To facilitate bonafide foreign tourists who plan their tours at a short notice, Government of India has decided to introduce “Tourist Visa-on-Arrival” for a period of one year for citizens of five countries viz. Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore on an experimental basis w.e.f. 1.1.2010. Tourists from the said countries can also procure [...]

June 6, 2009
Everest climb valuable only to adventurers themselves
THURSDAY’S editorial, ‘A salute to our Everest heroines’, on the Singaporean women who climbed Mount Everest, echoes the skewed views of mountaineer David Lim in seeing only one side of the argument.
While it was clearly a difficult and commendable achievement, The Straits Times and Mr Lim [...]