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Delhi was hit hard by dense fog on Sunday. This affected 100 flights while ten flights were diverted and landed in Jaipur. A total of 10 flights, including 2 international flights, were diverted to Jaipur between 4.30 am and 12 noon, an official said.Nearly 100 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport as dense fog disrupted operations due to low visibility. Many flights had to be cancelled. A significant impact of fog was also seen on railway traffic. There was dense to very dense fog in Delhi Airport and its…

Lucknow: Spice Jet has decided to start more services to Ayodhya after the Prana Pratishta ceremony of Ram Temple on January 22. Air services from South India to Ayodhya will be increased. The new flights will start from February 1. At present, it has been decided to start more flights from the cities of Chennai and Bengaluru. There will be three days a week SpiceJet flights from South Indian cities to Ayodhya. SpiceJet is also aiming to start flights connecting Rameswaram and Ayodhya targeting pilgrims from South India to North India and vice versa.…

Hindus are urging West Australian Ballet (WAB) to withdraw “La Bayadère” ballet; scheduled for April 12-20, 2024 in His Majesty’s Theatre (HMT) in Perth; which they feel seriously trivializes Eastern religious and other traditions. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that taxpayer-funded WAB and HMT should not be in the business of callously promoting appropriation of traditions, elements and concepts of “others”; and ridiculing entire communities. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated that this deeply problematic ballet was just a blatant belittling…

Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago. A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first noticed more than two decades ago by archaeologist Stéphen Rostain. But at the time, “I wasn’t sure how it all fit together,” said Rostain, one of the researchers who reported on the finding Thursday in the journal Science. Recent mapping by laser-sensor technology revealed those sites to be part of a dense network of…

VATICAN CITY  – Pope Francis said on Sunday war was “a crime against humanity” as he reiterated a call for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East.”Let us not forget this (…) People need peace, the world needs peace,” the pope said after the weekly Angelus prayer. In the prayer, he urged people not to forget those suffering due to the “cruelty of war” in several parts of the world. He has repeatedly called for peace in Ukraine and in the war in Gaza. “Let us pray that those who…

AKROTIRI, Cyprus  – Pro-Palestinian activists protested at the gates of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Sunday, angry that the British base was used as a launch pad for strikes against the Houthi militia in Yemen. U.S. and British warplanes, ships and submarines launched dozens of air strikes against Houthi forces in Yemen overnight Thursday to Friday in retaliation for attacks on Red Sea shipping that the Iran-backed group says is a response to the war in Gaza. RAF Akrotiri was used as a staging point for Typhoon fighter jets involved…

Kochi: In a significant stride for India-Vietnam tourism cooperation, the Kochi-based startup company ‘WebCRS Travel Technologies Pvt Ltd’ has been officially chosen to represent the delegation of entrepreneurs from the tourism sector sent to Vietnam by the Ministry of External Affairs. This initiative aims to foster international collaboration and explore new opportunities in the tourism-hospitality sector between the countries in light new direct Airline from Kochi. WebCRS specializes in creating tourism ventures using innovative technology & business processes at a low cost, assisting MSME entrepreneurships to compete online portals and…