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Odisha tourism scales up its Eco Retreat event

November 11, 20201437 Views

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday declared Odisha Tourism's flagship three-month glamping festival Eco Retreat, open for booking. Patnaik also unveiled the new logo subtly depicting the ecological orientation. This year's Eco Retreat is being organised keeping in view the last year's success of its debut with an event at marine drive in Konark. Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said that last year, a benchmark was set in luxury glamping with a phenomenal success at the marine drive eco retreat at Konark. This time, he said, the state has scaled it up to five unique locations Konark, Hirakud, Bhitarkanika, Daringbadi and Satkosia. The Eco retreats will offer tourists an excellent opportunity to discover Odisha's diverse tourism offerings, in style, he ad...

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Hong Kong, Singapore to allow quarantine free travel to each other

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November 11, 2020391 Views

A travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will begin on Nov. 22, the two cities announced on Wednesday, as they moved to re-establish overseas travel links and lift the hurdle of quarantine for visiting foreigners. Hong Kong’s Commerce Secretary and Singapore’s Transport Minister said the scheme would begin with one flight a day into each city, with a quota of 200 travellers per flight. This would be increased to two flights a day into each city from Dec. 7. People walk across a street at Mong Kok, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Hong Kong, China November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Lam Yik If the COVID-19 situation deteriorated in either city the travel bubble would be suspended, they said. Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said he believed t...

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Australia may open borders to Asian tourists

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

November 10, 20201188 Views

Australia is considering opening its borders to Asian countries, including parts of China, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, as Canberra seeks to revive an economy ravaged by COVID-19. Australia in March shut its borders to all non-citizens and permanent residents, though in October Canberra allowed New Zealand residents to enter. Internal travel is limited, although those restrictions are scheduled to be removed by the end of the year. Morrison ruled out entry from the United States or Europe, but said Australia may allow people from low-risk countries such as Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and even provinces in China. People walk through a congested intersection in the city centre of Sydney, Australia, November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott “We ... are looking at wha...

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टाला में ज़ेबरा व जिराफों के बीच

BHASHA SINGH

November 10, 20201709 Views

दृश्य 1गाड़ी के आगे अचानक दो सींग वाला लहीम-शहीम गैंडा (राइनो) आ गया। मुंह से चीख निकली और साथ ही दिल बल्लियों उछलने लगा। अरे, पृथ्वी का यह दुर्लभ जीव सामने, बिल्कुल लबे-सड़क खड़ा है। थूथन पर बड़ा-सा सींग, दूसरा सींग कुछ आधा-अधूरा सा दिख रहा था। गाड़ी खटाक से रुकी और हाथ दरवाजा खोलने की ओर गया... दृश्य -2सामने दौड़ लगी हुई है। लंबे-लंबे जिराफ एक दूसरे के साथ रेस लगा रहे हैं। उनके शरीर की लय इतनी मंत्रमुग्ध करने वाली है कि पता ही नहीं चलता है कि कब एक छोटा जिराफ गाड़ी के बिल्कुल बगल में, तकरीबन सटते हुए खड़ा हो जाता है... दृश्य 3ऐसा लगता है कि सड़क पर गाड़ी के आगे-आगे धूल का बवंडर चल रहा है। सहसा कुछ अनदेखा सा घटित होता है। धीमी रफ्तार से चल रही गाड़ी, अचानक रोक दी जाती है। फर्लांग भर दूरी पर गाड़ी के आगे जंगली भैंसों का दल खड़ा है। वे बहुत उग्र और परेशान नजर आ रहे हैं। अपने पै...

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Indigenous Tao way of life under threat on Taiwan island

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November 9, 2020886 Views

While 2020 will be remembered by many as a year of travel bans and cancelled vacations, the indigenous Tao people of Orchid Island will remember it as the year unprecedented numbers of visitors descended on their once tranquil home. The small island, 90 km (56 miles) off Taiwan’s southeast coast, is home to approximately 4,700 ethnic Austronesian Tao or Yami people, and has in recent years become a popular holiday destination for both Taiwanese and foreigners alike. Traditional tatala boats Orchid Island (Lanyu) is a volcanic island that was formed of magma erupting from the ocean floor. Because the peaks of the mountains at the north-western corner of the island resemble red human heads in the crimson rays of the setting sun, it was formerly known as "Redhead Island." The presen...

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First Passengers travel safely on Virgin Hyperloop

UPENDRA SWAMI

November 9, 20201026 Views

Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world’s first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, a key safety test for technology it hopes will transform human and cargo transportation, however it will still be atleast a decade before the public can potentially take a high-speed ride on a hyperloop. Transportation history was made on Sunday in the Nevada desert, where Virgin Hyperloop tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time. Virgin Hyperloop executives Josh Giegel, its Chief Technology Officer, and Sara Luchian, Director of Passenger Experience, reached speeds of up to 107 miles per hour (172 km per hour) at the company’s DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company said. They sat in Virgin Hyperloop's two-person pod, which include...

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A Virtual tour of Salar Jung Museum

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November 8, 20202252 Views

Salar Jung museum at Hyderabad is one of the three national museums of India and also the third largest in the country with the biggest one-man collections of antiques in the world, all belonging to Salar Jung family, which was finally converted into a museum by Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III (1889-1949), who was former Prime Minister of the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad. This museum has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings, textiles, manuscripts, ceramics, metallic artefacts, carpets, clocks and furniture from Japan, China, Burma, Nepal, Persia, Egypt, Europe and North America besides India. The English Bracket Clock at Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad is said to have manufactured in England and assembled in Calcutta in the late 19th century. This musical clock is one of th...

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“Mahabali frog” may be Kerala’s official amphibian

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November 8, 2020954 Views

The purple frog, one of the rarest frog species endemic to the Western Ghats, would soon be declared as Kerala's official amphibian. A senior forest officer said a proposal for declaring the purple frog, also known as pignose frog, as state's amphibian, is in the active consideration of the state government. "The proposal is in the active consideration of the government and soon it will be declared as the state's amphibian, "Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) & Chief Wildlife Warden Surendrakumar said. The matter will be discussed in the next meeting of the state wildlife board. Official sources said the move to declare it as the state's amphibian as it was mostly endemic to Kerala region of Western Ghats. According to Delhi University professor S D B...

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महानदी की गोद में सतकोसिया

UPENDRA SWAMI

November 8, 20201454 Views

महानदी ओडिशा की सबसे विशाल नदी है, यह पता होते हुए भी सतकोसिया पहुंचकर इसकी भव्यता देखकर अचंभित हुए बिना नहीं रहा जा सकता। सर्द सुबह में नदी के किनारे बने टैंट के सामने कुर्सी पर बैठकर गरम चाय की चुस्की लेते हुए और सामने पानी में रह-रहकर गोता लगाते परिंदों को निहारते हुए एकबारगी तो दिमाग से यह अहसास निकल सा जाता है कि हम टाइगर रिजर्व में है और ठीक हमारी पीठ के पीछे घना जंगल है। यहां न मोबाइल की जरूरत महसूस होती है और न ही बिजली की। सौर ऊर्जा की मदद से अंधेरा होने पर थोड़ी-बहुत रोशनी मिल जाती है। मीलों दूर गांवों से हवा के साथ लहराकर आती आवाजें संगीत का काम देती हैं। यह एक अलग दुनिया का अहसास है। सतकोसिया यानी सात कोस। दो मील का एक कोस यानी चौदह मील। चौदह मील यानी 22 किलोमीटर। ठीक यही लंबाई है 22 किलोमीटर की उस खड्ड की जिसमें से होकर महानदी गुजरती है। चौड़ा प्रपात और दोनों तरफ खड़ी पहा...

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Hornbill Festival to be celebrated virtually this year

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November 8, 2020646 Views

Tourists will miss the buzz around this year, which has been associated with the magical Hornbill Festival of Nagaland. The Nagaland government has decided to celebrate the popular Hornbill festival virtually this year, amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country. In a statement issued on Saturday night, the department of tourism said the annual festival would be observed over audio visual media channels and social media platforms this time, and people can enjoy the tribal dance performances sitting at home. The content for the online programme will be sourced from government archives, it said. Hornbill Festival, held every year from December 1 to 10, showcases the culture, heritage, food and customs of Naga tribes at Kisama village. Sixteen tribes come together to celebr...