August 3, 2021 – आवारा मुसाफिर

Airline Industry statistics confirm 2020 was worst year on record

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released the IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) publication with performance figures for 2020 demonstrating the devastating effects on global air transport during that year of the COVID-19 crisis. 8 billion passengers flew in 2020, a decrease of 60.2% compared to the 4.5 billion who flew in 2019Industry-wide air travel demand (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers, or RPKs) dropped by 65.9% year-on-yearInternational passenger demand (RPKs) decreased by 75.6% compared to the year priorDomestic air passenger demand (RPKs) dropped by 48.8% compared to 2019Air connectivity declined by more than half in 2020 with the number of routes connecting airports falling dramatically at the outset of the crisis and was down more than 6...

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पंचभूत और पांच शिव मंदिर

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August 3, 20212064 Views

सावन के महीने में शिव की आराधना का खास महत्व होता है। तो आइए, हम बताते हैं इस बार आपको देश में शिव के खास पांच मंदिरों के बारे में जो पंच तत्वों को प्रतिबिंबित करते हैं शिव पुराण की कैलाश संहिता के अनुसार शिव से ईशान उत्पन्न हुए और ईशान से पांच मिथुन की उत्पत्ति हुई। पहला मिथुन आकाश, दूसरा वायु, तीसरा अग्नि, चौथा जल और पांचवां मिथुन पृथ्वी है। इन पांचों का स्वरूप इस प्रकार बताया गया है। आकाश में एक शब्द ही गुण है, वायु में शब्द और स्पर्श दो गुण है, अग्नि में शब्द, स्पर्श और रूप इन तीन गुणों की प्रधानता है, जल में शब्द, स्पर्श रूप और रस ये चार गुण माने गए हैं और पृथ्वी शब्द, स्पर्श, रूप, रस और गंध इन पांच गुणों से संपन्न है। कहा जाता है कि पांचों मंदिरों का निर्माण योगिक विज्ञान के अनुसार किया गया। ये मंदिर एक दूसरे के साथ एक खास किस्म के भौगोलिक संरेखण में हैं, जिससे कि उनके द्वारा ...

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Gold medal boosts pandemic-hit surf paradise in Brazil

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August 3, 2021495 Views

Brazil’s gold medal performance in surfing did not just boost the country’s medal tally in Tokyo, it also gave a fillip to business in the small town where champion Italo Ferreira began his athletic career. Ferreira, who won the first ever Olympic gold in the surfing discipline last week, left Japan and headed straight to Baia Formosa, the small town on Brazil’s northeastern coast where he was born and grew up. Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira, gold medalist at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, practices at Point Secret beach in his hometown Baia Formosa, in Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer Business owners there said the attention has brought them a windfall as the media, tourists and surf enthusiasts congregate to soak up the winning atmosphere. “It’...

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US bound Indians come calling to Serbia for ‘quarantine tourism’

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August 3, 20211079 Views

Serbia is benefiting from COVID-19 'quarantine tourism' as thousands of Indians make a two-week stopover on the way to other countries. India has registered more coronavirus cases than any other country except the United States. Its citizens are barred from entering many countries during the pandemic unless they spend two weeks in another country en route. FILE PHOTO: People enjoy sunset at the Kalemegdan fortress in Belgrade, Serbia. REUTERS/Marko Djurica Serbia has become a popular stopover destination for Indians because it offers them visa-free entry if they have been vaccinated and test negative for the virus. They are also required to spend at least the first seven days of their stay in Serbia in isolation, depending from conditions set by their destination countries. Th...