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29 June 2018

इंडोनेशिया के बाली में ज्वालामुखी विस्फोट के बाद हवाईअड्डा बंद

इंडोनेशिया के बाली में ज्वालामुखी विस्फोट के बाद हवाईअड्डा बंद
इंडोनेशिया में माउंट आगुंग ज्वालामुखी में विस्फोट के कारण निकले राख के चलते रिसॉर्ट द्वीप बाली स्थित अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाईअड्डा को शुक्रवार को बंद कर दिया गया।
पिछले साल के अंत से खामोश माउंट अागुंग ज्वालामुखी फिर से सक्रिय हो गया है।
आपदा राहत एजेंसी ने एक वक्तव्य में कहा कि हवाईअड्डा शुक्रवार को स्थानीय समयानुसार शाम सात बजे तक बंद रहेगा। इसके कारण 38 अंतरराष्ट्रीय उड़ानें और 10 घरेलू उड़ानों सहित कुल 48 उड़ानें रद्द कर दी गयी हैं जिससे 8,334 यात्री प्रभावित होंगे। एजेंसी के प्रवक्ता सुतोपो पुर्वाे नुग्रोहो ने कहा कि ज्वालामुखी में विस्फोट के कारण हवा में 2,500 मीटर (8,200 फीट) राख का गुब्बारा (कॉलम) उठा और माउंट अागुंग के मुहाने पर लाल लौ दिखाई दे रही थी।
बाली के उत्तर पूर्व में स्थित माउंट अागुंग में पिछले साल के अंत से विभिन्न तीव्रताओं के साथ विस्फोट हुआ है और दिसंबर में भी हवाईअड्डे को एक अवधि के लिए बंद कर दिया गया था और ज्वालामुखी के करीब रहने वाले हजारों लोगों को निकाल कर सुरक्षित स्थानों पर भेजा गया था।

Bali airport closed as Agung volcano gushes column of ash

Mount Agung volcano spews smoke, seen in Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia Friday, June 29, 2018. The Indonesian tourist island of Bali closed its international airport Friday, stranding thousands of travelers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed a 2,500-meter (8,200-feet) column of ash and smoke.
The Indonesian tourist island of Bali closed its international airport Friday, stranding thousands of travelers, as the Mount Agung volcano gushed a 2,500-meter (8,200-feet) column of ash and smoke.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said nearly 450 flights were canceled, affecting some 75,000 people.

The regional Volcanic Ash Advisory Center in Darwin, Australia, said winds would carry the ash southwest toward Java, Indonesia’s most densely populated island. Volcanic ash is a potentially deadly threat to aircraft that can cause engines to “flame out.”

26 June 2018

From India to Russia: A cyclist's dream of meeting Argentina's Lionel Messi

It took Francis 105 days to arrive in Moscow after he officially set off from Iran.
After a shock 3-0 loss to Croatia and only one game left to redeem itself, could Argentina be out of the World Cup? Clifin Francis certainly hopes not.

After all, the 28-year-old mathematics teacher from southern India has cycled more than 2,900 miles to Russia to get his bike signed by Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi.

While Francis initially planned to ride his bike all the way from his home town in Alappuzha, difficulties in getting a Pakistani visa forced him to start his journey in Iran.

8 August 2017

7 decades into Indian democracy, a royal palace thrives

This March 6, 2007 photo, shows a general view of the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, India. The 347-room palace, considered one of the world’s fanciest residences, was used as the primary location for “Viceroy House,” a film by director Gurinder Chadha. The movie details the last days of the British Empire in India and the bloody partition with what became Pakistan in 1947.
In the summer of 1944, hundreds of royals gathered for the opening of Umaid Bhawan Palace, a magnificent sandstone edifice that dominates the skyline in India’s northwestern city of Jodhpur. It was the last of its kind.

Three years later, India was free from British colonial rule, and more than 500 princely states — the semi-sovereign principalities ruled by royal clans — faced an uncertain future. Most have faded into obscurity, but the family that built this palace continues to thrive — in part by converting a section of it into a hotel.