by Aneetta Peedikayil | Jul 19, 2022 | Health, Situation Room, Travel
After a 2-year long hiatus, Japan greeted こんにちは! (Konnichiwa, a general greeting used in Japan) to the thousands of travellers who eagerly awaited its reopening of borders on June 10, 2022. However, Japan has sought to pull its strings harder by capping its daily...
by Aneetta Peedikayil | Jul 10, 2022 | Travel
Travel Risk: LOW Country Overview Third largest economy in the worldFour main islands: Honshu (largest of all), Hokkaido, Shikoku, and KyushuCurrency: Japanese Yen (¥) Language: JapaneseMaritime neighbours: Russia (north); North Korea and South Korea (west), and...
by Aneetta Peedikayil | Jun 27, 2022 | Travel
Image Courtesy: wikimedia | License Details The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said, “The ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ is a tectonically active and a dynamic region of the world. The region borders the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Plate and...
by Aneetta Peedikayil | Jun 14, 2022 | Travel
Picture courtesy: Inventiva | License details Travel Risk: HIGH Introduction: The People’s Republic of China borders 14 countries set across five time zones. To date, the most populous country in the world has maintained a strict COVID-19 policy since its...
by Aneetta Peedikayil | Jun 3, 2022 | Travel
Image courtesy: Wikimedia Commons | License details On June 4, 1989, the world witnessed an infamous event widely known as the ‘Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Economic prosperity and exposure to liberal ideas led to calls...
