Honest Review: This hotel in Jaipur has almost 150 peacocks and a 300 year old Shiva temple but what made me choose it was……

It is unbelievably green and does not look like Rajasthan at all. The beautifully pruned trees, the manicured lawns, the lovely small ponds around Rajasthani-style minarets, half submerged with creepers growing around them and lotus leaves floating with occasional flowers adding a sprout of colour, give an ethereal feel to the Oberoi Rajvilas in Jaipur.PS:…

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Bessent signals easing of Russian oil tariffs on New Delhi while frowning on EU -India FTA

Scott Bessent (File photo) TOI correspondent from Washington: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled a prospective removal of the 25 per cent penalty tariffs on India for its purchase of Russian oil, citing “success” in Washington’s pressure tactics while appearing to disapprove the outreach of the European Union, which is on the verge of concluding…

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