American Airlines and Deloitte Pioneer Market-Based Solution to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Air Travel
FORT WORTH, Texas ― American Airlines and Deloitte announced an innovative collaboration to advance the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to reduce emissions from aviation. The SAF emissions agreement between Americans and Deloitte reduces life cycle emissions from aviation by 3,050 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is equivalent to approximately 10,000 passengers […]
Uttarakhand govt says Covid19 SOP violators to be prosecuted, Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021
The state government of Uttarakhand, which is going to organize the 2021 Kumbh Mela, is pulling out all stops to ensure that the cultural-historical occasion in Haridwar doesn’t lead to a spike in Coronavirus infections within the nation. The state government has warned that individuals violating the Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) at the Kumbh […]
Covid-19: New Zealand’s Auckland begins the second lockdown this month
MELBOURNE: The seven-day lockdown in the nation’s biggest city, Auckland, announced late Saturday by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, was prompted by the case of an individual who had been infectious for a week however had not been in isolation. “It’s more than likely there can be further cases in the community,” Ardern informed a televised news conference, […]
Czech Republic imposes tightest COVID lockdown
With new infections soaring due to a highly-contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit nations within the European Union is facing the inevitable: the tightest lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. The Czech Republic’s Prime Minister Andrej Babis stated Friday the new series of measures are necessary “to guard the […]
Covid-19: French Riviera cities under lockdown
PARIS — Residents of Nice within the French Riviera shall be denied their strolls along the beach on a sunny weekend, under a temporary local lockdown imposed to curb soaring COVID-19 infections. Beginning on Friday evening, Nice and the surrounding coastal space shall be under weekend lockdowns for a minimum of two weeks, along with […]
Gilded Age mansion The Breakers shuts for 3 months
NEWPORT — The Preservation Society of Newport County says it’s closing the famed Gilded Age mansion for 3 months beginning Monday. However there’s good news for mansion aficionados — Marble House, a preferred Newport destination and National Historic Landmark that’s been closed since last March due to the coronavirus pandemic is reopening to visitors. “We’re […]
Lockdowns extended in many parts of Greece till march 8
Striving to control the rising number of coronavirus infections and to relieve the national health system of mounting pressure, the government announced on Friday an extension till March 8 to the existing lockdown in Attica and other parts of the nation. Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias announced that Attica, Achaia, Evia, Kalymnos, Arcadia, and […]
Extreme Snowfall Blankets Russia
A ‘snowpocalypse’ has engulfed Russia in recent days, with various areas and cities struggling to deal with the freak climate. In Chelyabinsk, a record-breaking blizzard left 30,000 individuals without electricity and over 10 districts declared a state of emergency. In St. Petersburg, the heavy snowfall has prompted over 1,000 staff and cleaning machines to take […]
Lakshadweep plans to develop world-class cruise tourism
Lakshadweep has proposed cruise tourism in order to generate employment opportunities, and also deliver foreign exchange to the Union Territory. The idea is to develop a cruise tourism model similar to that within the Maldives and Mauritius. Thus, in a few year’s time, we might have a world-class cruising facility within the island of Lakshadweep, […]
Intent to develop Chota Kailash as a major pilgrimage site, Uttarakhand
Amid speculations over Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra due to Covid-19 spike, Chota Kailash or Adi Kailash in Uttarakhand proposed to be developed as the main pilgrimage site and to promote it as a destination for religious tourism With no clarity on whether the Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra will be held this yr, the Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam proposes to develop […]
