Inaugural flight marks second direct route to Kerala

KUCHING: Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has welcomed the inaugural flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Kuala Lumpur today, marking a historic moment in air connectivity between Malaysia and India. He said the new route would be able to further strengthen ties between South India and Malaysia; a significant development for […]

India’s ‘superfood’ jackfruit goes global

By Abhaya Srivastava THRISSUR, India: Green, spiky and with a strong, sweet smell, the bulky jackfruit has morphed from a backyard nuisance in India’s south coast into the meat-substitute darling of vegans and vegetarians in the West. Part of the South Asia’s diet for centuries, jackfruit was so abundant that tonnes of it went to […]