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अब एयरबैग जींस से ज्यादा सुरक्षित होगी बाइकिंग

January 24, 20211251 Views

बगैर किसी हिफ़ाज़त के मोटरबाइक या दोपहिया वाहन की सवारी हमेशा बाकी किसी भी वाहन की तुलना में ज्यादा खतरनाक मानी जाती है। सड़क हादसों में कार सवारों की तुलना में दोपहिया सवारों की जान जाने की आशंका दसियों गुना ज्यादा रहती है। लिहाजा इस बात की कोशिश हमेशा से की जाती रही है कि कैसे मोटरबाइक की सवारी को ज्यादा सुरक्षित बनाया जाए। खास तौर पर अब, जबकि बाइकिंग का और दोपहिया वाहनों पर लंबी दूरी की सैर का शौक युवाओं में बढ़ता जा रहा है, कई नए काम लोगों को ज्यादा सुरक्षा देने की दिशा में हो रहे हैं। अब तक हम कारों और चौपहिया वाहनों में एयरबैग की बात करते थे जो किसी दुर्घटना की स्थिति में सवारियों को प्राणघातक चोट से बचा सकते हैं। लेकिन अगर हम आपको बताएं कि ऐसे ही एयरबैग मोटरबाइक सवारों के लिए भी हैं तो! यकीन नहीं होता न! कुछ इस तरह से ट्रिगर होगा जींस का एयरबैग तो, हममें से शायद ज्यादातर ल...

खबरनामाघटनाएंस्विट्जरलैंड

Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest

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January 23, 20211038 Views

Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The streets of the little Alpine town that welcomed around 3,000 business chiefs, political thinkers and state leaders for last year’s annual meeting lie deserted. Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and COVID-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away. A general view shows the the congress center, the venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann “Look around, it’s empty. Normally, all hotels would be fully booked at this time,” Reto Branschi, head of Davos Klosters tourism, told Reuters in an intervi...

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Tabletop Pakyong airport in Sikkim gets direct flight from Delhi

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January 23, 20211256 Views

Direct flight services between Delhi and Sikkim commenced on Saturday with a SpiceJet aircraft landing at one of the most scenic airports in India, Pakyong airport in the Himalayan state with 57 passengers. Commercial flight services to the tabletop airport recommenced after nearly one-and-half years after the private airliner halted its operations between Kolkata and Pakyong in June 2019 due to bad weather conditions and technical problems. Commercial flight operations to the airport started in October 2018. In June 2019, SpiceJet, the airport’s sole airline providing commercial passenger service, ceased its once daily Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata flight due to “unpredictable weather in Pakyong which results in very low visibility.” It had already suspended the other daily servic...

खबरनामाघटनाएंफ्रांस

French ski lifts may remain closed till the end of the season

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January 23, 20211213 Views

French ski lifts will not reopen on February 1 and it is not clear for now whether French people can start booking winter holidays in February, French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on Thursday. French ski resorts can welcome tourists but the lifts have not been allowed to open since the start of the season. With no mechanical means to lift them up the slopes, skiers and snowboarders have resort to trudging up the slopes with snow shoes. FILE PHOTO: People practice with snowshoes in the winter ski resort of Isola 2000 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Early January, the government said lifts would be allowed to reopen on Jan. 20 if the spread of the COVID-19 virus had been slowed, but in recent...

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Rio carnival not to be held in July

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January 23, 20211717 Views

It will not be possible to host carnival celebrations in July, Rio de Janeiro’s new mayor said on Thursday, as Brazil’s second wave of coronavirus infections gathers steam with vaccine supplies still scare in Latin America’s biggest country. FILE PHOTO: A worker of the Estacio de Sa samba school walks past a carnival float at the empty samba school headquarters, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo Eduardo Paes tweeted that he was aware of the economic and cultural benefits that the world-famous party, originally scheduled for next month, brings to the city. But he said there was no way it could be held even in the middle of the year. “It makes no sense to me to think at this point t...

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Nepal to turn Everest trash into art to highlight mountain’s garbage blight

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January 23, 20211467 Views

Trash collected from Mount Everest is set to be transformed into art and displayed in a nearby gallery, to highlight the need to save the world’s tallest mountain from turning into a dumping site. Used oxygen bottles, torn tents, ropes, broken ladders, cans and plastic wrappers discarded by climbers and trekkers litter the 8,848.86 metre (29,032 feet) tall peak and the surrounding areas. Tommy Gustafsson, project director and a co-founder of the Sagarmatha Next Centre - a visitors’ information centre and waste up-cycling facility - said foreign and local artists will be engaged in creating artwork from waste materials and train locals to turn trash into treasures. “We want to showcase how you can transform solid waste to precious pieces of art … and generate employment and in...

खबरनामाघटनाएंहिमाचल प्रदेश

73 snow leopards estimated in Himachal Pradesh

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January 23, 20211321 Views

A survey to assess the population of snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh has found that there are an estimated 73 big cats in the Himalayan state, Forest minister Rakesh Pathania said. Snow leopards live in several Himalayan states of India but a scientific estimate of their population has never been made before anywhere in the country because the animal lives in remote, high-altitude regions and is elusive by nature. In Himachal Pradesh, the survey to assess the population of snow leopards was held by the state wildlife wing in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Foundation Mysore following the Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India protocols set by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. A similar assessment is underway in several other stat...

खबरनामाट्रैवल उद्योग

Measures for integrating health and hygiene protocols in tourism sector

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January 22, 2021973 Views

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), have released major guidelines focusing on how private sector organisations may seek to implement health and hygiene protocols throughout their organisations and thereby improve public confidence in the Travel & Tourism sector. The guidelines are a follow up to the health and safety protocols WTTC released in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and following the signing of a memorandum of collaboration with IOSH. The Safe Travels protocols were designed to rebuild confidence among consumers so they may travel safely once restrictions are lifted. They provide consistency to destinations and countries as well as guidance to travellers about the approach to health and hyg...

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Harmonised approach to safe travel called for

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January 22, 20211154 Views

The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has met for the first time in 2021. Organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the cross-sector body met in Madrid during the 113th session of the UNWTO Executive Council to advance solid plans to restart tourism. The meeting focused on the integration of vaccines into a harmonized approach to safe travel and launching a coordinated effort to boost confidence in the sector. With countries around the world now rolling out vaccines against the COVID-19 virus, the Committee noted that this opens a critical window in the fight against the pandemic and to promote the safe resumption of international travel. Members highlighted the importance of stepping up coordination, within the framework of the International Health Regulations, of vaccination...

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Home is Where the Bard is

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January 22, 20211317 Views

Celebrate Scotland this Burns Night 2021 with a twist! 25th January is a highlight of Scotland’s winter calendar- it is the day that Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, is celebrated on his birthday with an evening of traditional food, drink and poetry. Although now is not the time to explore Scotland in person, there is nothing stopping Scotland fans from far and wide getting involved with the celebrations! In 2021, you can either throw your very own Burns Supper, put a spin on the classic and whip up a delicious Burns brunch, attend virtual events and raise a toast to the Bard of Scotland both virtually and in real life! This bronze statue was unveiled in 1892 and depicts Robert Burns (the national bard) holding a daisy in ode to the Poem ‘To a Mountain Daisy’. It stan...