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What the day owes to the night, at Festival Artonov

September 4, 2020524 Views

The sixth edition of the ARTONOV Festival will take place in European capital Brussels, in various Art Nouveau, Art Deco and other remarkable architectural venues. This year’s central theme is "what the day owes to the night". With this 6th edition, from the 4th to the 11th of October 2020, the ARTONOV Festival is more committed than ever to surprise the audience with a unique program, thanks to the motivation of the festival team, the artists and the partner venues. Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek Avenue Louis Bertrand - (Gustave Strauven 1906) © visit.brussels - Jean-Paul Remy This year’s program has been adapted to comply with the current health and safety regulations while maintaining the theme, “what the day owes to the night,” as well as the sense of artistic adventure that is in...

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Long-missed pink flamingos return to Kenya’s Lake Nakuru

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

September 3, 20201547 Views

Eight years ago, rising water levels in Kenya's Lake Nakuru drove away the clouds of pink-coloured flamingos that were the park's biggest draw. Rangers say their disappearance triggered a drop in visitor numbers by for the Nakuru National Park. Now they're back. On a recent visit, flocks of flamingos foraged for food in the lake's turquoise waters, while others flapped in a sine-wave formation above. A rhinoceros grazed nearby. Pink flamingos at Kale Nakuru, Kenya. Photo: REUTERS "With the increase now of the number of flamingos we have started seeing visitors also increasing," Caroline Mwebia, the park's tourism warden said. She declined to give visitor numbers and the Kenya Wildlife Service did not return calls seeking comment. But nearly a quarter of a million visitors came...

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डेन्यूब किनारे रुकें सीवर पाइप में

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 2, 20201058 Views

ठहरने-घूमने की अजीबोगरीब जगहों की कड़ी में इस बार हम जिस जगह का जिक्र कर रहे हैं, वह वाकई कुछ ज्यादा ही अजीब है। उसक बारे में जानकर कुछ लोग नाक-भौं भी सिकोड़ सकते हैं। आखिर, जिराफ के घर से लेकर कंदराओं और समुद्र की गहराइयों के बाद अगर हम आपसे एक मोटी सी सीवर पाइपलाइन में रुकने को कहें तो अजीब लगेगा ही। आप ये भी कह सकते हैं कि- यह भी कोई रुकने की जगह हुई? लेकिन जनाब, यह वाकई रुकने की जगह है। यूरोप में ऑस्ट्रिया के लिंज शहर के निकट ओतेशेम में डेन्यूब नदी के किनारे स्थित दास पार्क होटल पुराने सीवर पाइपों में है। निश्चिंत रहें, इन पाइपों का इस्तेमाल अब सीवर के लिए नहीं होता। लेकिन ये वाकई एक जमाने के सीवर पाइप हैं जो अब कमरों की शक्ल ले चुके हैं। चूंकि छोटे-छोटे पाइप हैं, इसलिए बड़ी होटलों के शानदार स्वीट की सहूलियतें तो यहां नहीं मिल पाएंगी। लेकिन ये रुकने की बुनियादी जरूरतें जरूर पूर...

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With borders closed, South Africa pins hopes on cash-strapped local tourists

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 31, 2020541 Views

Lisa Krohn’s Ashanti Lodge in Cape Town - normally abuzz with backpackers from around the world - today sits largely empty, a sign of how the pandemic has crushed South Africa’s tourist industry. “This place is like a morgue,” she said, contemplating the Victorian-era building’s deserted foyer. Following a five-month lockdown, South Africa is easing domestic travel restrictions, allowing hotels to reopen. With international borders still closed, the government is pinning its hopes on domestic tourism, echoing a strategy being tried from Vietnam to New Zealand with mixed results. A shopkeeper awaits visitors at the Table Mountain cableway station, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Cape Town, South Africa, , August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings South Afric...

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Comic Strip Festival will be back with the bang

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 30, 2020545 Views

From 11 to 20 September 2020, the Comic Strip Festival is making a comeback with a special edition in the form of a free immersive experience in the impressive setting of the Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis. Visitors can immerse themselves in the decors of their favourite comics. Yakari, Spike and Suzy, Ducoboo and many others will be there. Not forgetting the unmissable Atomium Prizes. Other surprises and new activities will also await visitors at several locations in the capital. Stripfeest - Comic Book Festival Balloon's Day Parade ©visit.brussels - Eric Danhier - 2019 This year, the Comic Book Festival is trying something different due to the health crisis and to ensure public safety. For its new location in the Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis, it is offering a free immersiv...

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Mauritius fishermen battle to save dozens of dolphins near oil spill

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 30, 2020716 Views

Fishermen battled on Sunday to save dozens of injured dolphins washed ashore in Mauritius where in recent days at least 40 of the animals were found dead in a lagoon near the site of an oil spill from a Japanese bulk carrier which struck a coral reef. Yasfeer Heenaye, a fisherman near Pointe aux Feuilles on the island’s eastern shore, said he had counted at least 45 dead dolphins since they were first discovered on Wednesday, and said half a dozen more dolphins were in the bay fighting for their lives. He said he believed the animals’ vision was impaired by the spilled oil, which is how they ended up on the reef where they sustained fatal injuries. Dolphins are seen as they swim near the shore of the Indian Ocean near Pointe aux Feuilles, Mauritius August 28, 2020. Picture taken ...

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Brazil’s Pantanal, world’s largest wetland, burns from above and below

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 30, 2020693 Views

The world’s largest wetland is ablaze, but the fire is often invisible. In Brazil’s Pantanal, the vegetation compacted under the marshy flood water during the wet season dries out as ponds and lagoons evaporate, leaving flammable deposits underground that can continue to smoulder long after visible flames die down. Firefighters across Brazil are battling raging towers of flames from the Amazon rainforest to the Cerrado savannah, but the fires beneath their feet are a particular challenge in the Pantanal. The only way to combat an underground fires is to dig a trench around it, said state firefighter Lieutenant Isaac Wihby. A fire is seen near Cuiaba River at Pantanal, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli “But how do you do that if you ha...

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यह क्षितिज इतना रोशन क्यों है

UPENDRA SWAMI

August 29, 20201467 Views

गहरी रात लेकिन अंधियारी नहीं, और वो देखो... उस झील के ऊपर आकाश में इतनी रोशनी क्यों है? आखिर क्या है सदर्न लाइट्स का करिश्मा सुदूर न्यूजीलैंड में! दुआ कीजिये कि कोविड का प्रकोप जल्दी खत्म हो और आप यह खूबसूरज नजारा देखने जा सकें.., एस्ट्रोनॉमर यानी खगोल विज्ञानी डॉ. इयान ग्रिफिन को न्यूजीलैंड में ड्यूनेडिन में रहते हुए कई साल हो गए हैं। इन सालों में उन्होंने सदर्न लाइट्स यानी ऑरोरा आस्ट्रेलिस का नजारा लगभग डेढ़ सौ से कहीं ज्यादा बार देखा होगा। अब यह बात ठीक है कि रात के आसमान का नजारा लेना उनके लिए खगोलविज्ञानी होने के कारण पेशेवर मजबूरी भी है। लेकिन उसके अलावा वह इस कुदरती खेल के आदी भी हो गए हैं। आखिर यह उनके घर के अगले दरवाजे से महज दस मिनट की दूरी पर जो नजर आता है। न्यूजीलैंड क साउथ आईलैंड के पश्चिमी तट पर नेलसन लेक्स नेशनल पार्क में लेक रोतोइती के ऊपर दिखता ऑरोरा आस्ट्रेलिस यानी...

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Three more cruise lines delay Australia operations

UPENDRA SWAMI

August 29, 20201712 Views

Because of very fluid worldwide pandemic situation, travel industry, especially the cruise industry is finding it very hard to plan for the coming months. This is one segment of the travel sector, which has suffered a lot and which does not see any relief in the foreseeable future. That is the reason that postponements have become order of the day. In past few days at lease three cruise lines have delayed their return to sea in Australia. P&O Cruises Australia has extended its rolling pause in operations from Australia to 2 December this year as the cruise line continues to take guidance from authorities, public health experts and society on restarting sailing. P&O Cruises President Sture Myrmell said extending the rolling pause until 2 December (inclusive) – and the start of s...

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Seven more dolphins found dead on Mauritius beach near oil spill

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

August 27, 2020874 Views

Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday, a government official said, a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil spill caused by a Japanese ship that struck a coral reef. “We found seven more dolphins this morning in a state of decomposition,” Jasvin Sok Appadu from the fisheries ministry told Reuters. A carcass of a dolphin that died and was washed up on shore is seen at the Grand Sable, Mauritius, August 26. REUTERS/Beekash Roopun/L'Express Maurice The cause of death of 25 dolphins that washed up in Mauritius near the site of an oil spill remains unclear after two of the animals showed no trace of oil in their bodies, a preliminary autopsy report showed on Thursday. “The preliminary results show that the animals did not have trace of hydr...