India

Google Maps lets you see when public transport is the busiest to help you avoid crowds

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Google Maps lets you see when public transport is the busiest to help you avoid crowds as Americans head back to work following the coronavirus lockdowns Google is rolling out Transit alerts to Maps to help people avoid crowds The feature displays when public transportation is likely to be more or less busy The firm … Read more

Foreign aid farce: We send more money to rich countries than world’s poorest nations 

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Foreign aid farce: We send more money to rich countries such as China and India than we hand out to the world’s poorest nations MPs have revealed how much of Britain’s foreign aid budget is being spent  There are concerns it is going to China and India rather than poorer nations   Proportion to ‘middle income’ … Read more

Love Island’s India Reynolds reveals she is ‘heartbroken’ as her grandfather dies aged 92

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‘I’m so grateful for all the wonderful memories’: Love Island’s India Reynolds reveals she is ‘heartbroken’ as her grandfather dies aged 92 By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 15:59 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 15:59 BST, 7 June 2020 India Reynolds has revealed the heartbreaking news that her grandfather has passed away at the … Read more

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

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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

AstraZeneca ALREADY manufacturing Covid vaccine in three countries

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A British pharmaceutical giant is already manufacturing its unproven coronavirus vaccine as it hopes to dish out hundreds of millions of doses by September. AstraZeneca has started to mass-produce its AZD1222 jab, being developed by Oxford University, at factories in India, Oxford, Switzerland and Norway. The Cambridge-based firm expects to have made and distributed hundreds of millions … Read more

Cannibals use corpses as altars and drink from human skulls

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Stunning images have revealed new insight into a reclusive religious sect of men who live in cemeteries, use dead bodies as alters and consume human flesh to enhance their spiritual connections. Portraits show members of the Aghori sect, a small denomination of Hindus, going about their prayer-focussed lifestyle in the north Indian province of Uttar Pradesh. … Read more

Normal People’s India Mullen displays her toned midriff in a sports bra as she heads out for a jog 

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Normal People’s India Mullen displays her toned midriff in a sports bra and shorts as she heads out for a jog By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 12:37 BST, 3 June 2020 | Updated: 12:37 BST, 3 June 2020 She lives with her Normal People co-star Paul Mescal in south east London. And India Mullen … Read more

Google pulls ‘Remove China Apps’ from the Play Store

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An app designed to remove Chinese apps from smartphones and tablets has been pulled from the Google Play Store.  The app, called ‘Remove China Apps’, garnered nearly five million downloads in India, where anti-Chinese sentiment is growing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was free to download, had no adds, and its sole … Read more

Klein Curacao – the rogue abandoned ghost island in a Caribbean paradise

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No infinity pools, no tuxedoed cocktail bar staff, no palm-fringed golf courses. Klein Curacao, which lies 15 miles to the south-east of the Dutch outpost of Curacao, is a rogue island in a Caribbean paradise – uninhabited, barren, scarred with shipwrecks and graves, and blighted by a grisly history. In the 17th century it was … Read more