‘It always brings a tear to my eye’: Duchess of Cornwall speaks about a book by her late brother as she recommends good reads for coronavirus self-isolation The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed her top Coronavirus reading list Many people are using the lockdown as an opportunity to read more books Among her top ten … Read more
Indian couple name their newborn baby boy ‘Lockdown’ a week after another couple called their new twins ‘Covid’ and ‘Corona’ The boy’s parents chose the name to remember that he was born during a crisis India is in the midst of a 21-day lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19 The couple, from the Sheopur … Read more
The Himalayas are visible in parts of India 125 miles away for the first time in 30 years after coronavirus saw pollution levels drop across the country The Asian mountain range can now be seen more than 125 miles away in the Jalandhar district of Punjab Residents say the air has cleared because of the country’s … Read more
Air kissing: Parakeets give one another a peck on the beak in mid-air The parakeets were photographed mid-air in Gurdaspur, Punjab, northern India The male and female duo can be seen brushing past each other before clashing At the end of their ‘lover’s tiff’, the pair plant a peck on each other’s beaks By Ryan … Read more
The Himalayas are visible 125 miles away in India for the first time in 30 years after coronavirus saw pollution levels drop across the country The Asian mountain range can now be seen more than 125 miles away in the Jalandhar district of Punjab Residents say the air has cleared because of the country’s 21-day lockdown, … Read more
Authorities in India are battling to stop coronavirus ripping though a vast slum in Mumbai with a population of more than half a million people after two fatalities from the virus were recorded. Indian police barricaded parts of the area, which is one of Asia’s biggest slums, after two coronavirus deaths, including a 56-year-old man … Read more
Britons stranded abroad will be charged up to £1,000 a head to get seats on new wave of repatriation flights Foreign Office revealed details of repatriation flights for India and South Africa Thousands of Britons are still struggling to get home after travel restrictions British ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce has warned Brits to … Read more
Twins born during virus lockdown in India are named Corona and Covid by parents who insist they are hoping to ‘ease the anxiety and fear associated with these words’ Twins were born in Doctor Bhim Rao Ambedkar Memorial Hospital in Raipur ‘Covid’ and ‘Corona’ were born in early hours of March 27 by caesarean section Parents … Read more
When Elizabeth Gilbert met the woman who was to become the love of her life, she instantly thought her ‘the coolest chick in the world’. Gilbert may have written the best-selling memoir Eat Pray Love, but next to the colourful history of her lover, Rayya Elias, even she paled. Elias, a Syrian-born writer-musician, had at … Read more
Pakistani Muslims clashed with police trying to enforce new curbs on gatherings to prevent Friday prayers and contain coronavirus infections, officials said. TV footage showed dozens of people chasing two police vehicles and pelting them with stones as an officer fired in the air to disperse the crowd. The astonishing video outside a Karachi mosque … Read more