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A narrow blade of rock stabs the clear air of the Warrumbungles - a range of mountains in New South Wales. Aptly called the Breadknife, it reaches skywards to a height of 300ft (90m), yet its summit is only about 3ft ...

The struggle for independence was definitely not an easy one. It took many lives, both Indian and British before the country became free from British rule. It was a time when people chose to stand up and fight for their rights ...

Bangalore: To mark BMTC's 25th anniversary and India's 75th Independence Day, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on 10 August announced that people of all ages can take a free ride in ordinary BMTC buses on 15 August 2022. BMTC ...

Deadman pass, Dry Bone Canyon, Funeral Mountains - the very place names of California's Death Valley are sinister. This is North America's hottest, driest area - a place of baking summer heat where a whole year can pass without a drop ...

India is set to launch a new initiative to boost medical tourism. The country has decided to provide desks at 10 airports including Kochi, Mumbai, and Delhi to solve the queries related to medical travel, boarding, transport, and lodging among others. ...

There are, in any case, many compensations. Since the Maori colonised what is now New Zealand in the 14th century, the Rotorua area has been the country of the great Arawa group of tribes. They, like the Europeans later, loved the ...

Towering in magnificent isolation above its Alpine surroundings, the Matterhorn is celebrated for its horn - a slightly bent pyramidal peak. It straddles the Swiss-Italian frontier, and in English and German is known as the Matterhorn, in Italian as Monte Cervine ...

Pearl of the Pacific, but the nearest thing to paradise on earth, the island of dreams - all these names have been given to Bora-Bora. For American author James Michener it was the most beautiful island in the world and the ...

Hong Kong cuts the required hotel quarantine for overseas travellers from a week to three days, the city's leader John Lee declared on Monday, 8 August 2022. The Chinese mega-city is still one of the few cities in the world, jointly ...

To manage the rush of passengers because of the Raksha Bandhan festival, Western railways decide to run special trains for the convenience of the travelers. The train will run between Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Every year Raksha Bandhan ...

Raksha Bandhan is a festival that celebrates the bond between brothers and sisters. The Raksha Bandhan Festival is observed by exchanging love letters between brothers and sisters as well as gifts. The brothers and sisters tie a protection thread as a ...

On the east coast of Sicily lie three massive rocks, lapped by waves. Known as the Scogli Dei Ciclopi, they are of volcanic origin and quite unlike other rocks along the shore. These identical boulders, it is said, were hurled by ...