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India

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What are the entry requirements ?

Passport and visa service: Ministry of External Affairs
For further information: Indian Missions Abroad
Contact your embassy

What time is it ?

Current local time: It is %T:%M %A in New Delhi
Summer time: None

What is the spoken language ?

Official language: Hindi (spoken by more than 50% of the country’s population) and English.
Other languages spoken: 17 regional languages are recognized by the Constitution of India, which include Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Punjabi, Telegu, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi. Muslims largely speaks Urdu.
Business language: English
Getting some knowledge
Free translation tools: Shabdkosh - Hindi-English-Hindi free dictionary (46,000 terms)
Lexilogo - Free dictionary arabic-english-arabic
Translated - Free translation arabic-english-arabic
TV5 - Free translation arabic-english-arabic

What is the local currency ?

Domestic currency: Indian Rupee
ISO Code: INR
To obtain domestic currency: The import of local currency is prohibited. Currency can be changed at banks, airports or authorized money changers.
ATMs are easily accessible and are open 24x7.
Possible means of payment: Payment is usually in cash. All major credit cards like American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa are also widely accepted.
Traveller cheques are widely accepted and may be changed at banks and larger hotels.
Exchange rate on
Automatic Teller Machines (ATM): To find out the locations of ATMs in in India, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

What is the climate ?

Type of climate

India has broadly three seasons: warm, wet and cool. Heat begins to rise in the plains of the North in February and becomes unbearable in April - May. The monsoon appear towards the end of May in the South, then heads to the North, then covers the whole country in the first week of July till the end of October. There are even some cold nights in December - January. The extreme South remains warm all year long.

Autumn and Winter are undoubtedly the best times to visit India.

For further information

What is the country code ?

Telephone codes: To call in India from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +91.
To call Tunisia from India, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: Both CDMA and GSM
Internet suffix: .in
Emergency numbers

Police	100
Fire	101
Ambulance	102
Railway Enquiry	131
Telephone assistance in English or Hindi or Regional Language	197