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Tracking a drug smuggler’s journey toward redemption

October 4, 2020475 Views

Freddie Crow grew up in a small town in northwest Florida and developed a taste for excitement at an early age. He learned to fly when he was just a teenager and parlayed that talent into a lucrative career, piloting planeloads of marijuana from Central America into North Florida. He had the highly sought-out ability to navigate a plane so low over the Gulf of Mexico that he could actually fly under the radar. But that didn’t mean his penchant for ferrying drugs went completely unnoticed. Ed Hudson was a law enforcement officer tasked with putting the brakes on smuggling operations like Crow’s. The two men had chosen paths that were initially pointed in opposite directions, but they were about to intersect. As the Crow Flies: The Redemption of an International Drug Smuggler&...

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Jageshwar : One of the twelve Jyotirlingas

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

October 4, 20201493 Views

Jageshwar temple is located 36 km northeast of Almora, in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. Jageshwar is located at an altitude of 1870 mts, in the Jataganga river valley in midst of a dense Deodar forest. Jageshwar is believed to be the site of first of the twelve Jyotirlingas, Nageshvara Jyotirlinga. The temple city comprises a cluster of 124 large and small stone temples, dating 9th to 13th century AD. The Mahamrityunjay temple is the largest and oldest temple in the Jageshwar temple complex. Jageshwar Mahadev is one of the principal temples situated in the temple premises. The temple has two dwarapalas (door guardians) in the form of the armed Nandi and Skandi. This is a west facing temple of Lord Shiva. Here, Shiva is worshipped in the form of Nagesh/Jageshwar. In the sanctum sanctorum o...

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राजा विल्सन का हर्षिल

RAVISHANKAR JUGRAN

October 4, 20201881 Views

हिमालय का अलौकिक सौंदर्य, उससे निकलती कल-कल छल-छल नदियों का संगम, मीलों तक फैला वन क्षेत्र और सुरम्य घाटियां उत्तराखंड की सबसे बड़ी धरोहर हैं। प्रकृति का ये अनुपम उपहार उसे शेष दुनिया से अलग पहचान देता है यही वजह है कि यहां हर मौसम में सैलानियों की आवाजाही रहती है। गढ़वाल की ऊंचाइयों मे प्रकृति के हाथों बेहिसाब सुंदरता बिखरी पड़ी है। गंगोत्री के रास्ते में हर्षिल आम सैलानी स्थलों से अलग है- शांत व मनोरम. भीड़-भाड़ से मुक्त। लेकिन पिछले कुछ सालों में यहां जाने वाले सैलानियों की तादाद बढ़ी है। अब जब कोरोना के कारण लगी आने-जाने की पाबंदियां हट गई हैं तो आइए करें फिर से एक बार पहाड़ों का रुख गढ़वाल के अधिकतर सौंदर्य स्थल दुर्गम पर्वतों में स्थित हैं जहां पहुंचना सबके लिए आसान नहीं है। यही वजह है कि प्रकृति प्रेमी पर्यटक इन जगहों पर पहुंच नहीं पाते हैं। लेकिन ऐसे भी अनेक पर्यटक स्थल हैं जहा...

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Untouched and unopened for 2,500 years, 59 coffins now unveiled in Egypt

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October 4, 2020512 Views

Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necropolis just days ago. Excavated coffins displayed publicly for the first time. Photo: REUTERS The 59 coffins were discovered in August at the UNESCO world heritage site south of Cairo, buried in three 10-12 meter shafts along with 28 statues of the ancient Egyptian God Seker, one of the most important funerary deities. They belonged to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty, said Mostafa al-Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. One of he burial sites where coffins were found. Photo: REUTERS The Egyptian archaeological mission behind the discovery had...

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Indonesia becomes first signatory of UNWTO tourism ethics convention

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October 3, 2020323 Views

The Republic of Indonesia has become the first signatory of the Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics, the landmark instrument created to ensure global tourism is fair, inclusive, more transparent, and works for everyone. The ceremony, hosted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Madrid, is a significant step towards the ratification of the Convention, which was adopted during the 23rd meeting of the UNWTO General Assembly in September 2019. With the sector currently facing up to the biggest crisis in its history, today’s signing was a clear sign that Member States are looking to UNWTO for firm leadership and remain committed to its mission to use this pause as an opportunity to realign tourism. The Convention was hailed as a “big step forward” towards introducing a universa...

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जहां बहती है फ्रांस की बयार

JAISHREE PURWAR

October 3, 2020908 Views

यदि आपको सैर सपाटे के लिए समुद्र-तट जाना हो, यदि आपको सांस्कृतिक विविधता का नजारा लेना हो, यदि आपको किसी स्थान पर विदेशी शासन के समय की जीवन शैली का प्रभाव देखना हो और साथ ही आध्यात्मिक अनुशासन और अदृश्य की साधना की अनुभूति भी करनी हो तो पांडिचेरी (अब पुडुचेरी) से अच्छी कोई दूसरी जगह नहीं। पूर्वी तट पर तमिलनाडु से मिला हुआ, बंगाल की खाड़ी से सटा हुआ पांडिचेरी आपकी इन सभी इच्छाओं को पूरी करेगा पांडिचेरी पहले फ्रांसीसी शासन के अधीन था। सितंबर 2006 से इसका नाम पुडुचेरी कर दिया गया जिसका तमिल भाषा में अर्थ है नया गांव। इसकी सबसे ज्यादा चर्चा लंबे समय तक फ्रांसीसी कॉलोनी के रूप में रहने और महर्षि अरविंद द्वारा स्थापित आश्रम के कारण है। स्थापत्य कला व संस्कृति की दृष्टि से यह एक धनी नगरी है। भारती पार्क के बीच में स्थित आयी मंडपम सुकून की तलाश करने वालों का बड़ा अड्डा है। ...

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होटल है या कोई उड़न तश्तरी

SAIED SHEIKH

October 2, 20201204 Views

नॉर्वे में किसी उड़न तश्तरी से प्रेरित यह होटल ऑरोरा बोरेअलिस देखने के लिए एक दूसरी दुनिया सरीखा माहौल खड़ा करता है उड़न तश्तरियां हमेशा से हमारी विज्ञान फंतासियों का अहम केंद्र रही हैं। फिल्मों, कहानियों में उड़न तश्तरियों को देखकर हम बचपन में कितने रोमांचित होते रहे हैं। मन करता रहा है न कि कहीं किसी खुले मैदान में अचानक आसमान से कोई उड़न तश्तरी उतर पड़े और कोई दूसरे ग्रह का प्राणी अचानक हमारे सामने आ खड़ा हो हाथ मिलाने लगे। उड़न तश्तरी और दूसरे ग्रह पर जीवन हमेशा से हमारे वैज्ञानिकों के लिए अंतरिक्ष की खोज के सबसे जटिल पहलुओं में से रहा है। ऐसे में कितना रोमांचक हो कि आप किसी ऐसे होटल में रुकें जो उड़न तश्तरी की शक्ल का हो। जहां इतना वीराना हो कि उड़न तश्तरी के सामने आ उतरने की कल्पना साकार होने का खयाल हमेशा तैरता रहे। वहां के कमरे किसी स्पा सरीखे हों और सामने बर्फीले...

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Say Cheese and #SanookSnap to win luxurious stays

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

October 2, 2020573 Views

Whether it’s an unexpected trunk hug from a two tonne elephant friend in Chiang Rai, to a group selfie on a girls’ night out at a rooftop bar in Bangkok or capturing the perfect beach sunset pic with someone special in Phuket – fun holiday snaps make great memories last a lifetime. At Anantara and Avani you can share your #SanookSnap moments and win great travel prizes around Thailand so you can take even more! Loving your room with a three-country view in the Golden Triangle? #SanookSnap it! Partying with friends on a rooftop bar? #SanookSnap it! Enjoying a decadent floating breakfast in your beachside pool villa? #SanookSnap it! From the jungles up north, to the bright lights of Bangkok, right down to the lush Southern islands, the more you snap, post and hashtag #SanookSnap an...

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Quarantine v/s testing protocol, the debate intensifies

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October 2, 2020346 Views

With less than 90 days to go before the year-end holiday season, European aviation bodies have intensified their call to replace quarantine measures with passenger testing. This will provide far greater assurance and ability for cross-border travellers to plan family reunions or vacations during this important holiday period. It will also serve as a lifeline to the millions of workers in the travel and tourism sectors whose jobs remain at risk. Following their direct call to action together with the wider travel and tourism sectors in a letter to European Commission President von der Leyen on 17 September, aviation bodies ACI EUROPE, Airlines for Europe (A4E) and IATA have submitted a framework for how an EU-wide Testing Protocol for Travel (EU-TPT) could work. ...

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Manas National Park to reopen for tourists from Friday

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October 1, 2020653 Views

Assam's World Heritage site Manas National Park will be the first among the five National Parks in the state to reopen for tourists from Friday with strict COVID-19 protocols, park officials said. The park, which usually closes for tourists in April, had to shut the gates from March 17 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Chief Conservator of Forests A M Singh will open the Manas National Park at a programme scheduled to be held at the Bahbari range, officials said. The park authorities said that strict COVID-19 guidelines, including mandatory wearing of masks and social distancing, must be maintained by the tourists while entering the park. Only three persons would be allowed in the jeep safari inside the park. The authorities have taken all measures...