‘Super-spreader’ forces pub, vape bar and Indian restaurant to close in Somerset town

A single super-spreader forced a pub, a vape bar and an Indian restaurant to close after he went out drinking before later discovering he had tested positive for Covid-19.  The mystery drinker visited The Lighthouse Inn in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, before heading to Vape Escape during his bar crawl on Saturday, locals have claimed. A driver from takeaway … Read more

A single super-spreader forced pub, vape bar and Indian restaurant to close after Super Saturday

A single super-spreader forced a pub, a vape bar and an Indian restaurant to close when he went out boozing on ‘Super Saturday’.  The mystery drinker visited The Lighthouse Inn in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset before heading to Vape Escape during his bar crawl, locals have claimed. A driver from takeaway Saagar Indian had also been in the same … Read more

Grandmother, 94, who went missing from Indian village has been reunited with grandson after 40 YEARS

Grandmother, 94, who went missing from her Indian village has been reunited with her grandson after 40 YEARS of living with a surrogate family who found her wandering a highway Panchu Bai, vanished in 1979 after leaving home in Maharashtra in western India Her family frantically searched for Panchu who suffers with memory problems She … Read more

Indian suspected Covid-19 patient dies after relatives unplug ventilator to plug in air cooler

Suspected Covid-19 patient dies after his relatives unplug ventilator so they could plug in an air cooler at Indian hospital Incident took place last Monday in the Maharao Bhimsingh Hospital in Rajasthan The patient, 40, had breathing difficulties and was put on a ventilator His family brought their own air cooler because temperatures were high … Read more

China lays claim to entire Galwan Valley where Chinese and Indian troops fought deadly brawl

China has laid claim to the entire Galwan Valley on the Himalayan border where Chinese and Indian troops fought in a deadly midnight battle using spiked clubs and rocks just days ago. The midnight brawl in part of the disputed Ladakh region along the Himalayan frontier was the deadliest in 45 years. Some 63 soldiers … Read more

Indian soldiers ‘beaten to death and mutilated’ by Chinese

India has said its soldiers were mutilated after being beaten to death by Chinese troops and revealed the nail-studded clubs used at the disputed Himalayan border.   Twenty Indians were killed in the clash on Monday night, the first deadly conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries since 1975. China said it suffered 43 casualties, but did not … Read more

Three Indian soldiers are killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese soldiers at border

Three Indian soldiers, including a colonel, have been killed in brutal hand-to-hand combat with Chinese soldiers at the Himalayan border. The Indian army stated today that a ‘violent faceoff’ erupted in the Galwan Valley in the northern Ladakh state on Monday night ‘with casualties on both sides.’ Tensions have flared between the two nuclear-armed nations … Read more

Indian holy man who claimed he could perform ‘Covid exorcisms’ dies of coronavirus

Indian holy man who claimed he could perform ‘Covid exorcisms’ by kissing people’s hands dies of coronavirus – having already infected 20 of his followers Coronavirus spreads through contagious droplets from the mouth or nose  Despite this, a holy man from Madya Pradesh, India, claimed he had a ‘kiss cure’ He would kiss devotees’ hands … Read more

How to explore the world from home during coronavirus lockdown including an Indian odyssey

The Armchair Traveller reveals how to explore the world from home: Discover a majestic Indian odyssey and the most romantic virtual date destinations Learn about the Deccan Odyssey train that tours across northern India  Est1897 has compiled 20 romantic virtual date destinations, from Rio to Rome  Take a virtual tour of Andy Warhol’s pop art alongside … Read more

Indian politician shows monkeys ‘obeying’ social distancing

Monkeys go bananas for social distancing: Animals stay spread out from one another as they line up for a snack in India Monkeys lined up in evenly spread rows as they ate lunch in Arunachal Pradesh Local MP Kiren Rijiju tweeted: ‘Animals can teach us many vital lessons’ But the red-faced imps have a reputation … Read more