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Intelligence helps Namibia turn tide against rhino poachers

September 22, 2020658 Views

Incidents of rhino poaching in Namibia have been dropping steadily as timely intelligence work has helped nab hunters before they shoot in known hotspots, the government said on Tuesday. Joint police and government task forces have proven “extremely successful”, the spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism said, with intelligence enabling a proactive, rather than reactive, response. “Instead of the discovery of a dead rhino initiating an investigation, would-be poachers are now regularly arrested while they are still conspiring to kill a rhino,” Romeo Muyunda said in a statement celebrating World Rhino Day. It said just 22 rhinos have been poached in Namibia so far this year, down from 46 in 2019, 78 in 2018, 55 in 2017 and 61 in 2016. Of 88 arrests ...

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Most travelers support COVID-19 testing before departure

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September 22, 2020501 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic COVID-19 testing for all passengers before departure as an alternative to quarantine measures in order to re-establish global air connectivity. IATA will work through the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and with health authorities to implement this solution quickly. International travel is 92% down on 2019 levels. Over half a year has passed since global connectivity was destroyed as countries closed their borders to fight COVID-19. Some governments have cautiously re-opened borders since then, but there has been limited uptake because either quarantine measures make travel impractical or the frequent chan...

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Australia saves 25 stranded pilot whales, rescue efforts continue

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September 22, 2020963 Views

Rescuers set free around 25 whales on Tuesday that were marooned on a sandbar off the remote west coast of Tasmania in one of Australia’s worst beaching events, and hope to save more in coming days. Government scientists said about 90 of the 270-strong pod of pilot whales have died since they were spotted from the air in shallow water off the rugged coastline on Monday. 270-strong pod of pilot whales marooned on a sandbar. Reuters Footage showed large numbers of the animals prone on a wide sandbar at Macquarie Harbour, about 200 kms (120 miles) northwest of the state capital Hobart, while others floundered in slightly deeper water. Rescuers had to get in the icy water to attach the whales, a species of oceanic dolphin that grow to 7 metres (23 ft) long and can weigh up to 3 to...

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Egypt discovers 27 coffins more than 2,500 years old

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September 21, 2020535 Views

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world’s oldest pyramids, the ministry of tourism and antiquities said. Among this 14 coffins were found two days ago during an archaeological dig at the burial spot where another 13 wooden sarcophagi had been discovered last week, making it total 27 sarcophagi or coffins. The discovery is now said by experts to be one of the largest of its kind. Undated image shows one of the 2500-year-old coffins discovered in a burial shaft in the desert near Saqqara necropolis in Egypt, released on September 19, 2020 by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities/Handout via REUTERS The wooden sarcophagi are ornately painted and...

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Taj Mahal gets first visitors post lockdown

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September 21, 20201157 Views

Taj Mahal was opened after six months on Monday, with the first visitors trickling into the famous monument as authorities reported 86,961 new coronavirus infections across the country, with no signs of a peak yet. The white marble tomb in the city of Agra, built by a 17th-century Mughal emperor for his wife, was opened to the public at sunrise, and a Chinese national and a visitor from Delhi were among the first to enter. Daily visitor numbers have been capped at 5,000, versus an average of 20,000 before the pandemic. Tickets are only being sold online, with fewer than 300 bought on the first day. A notice tied by the authorities to a railing inside the complex as Taj Mahal was opened for visitors after six month on Monday, September 21, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Alasdair Pal Visi...

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उत्तराखंड में प्रवेश के नए नियम लागू, रजिस्ट्रेशन व कोविड टेस्ट अब भी ज़रूरी

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September 21, 2020808 Views

उत्तराखंड में राज्य के बाहर से आने वाले लोगों के प्रवेश और क्वारंटीन के नए नियम सोमवार से लागू हो गए हैं। हालांकि नियमों को पहले की तुलना में थोड़ा उदार किया गया है लेकिन राज्य में आने के लिए दो चीजें अब भी जरूरी हैं- एक तो smartcitydehradun.uk.gov.in पर रजिस्ट्रेशन और दूसरा, कोविड की नेगेटिव जांच रिपोर्ट जो उत्तराखंड में प्रवेश करने के वक्त से पहले के अधिकतम 96 घंटे के दरम्यान की होनी चाहिए। उल्लेखनीय है कि पड़ोसी पहाड़ी राज्य हिमाचल प्रदेश ने पिछले हफ्ते जारी नए निर्देशों में राज्य में आने की सभी शर्तें, कोविड जांच की अनिवार्यता, रजिस्ट्रेशन आदि को खत्म कर दिया था। सात दिन तक की यात्रा के लिए नहीं होना होगा क्वारंटीन रजिस्ट्रेशन जरूरी सितंबर 21 से प्रभावी हुए नए नियमों के बाद भी उत्तराखंड की सीमा चौकियों पर रुकने व जांच कराने की स्थिति जस की तस रहे...

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आओ हवाई जहाज में बैठें और चलें… कहीं नहीं!

UPENDRA SWAMI

September 20, 20201534 Views

यह बड़ा अजीब दौर है। जब कोरोना वायरस जड़ें जमाने की कोशिश कर रहा था तो हम घरों में दुबके बैठे थे और जब वायरस खुलकर अपना खेल खेल रहा है तो हम ‘आ बैल मुझे मार’ के अंदाज में सबकुछ खोल दे रहे हैं। लेकिन लोगों का यह भी कहना है कि अब और कोई रास्ता भी नहीं बचा सिवाय इसके कि वायरस से दो-दो हाथ करते हुए ही आगे बढ़ा जाए। एक नया वायरस कई नई-नई चीजें हमें दिखा रहा है। कोविड-19 की मार सबसे ज्यादा झेलने वालों में ट्रैवल व टूरिज्म का उद्योग सबसे प्रमुख रहा है। उड्डयन क्षेत्र भी उसी का एक हिस्सा है। हालांकि एक के बाद एक देश और इलाके अपनी सीमाओं को फिर से खोल रहे हैं, लेकिन थोड़ी एहतियात फिर भी सब बरत रहे हैं। बुखार में ऊपर-नीचे होते तापमान की ही तरह कोविड-19 से संक्रमित लोगों की संख्या आस-पड़ोस में जैसे ही कम-ज्यादा होती है, रियायत व पाबंदियां उसी तरह घटती-बढ़ती रहती हैं। खास तौर प...

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Sikkim to allow tourism activities from Oct 10

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September 20, 2020573 Views

The Sikkim government has allowed hotels, homestays and other tourism-related services to restart operations from October 10, officials said on Saturday. The Himalayan state has also decided to open its border with West Bengal for unrestricted movement of vehicles from October 1, they said. Lachung village in the North Sikkim A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the hotels and the tourism sector is expected soon, they added. Bookings for hotels and homestays will start from September 27, officials said. While the odd-even road rationing rule for public vehicles will be lifted from October 1, it may continue for private vehicles, they said. The odd-even rule, which was first implemented in Delhi to tackle air pollution by limiting the number of cars as per the last digit...

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With tourists slow to return, Egypt’s resorts and ancient sites face tough winter

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September 19, 2020395 Views

At the Pyramids of Giza, just a handful of tourists walks among the ancient wonders. Twelve people showed up to admire Luxor’s towering colonnades the day it reopened this month. At Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, visitor numbers are well below previous years. Even as international flights and tourist spots open up and Egypt’s coronavirus cases remain in check, officials, hotel owners and tour guides concede that the key winter season starting in October is going to be tough. That could be bad news for the economy. Tourism accounts for up to 15% of Egypt’s national output, and officials said it was losing around $1 billion each month after the sector all but shut down from March as the coronavirus pandemic struck. Egyptian officials say they are making every effort to reassure touri...

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South Africa to allow travel from all of Africa from Oct. 1

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September 19, 2020889 Views

South Africa will allow travel from Oct. 1 to and from all countries in Africa as well as other countries where levels of COVID-19 infections are not too high, a government minister said on Friday. For countries outside Africa, the government will determine whether entry is allowed depending on that country’s COVID-19 infection and transmission rate, cooperative governance minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said. Johannesburg skyline The government will prepare a list of countries from where travel will be restricted, Dlamini-Zuma said, but did not specify when the list will be published. “International travel in the continent is allowed to all countries and from all countries,” she said. Travellers should have a negative COVID-19 test obtained not more than 72 hours before the d...