Dramatic moment Indian coastguard airlifts sailors off a sinking ship as huge waves break over the deck and threaten to sweep them away MV Mangalem raised alarm as vessel started taking on water off coast of India Coastguard advised all 16 crew members to stay aboard and wait for rescuers Two helicopters winched them aboard … Read more
Swallowed by the Earth: Unfortunate driver’s vehicle vanishes into a sinkhole after he parked in spot that had been built over a well in India Hyundai Venue parked outside of a building in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, vanishes Clip shows four-wheeler sink into hole in ground and disappear in murky water Officials pumped water from sinkhole and later recovered … Read more
Researchers in India are developing a tampon that changes color if it detects a urinary tract infection. They soaked fibers in a substance that breaks down in the presence of Candida albicans, a common yeast infection, and placed them inside pads and tampons. In simulations, the fibers turned bright pink, indicating the presence of an … Read more
While the rest of the world will have to deal with the new privacy policy that WhatsApp has controversially enacted, folks in India will not be “punished” for not accepting the new terms. WhatsApp says that they are complying with the letter that the Indian government has sent them and will not limit users who … Read more
Hundreds of villagers in southern India’s broke lockdown on Sunday to attend the funeral of a horse that belonged to a local religious institution, as police say surge testing is underway.
Heathrow workers have slammed the government’s border policy as they say it is putting travellers in jeopardy. Staff said there is overcrowding as passengers from different lists form a bottleneck and are forced to drink from same water fountain. The security and hosting services employees blasted the airport for letting arrivals from red list countries … Read more
An Indian professor has died of Covid-19 soon after taking to social media to beg for an ICU bed, as the death toll has climbed with another 3,874 fatalities in 24 hours. Nabila Sadiq, a professor at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University, died on Monday night after taking to Twitter on May 4 to beg … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today celebrated their third wedding anniversary by revealing plans to build a disaster relief centre in India to help battle Covid-19 and ‘heal’ the virus-ravaged nation. The building in Mumbai will be based on the blueprint of one the couple’s Archewell foundation has already built on the Caribbean island of Dominica, … Read more
5million Britons have already booked summer holidays to ‘amber list’ countries this summer with flights now available for £5 as Boris Johnson’s muddled ministers couldn’t make their minds up about whether people are allowed to go. To add to the uncertainty, the EU is expected to announce today that its member states will welcome fully-vaccinated … Read more
More than 100 direct flights from India have landed in the UK since the covid-ravaged Asian country was placed on the Government’s banned list of countries last month, it has emerged. This means that up to 8,000 travellers have flown in from the subcontinent despite concern over an Indian covid variant that threatens to undermine … Read more