The Italian city of Milan began to lift the lockdown with caution, complete with a new plan to battle pollution. City Mayor Giuseppe Sala has been instrumental in transforming Milan into a climate-smart city in the recent past, and has now broadened its scope after the COVID-19 pandemic. At the […]
Day: May 5, 2020
Lockdown impact: Mt Everest visible from a village in Bihar after decades
With every passing day in the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, more and more surprises are sweeping off our feet. Recently, the Dhauladhars have been visible from Jalandhar city of Punjab; one could see the lofty white peaks of Gangotri mountains from UP’s Saharanpur. Now, believe it or not, Mt Everest can […]
Britain’s largest bird of prey, white-tailed eagle, returns home after 240 years!, England
The United Kingdom’s largest bird of prey, the white-tailed eagles or fish eagles, have come back to their home and were spotted soaring high in the English skies for the first time in 240 years! The White-tailed eagles were considered extinct till now but their return has made conservationists quite […]
Dutch tulip farmers spread positive message with their flowers
The beautiful Dutch tulip fields now lie empty without the admiration of thousands of travellers. But this has not conquered the morale of the farmers, who are now crafting positive messages for the world amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Dutch farmers shared pictures of their stunning flower beds with supportive messages […]
Wuhan ends lockdown, moves towards normalcy
While China’s Wuhan came under the spotlight as the place of origin of the Coronavirus, the pandemic which has swept the world off its feet, there is more to it, the hot dry noodles. The first case of Coronavirus was reported from Wuhan, as the virus spread at an alarming […]
Future of air travel: Hong Kong airport tests full-body disinfectant booth, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong International Airport has started human trials of their full-body disinfectant booth to ensure virus-free travel. The full-body disinfectant booth for passengers introduced at the Hong Kong airport gives us a glimpse of how future travel is going to be, where humans and viruses will co-exist. The airport […]
Man in USA caught by police while trying to self-quarantine on closed Disney park
A few days back, police in Rishikesh caught a group of foreign tourists hiding in a cave during the ongoing lockdown. Now, another similar case has emerged in the USA. A 42-year-old man called Richard McGuire was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s deputies in Florida for trespassing and self-quarantining […]