Video: Cleaning Bones for Day of the Dead

Video: Cleaning Bones for Day of the Dead

new video loaded: Cleaning Bones for Day of the Dead Practitioners of an annual ritual to clean deceased relatives’ bones are grappling with a new challenge: tourists. Jack Nicas, our Mexico City bureau chief, visits Pomuch, a town in Eastern Mexico that celebrates Día de Muertos unlike any other place. By Jack Nicas, Marian Carrasquero, … Read more

Family provide free holidays in memory of son

Family provide free holidays in memory of son

A caravan named in memory of a three-year-old boy is providing free holidays in Filey for families affected by childhood cancer. Craig and Hayley Vaughan, from Morley, wanted to make the most of the time they had left when they learned their son Archie’s cancer was incurable. The family spent time together in Archie’s favourite … Read more

Make My Trip co-founder Keyur Joshi on his new venture that offers bespoke luxury in the wild

Make My Trip co-founder Keyur Joshi on his new venture that offers bespoke luxury in the wild

At Tipai, a 38-acre property set beside Maharashtra’s Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Tea under a gazebo, a picnic by the river, sundowners by your private plunge pool… and all this along the fringes of a dense forest known for its Bengal tigers. Expect luxury in the wilderness at Tipai, set beside Maharashtra’s Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, which … Read more

Holidays are fun and productive for Vithura school SPC cadets

Holidays are fun and productive for Vithura school SPC cadets

For many children, summer vacations mean easing off the academic train and lazing around, playing games on mobile phones, or spending time on social media. However, the Student Police Cadets (SPCs) of Government Vocational and Higher Secondary School, Vithura, are making creative use of their time so that their holidays are both fun and productive. … Read more

Nearly 1 lakh people visit zoo during Pongal holidays in Tamil Nadu

Nearly 1 lakh people visit zoo during Pongal holidays in Tamil Nadu

People visiting Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ The Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP) had nearly 1 lakh visitors, including around 9,000 children under the age of five, from January 14 to 17. Expecting an increased inflow of visitors on account of the Pongal festival, the AAZP … Read more

Sankranti holidays for schools in Andhra Pradesh from January 12 to 18

Sankranti holidays for schools in Andhra Pradesh from January 12 to 18

The Sankranthi holidays for schools in the State have been rescheduled. In a statement on Saturday, Commissioner, School Education, S. Suresh Kumar, said though the department had notified the holidays from January 11 to 16 (six days) in the academic calendar 2022-23, it was now decided to re-notify the holidays from January 12 to 18 … Read more

Docs Watch With ‘Some Anxiety’ For Post-Holiday COVID Spike

Docs Watch With ‘Some Anxiety’ For Post-Holiday COVID Spike

April 19, 2022 – It’s become all too familiar in recent years: People gather for holidays, COVID-19 cases rise, and hospitalizations follow. Now, just beyond our first batch of holidays since Christmas and New Year’s Eve – which led to a massive Omicron spike – the medical community is watching closely for a potential rise … Read more

CDC Director: Enjoy the Holidays, But Take a COVID Test First

CDC Director: Enjoy the Holidays, But Take a COVID Test First

[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: How does a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine work? COVID vaccines are now available. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines, but what does this mean? mRNA vaccines are different from traditional vaccines. mRNA vaccines don’t expose you to any real virus instead, they’re made with messenger Ribonucleic Acid or mRNA. This is … Read more