A 38-year-old Liverpool woman celebrated her first wedding anniversary to a tree, as per a TNN report.   Kate Cunningham ‘tied the knot’ with an elder tree in 2019 and changed her surname to ‘Elder’. One year later, she said it was the best decision of her life and has no plans of ‘divorcing’ her partner. …

A Sri Lankan politician who is on death row for murder was escorted out of prison to become the first convict to be sworn in as a member of parliament, as per a report in AFP.  Premalal Jayasekara of the ruling SLPP was convicted in August of murdering an opposition activist when he fired at an election rally in 2015. …

Donald Trump, who faces a cash crunch, said he would spend “whatever it takes” of his own money to finance the presidential campaign against Joe Biden if he had to, as per a report in Reuters.  He currently trails Biden in opinion polls ahead of the election on November 3. Trump told reporters that the campaign had double or triple …

Protesters in Portland hurled fire bombs at police and at least one person was injured, police said as per a Reuters report. This happened on the 100th day of demonstrations over racial injustice and police brutality.  Police said it was “tumultuous and violent conduct” by protesters on Southeast Stark Street.  Reuters “Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least …

For many corona warriors, the past few months have been extremely demanding. For doctors, it has been ever more difficult. Those fighting the war against coronavirus pandemic at hospitals are not only most susceptible to the virus, but have a lot to sacrifice for work. In one such story of sheer dedication to work, the nodal officer for novel coronavirus …

As the country’s coronavirus touches a dismal 41 lakh mark, people are apparently out and about risking their own and others’ lives. It is also safe to say that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, given the rate at which India is adding new cases everyday. While most economic activities are open, people are now finding it difficult to …

The wooden chariot of the famous Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Antarvedi in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh was gutted in a fire mishap on Sunday. The state government has ordered an inquiry into the incident to establish the cause of the blaze. “We have appointed Endowments Additional Commissioner Ramachandra Mohan as the inquiry officer. He has been asked …

Help and hope came for a 60-year-old woman with COVID infection in Srinagar on September 1, from 3000 km down south, in a special flight. Just hours after an SOS call from the patient’s family, plasma from a patient who had recovered in Bengaluru was sent via Delhi, as per a TOI report.   The Bengaluru patient, who has opted not …

Are you missing the thrill of travelling by air during the COVID lockdown? A Nigerian restaurant is now giving its customers the illusion of being in flight without having to take off, as per a Reuters report.  Urban Air diners in Abuja sit on plush white seats and peruse a flight-themed cocktail menu next to windows illustrated with blue skies …

Pune recently became India’s “corona capital” and has now gone past Delhi in terms of the number of persons infected with COVID-19. This means it has recorded the highest number of COVID cases in the country. While Pune’s tally reached 175,105, Delhi’s tally is 1,74,748 as per a TNN report. More bad news for Pune is that it also has …