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Tracking a tigress in the night

January 8, 20211956 Views

Sighting a tiger in the wild is always a thrill! A rogue tigress recently ventured closed to village and accidentally killed a person. This prompted wildlife officials to track its location and turn it back to its territory in the cold winter night of December. You can see in the video that Tigress will often go offroad but will eventually come back to the track. Tigress is aware of people following it, but not afraid enough to hide or run away. Perhaps tigress was new to this area and ventured here accidentally. Finally she decided to leave the road and lights of the vehicle to go deep into the woods. Date: 19-12-2020 Village: Chhuibara Beat: Chhatwa Range: Panpatha Buffer zone Bandhavgarh National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca8qNy0XDq4 ...

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Many cruise lines further delay their operations

UPENDRA SWAMI

January 7, 20211782 Views

One of the most cost-intensive as well as most affected sectors of travel and tourism industry- cruise industry, sees no signs of recovery. Even after vaccinations for COVID-19 have begun across America and Europe, there is no hope of resuming operations anytime soon. New strain of coronavirus originating from UK has only complicated the matters further. That is the reason, all cruise lines are extending pause of operations. In the latest announcements, Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line and Princess Cruises have extended pause of operations until 31st March, 30th April and 14th May 2021 respectively. Carnival Cruise Line is notifying guests of additional cruise cancellations, including extending its pause in all operations in the U.S. through March 31, 2021, as well as ...

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Passenger air traffic recovery comes to a grinding halt

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 7, 2021897 Views

Recovery in passenger demand worldwide, which had been slowing since the Northern hemisphere’s summer travel season, came to a halt in November 2020. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) data clearly reflect this thing. Thus, there is a clear signal that aviation industry is far from any signs of hope coming its way in the near future. FILE PHOTO: A passenger walks at Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy. REUTERS/Remo Casilli According to IATA data: Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 70.3% compared to November 2019, virtually unchanged from the 70.6% year-to-year decline recorded in October. November capacity was 58.6% below previous year levels and load factor fell 23.0 percentage points to 58.0%, which was a record low for the mon...

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रुई के फाहों सी बर्फ में केदारकांठा ट्रेक

RAJIV VERMA

January 5, 20211772 Views

जब घुमक्कड़ी की बात आती है तो मुझे सबसे ज्यादा हिमालय पसंद हैं। मुझे हिमालय की गोद में जाकर जितना रोमांच मिलता है उतना किसी और बात में नहीं मिलता। उसी तरह जितना सुकून मुझे वहां मिलता है, उतना सुकून भी कहीं और नहीं मिलता। इसलिए कोई हैरत की बात नहीं कि हर थोड़े महीनों के बाद, मुझे जब भी मौका मिलता है, मैं हिमालय की तरफ भाग लेता हूं। यही वजह थी कि जब मैंने अपनी नौकरी छोड़ी तो मैं भारत के उत्तर-पूर्व इलाके की ओर जाकर जम गया। और जहा सोचिए कि नौकरी छोड़ने के बाद मैंने पहला काम क्या किया? मैं तुरंत ही सबसे पहले हिमालय की तरफ भाग लिया और मैं केदारकांठा के लिए सर्दियों में ट्रेक पर निकल पड़ा। सर्दियों में ट्रेकिंग के शौकीन काफी लोग दिसंबर में केदारकांठा जाना पसंद करते हैं लेकिन मैंने जनवरी में जाना पसंद किया क्योंकि केदारकांठा का ट्रेक साल के किसी भी औऱ वक्त की तुलना में जनवरी के महीने में ...

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Canada gets strict on air travel but industry is frustrated

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 4, 20211117 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed deep frustration with Canada’s new COVID-19 testing requirement for all arriving air travelers due to come into effect as of 7 January 2021. While the industry for months has been calling for systematic testing to re-open borders without quarantine measures, these pleas have fallen on deaf ears, especially in Canada. Now, in a decision that can only be described as the ‘worst of both worlds’, the government is mandating that passengers provide proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test taken within 72 hours before planned departure to Canada, while at the same time declining to lift existing travel restrictions and quarantine requirements. Under the new order, passengers who, despite their bes...

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17,000 devotees visit Jagannath temple on first day

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 4, 2021744 Views

Jagannath Temple in Puri reopened for all devotees on Sunday after remaining closed for nine months due to the pandemic even as Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal preferred to have darshan of the deities from outside for not having the mandatory COVID-19 negative report for entry into the shrine. The governor, along with his family members and some staff, had to return to the state capital after having darshan of "Patitapaban" (the symbolic image of lord Jagannath seen from outside the temple) as they did not have the COVID-19 negative report, a senior official accompanying Lal said. Though there was no restriction on the entry of the governor, who was welcomed by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and Puri district administration, Lal volunteered not to go inside on his ...

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बर्फ की चादर पर रोमांच

KAMALESH KAMILA

January 3, 20212418 Views

जांस्कर नदी हमारे उत्तर भारत के उस इलाके में स्थित हैं जो लगभग सात से आठ महीने तक दुनिया के बाकी हिस्सों से अलग-थलग पड़ जाता है। इस दौरान यहां एक अलग ही दुनिया होती है। इसे देखकर लगता है मानो हम हिम-युग में पहुंच गए हैं। जम्मू-कश्मीर के लद्दाख इलाके में जांस्कर क्षेत्र में स्थित जांस्कर नदी इन महीनों में पूरी तरफ बर्फ से ढक जाती है। मानो किसी ने नदी को सफेद चादर से ढक दिया हो। यह नजारा विलक्षण, अद्भुत व अविस्मरणीय बन पड़ता है। ऊपर बर्फ की ठोस मोटी परत और उसके नीचे से बहती हुई नदी की निर्मल, अविरल धारा। रोचक बात है कि बर्फ की यही चादर इन महीनों में इस इलाके की जीवनरेखा बन जाती है। प्राचीन काल से ही बर्फ से ढके इस रास्ते पर राजा-महाराजा, साधु-संन्यासी, बौद्ध भिक्षु और आम लोग तमाम तकलीफों से जूझते हुए भी अपने मुकाम पर बढ़ते रहे हैं। अब यह दुष्कर रास्ता हमेशा तो इस तरह से नजर नहीं आता। इसल...

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सैलानी परिंदों की जन्नत है नल सरोवर

LALIT MOHAN KOTHIYAL

January 2, 20211709 Views

नल सरोवर भारत में ताजे पानी के बाकी नम भूमि क्षेत्रों से कई मायनों में भिन्न है। सरदियों में उपयुक्त मौसम, भोजन की पर्याप्तता और सुरक्षा ही इन सैलानी पक्षियों को यहां आकर्षित करती है। सरदियों में सैकड़ों प्रकार के लाखों स्वदेशी पक्षियों का जमावड़ा रहता है। इतनी बड़ी तादाद में पक्षियों के डेरा जमाने के बाद नल में उनकी चहचाहट से रौनक बढ़ जाती है। सितंबर 2012 में इसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय महत्व का रामसर नम भूमि क्षेत्र के रूप में घोषित कर दिया गया था। नल में इन्हीं उड़ते सैलानियों की जलक्रीड़ाएं व स्वर लहरियों को देखने-सुनने के लिए बड़ी संख्या में पर्यटक यहां प्रतिदिन जुटते हैं। पर्यटकों के अतिरिक्त यहां पक्षी विशेषज्ञ, वैज्ञानिक, शोधार्थी व छात्रों का भी जमावड़ा लगा रहता है तो कभी-कभार यहां पर लंबे समय से भटकते ऐसे पक्षी प्रेमी भी आते हैं जो किसी खास पक्षी के छायाचित्र भी उतारने की तलाश में रहते...

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Over 64,000 tourists visit Kaziranga since reopening

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 2, 2021595 Views

More than 64,000 tourists have visited the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, famed for the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, since it reopened on October 21, an official said. The park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, usually remains closed between June and September because of the annual floods and reopens in November. The park's Field Director P Sivakumar said that 64,100 tourists visited since October 21,2020 while the revenue collected during the 70-day period was Rs 127.32 lakh. In 2018-19, over 47,10,971 domestic tourists and 25,739 foreign tourists had visited the state. The park authorities could successfully restrict rhino poaching with only two rhinos poached in the year 2020, he said on Friday. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",...

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Kashmir again abuzz with tourists in New Year

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 1, 2021949 Views

After a lull of nearly one-and-a-half years, Kashmir was again abuzz with tourists as thousands of people from different parts of the country descended on the picturesque Gulmarg, Pahalgam and other areas of the valley for the New Year. As tourist arrivals spiked, the region witnessed huge traffic jams. The situation was such in the popular skiing destination Gulmarg that some tourists had to ring in the New Year from their vehicles stuck in traffic. Tourists at Gulmarg. Photo: Waseem Andrabi/Twitter "One needs to understand that global destinations are ruled out due to the pandemic and Kashmir became an obvious choice for domestic travellers," says Nighat Shah, the reservation manager with a prominent hotel chain in Srinagar and Gulmarg. Hotels and resorts organised various e...