January 2025 – आवारा मुसाफिर

A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future

January 4, 202565 Views

What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital. Steve Collins, 74, was born and raised in western Kenya. By the age of 5, he was fascinated by butterflies and started building a collection that has grown to more than 4.2 million, representing hundreds of species. “My parents encouraged us to look for butterflies after visiting the Congo and were gifted a trapping net by some friends,” Collins said. “By the time I was 15 years old, I was already visiting other countries like Nigeria to study more about butterflies.” During his 20-year career as an agronomist, Collins dedicated his free time to research. He established the African Butterfly Research Institute in 1997. Now...

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Bohemian charm and quesadillas, on two wheels in Mexico City

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January 4, 202558 Views

I landed in Mexico City in December 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic upended life and cartel-led violence reached its bloodiest period in Mexico's recent history. Yet traveling around the country as a senior correspondent for Reuters, I was mesmerized by the vibrancy of Mexico's people, culture and food. A bartender pours a glass of wine at the bar of the fine dining restaurant Meroma in the Roma neighbourhood. REUTERS/Claudia Daut It may strike some people as unwise, or even perilous, to mount a bike to explore a megalopolis long known for street crime and snarled traffic - and where motorists do not need to pass a driving test to hit the road. Yet in many ways it's the best way to soak up Mexico City, a fast-changing cultural hotspot sitting on the bed of an ancient l...

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‘Dinosaur highway’ tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

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January 3, 2025102 Views

A worker digging up clay in a southern England limestone quarry noticed unusual bumps that led to the discovery of a “dinosaur highway” and nearly 200 tracks that date back 166 million years, researchers said Thursday. The extraordinary find made after a team of more than 100 people excavated the Dewars Farm Quarry, in Oxfordshire, in June expands upon previous paleontology work in the area and offers greater insights into the Middle Jurassic period, researchers at the universities of Oxford and Birmingham said. “These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited,” said Kirsty Edgar, a micropaleontology professor at the University of Birmingham. Four...

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3 surprising trends shaping cruise vacations

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January 3, 2025105 Views

The 2025 wave season is here and travelers are flocking to cruise ships to escape the winter blues. New data from Squaremouth, leading travel insurance marketplace in US, reveals the top trends for this year's wave season, along with expert tips for travelers setting sail in 2025. Travel Insurance is Trending Travelers are jumping at the chance to set sail this season, and they're opting to do it carefree. Of the travelers planning to cruise this wave season and beyond, an impressive 74% are insuring their trips—up from just 38% in 2024. Cruisers' top concerns for 2025 include illness or injury while at sea, trip cancellations, and medical evacuation coverage. More R&R, Less Adventure While 2024 was the year of adventure travel, 2025 is all about rest and relaxation. O...

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Your Schengen VISA will now take you to Romania & Bulgaria as well

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January 2, 202585 Views

Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can travel without passport checks. Fireworks lit the sky at a crossing close to the Bulgarian border town of Ruse just after the stroke of midnight as the Bulgarian and Romanian interior ministers symbolically raised a barrier on the Friendship Bridge straddling the Danube River. The crossing is a major transit point for international trade, and bottlenecks are common. A view of Romanian-Hungarian customs point in Nadlac, as Romania and Bulgaria both join the Schengen bloc, Arad county, Romania, December 31, 2024. Inquam Photos/Virgil Simonescu via REUTERS "This is a historic moment," said ...

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Dino Lumina, World’s first dinosaur park using large-scale projections

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January 2, 202589 Views

LA-based PaintScaping, a global leader in 3D projection mapping, has created DINO LUMINA, the world's first dinosaur park that uses giant projections on invisible screens. As guests walk thru the forest, they are surrounded by full-sized dinosaurs that, unlike animatronics, are walking, running, fighting, and hunting. This limited engagement runs at the Dallas Zoo, until Monday, January 6, 2025. A CGI trailblazer, PaintScaping CEO Philippe Bergeron previously collaborated with Daniel Langlois, the genius behind SoftImage—the groundbreaking software that brought Jurassic Park's dinosaurs to life. Dino roars for the crowd "Daniel was instrumental in creating one of the most memorable scenes in movie history, when we see the dinosaurs for the first time," no...

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Minor Hotels to debut in the heart of the Alps

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January 2, 202567 Views

Alagna Mirtillo Rosso marks the entry of NH Collection Hotels & Resorts in Italy’s mountain hotel segment Minor Hotels Europe & Americas has announced the upcoming addition of NH Collection Alagna Mirtillo Rosso to the portfolio of the upper-upscale NH Collection Hotels & Resorts brand in Italy. Located in the heart of the Pennine Alps, the four-star property will undergo a renovation process and officially open its doors under the new brand in March 2025. NH Collection Alagna Mirtillo Rosso, located in the town of Alagna Valsesia, at the foot of Monte Rosa, caters to all travellers but is ideal for families and perfect for ski lovers. The hotel is just a few minutes from the Alagna, a cable car, which takes visitors to the Monte Rosa Ski ski hotel, an area that links ...

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मध्यप्रदेश पर्यटन 2025 में नई ऊंचाइयां छूने को बेताब

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January 2, 202574 Views

मध्य प्रदेश में पर्यटन के क्षेत्र में नित नए आयाम स्थापित हो रहे हैं। अपने प्राकृतिक सौंदर्य, ऐतिहासिक स्थलों और समृद्ध सांस्कृतिक धरोहरों के कारण, मध्य प्रदेश देश का एक प्रमुख टूरिस्ट डेस्टिनेशन बन चुका है। पर्यटन को प्रोत्साहन ने राज्य की आर्थिक और सामाजिक प्रगति में भी महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दिया है। धार्मिक पर्यटन, सांस्कृतिक पर्यटन, ग्रामीण पर्यटन, साहसिक पर्यटन, फिल्म पर्यटन जैसे क्षेत्रों पर विशेष रूप से जोर दिया जा रहा है, जिससे स्थानीय समुदायों को आय के नये जरिये और रोजगार के अवसर प्राप्त हो रहे हैं। फिल्म शूटिंग के लिए सबसे पसंदीदा राज्य फिल्म पर्य़टन के लिहाज से वर्ष 2024 राज्य के लिये खास रहा। बॉक्स ऑफिस पर बेहद सफल रही फिल्म स्त्री-2, भूलभुलैया-3, लापता लेडीज, माय हीरो और ओटीटी की सफल वेबसीरीज गुल्लक 3, पंचायत 3 मध्यप्रदेश की विभिन्न लोकेशन्स पर शूट हुई है। प्रमुख सचिव पर्य़...

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Cathay surpasses the 100,000-passenger milestone on a single day

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January 2, 202593 Views

Marks a strong finish to its two-year rebuilding journey The Cathay Group has achieved a significant milestone by carrying more than 100,000 passengers, the most on a single day since the start of its rebuild. On 15 December 2024, Cathay Pacific and HK Express, the Group’s two passenger airlines, carried a combined total of 100,856 passengers, surpassing the 100,000-passenger mark on a single day. Since the milestone was first reached, the Group exceeded the 100,000-passenger mark on a total of eight days during the year-end travel peak ending 31 December 2024. Cathay Group Chief Executive Officer Ronald Lam said: “We are thrilled to have concluded the year 2024 on a high note with yet another milestone. The past year saw unprecedented progress and expansion for the Cathay Gr...