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IHCL (Taj Hotels) ekes out a profit during the pandemic

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Wow! When people start travelling again, the hospitality industry could make a profit too. IHCL did some solid results in Q3FY22, but there is a lot more insight into their business. Take a look at how the hotel behemoth has survived and thrived during the pandemic.

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Airbus and Qatar Airways dispute escalates as Airbus cancels 50 A321neo order for airline

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Airbus and Qatar Airways have been in a dispute for about six months now, where Qatar Airways has grounded over 20 A350 jets on the back of paint issues, and as the legal tussle around it escalates, Airbus has now exercised its rights to cancel an order for 50 A321neo aircraft from the airline.

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Effective Jan 22, 2022, India removes isolation requirement on International Arrivals into India; 7-days home quarantine still required

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India will require travellers arriving into the country from all countries to quarantine for 7 days and upload a negative RT-PCR on Day-8. Here are the new requirements, effective, January 22, 2022, where even positive cases won’t need to isolate in an isolation facility.

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