound for major global destinations including London, Dubai, Singapore, Myanmar, and Doha were left stranded for hours at the international terminal of the airport here on Tuesday during peak early morning hours.
Airport sources said between 5.00 am and 11.00 am, around 17 international flights were scheduled to...
JULY 30, 2026
Hotel Rules.
Unmarried couples can legally stay together in a hotel in India if both are adults, as there is no law that bans them from booking a room because they are unmarried. However, hotels can set their own check-in policies, including rules on local IDs.
Booking a hotel room is a common choice for couples who want to...
JULY 30, 2026
Air India Passenger.
Basic etiquette, the simple actor of being kind, considerate and respectful towards those around us, can make all the difference while travelling. But not everyone follows these unwritten rules. A passenger on a long-haul flight highlighted the consequences of ignoring basic courtesy, alleging that his nearly 20-hour journey turned into a “chaotic nightmare” after his...
JULY 30, 2026
Even though 63 percent of Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Republican recently depicted himself as “The Jobfather” (complete with a parodied poster of the 1972 film “The Godfather”) through the Department of Labor.
Now a group of anti-Trump Republicans are blasting the president for misleading the public about the actual state of the American economy, which he claimed...
JULY 30, 2026
Indian student sent back home by CBP.
A social media post shared on an NRI group claimed that an Indian student who was returning to the US after visiting India had to deal with an unfortunate situation which ended with a ticket back home. The post claimed that the Webster University student was to graduate this December. He...
JULY 30, 2026
US President Donald Trump during an announcement on the Freedom Haulers initiative at the White House in Washington, DC.
The Trump administration is considering a proposal that could require international students to pay a $100,000 fee if they want to work in the United States after graduating from an American university, according to a Wall Street Journal report....
JULY 30, 2026
FILE - President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — European nations agreed Thursday to boycott the World Cup and all other FIFA competitions to protest...
JULY 30, 2026
The Trump administration has announced it will end a temporary subsidy that reduced monthly Medicare premiums by an average of $16, meaning costs are likely to rise for older Americans from 2027.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), run by Dr Mehmet Oz, announced it will allow Medicare Part D – the government health insurance program’s...
