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  • Gopi Thotakura: Breaking Boundaries As The First Indian Tourist To Journey Into Space |

    Gopichand Thotakura, the pilot, will make history by being the first Indian to visit space as a tourist. As a member of the crew for Blue Origin, the space business founded by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, he will embark on space flight as part of the New Shepherd-25 (NS-25) mission. The date of the flight will shortly be disclosed.

    According to Blue Origins, Gopi is an aviator and pilot who trained to fly before learning to drive. Gopi has served as an international medical jet and pilot in addition to flying gliders, hot air balloons, bush, aerobatics, and seaplanes. He just visited Mount Kilimanjaro’s top.

    What did Gopi Thotakura say?

    He is the first Indian tourist and the second Indian to venture into space after the Indian Army’s Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984.

    “India into space,” he was heard saying from the spaceflight in a video posted by Blue Origin on X. He was also seen holding the small Indian flag.

    Who is involved in the mission?

    He went on to discuss space tourism and how it may provide new opportunities while remaining affordable and accessible to residents. Blue Origin, the space corporation founded by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, has announced a six-person crew for the NS-25 mission, which includes Mason Engel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hayes, Carroll Scholar, Gopi Thotakura, and former Air Force Captain Ed Dwight.

     

  • Love igloos? Gulmarg is the following vacation spot

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    SRINAGAR:  The Gulmarg vacationer hotel, which is understood for its interesting snow-covered slopes and snowboarding, has added the appeal of glass igloo and snow igloo cafes for the guests this 12 months, and a lot of vacationers are visiting the vacationer vacation spot to cherish the original and lifelong revel in.

    A tender Kashmiri hotelier Waseem Shah, the landlord of Kalahoi Inexperienced Heights in Gulmarg, has arrange six fiber glass igloo cafes measuring 12 sq toes each and every at two puts in Gulmarg. “We took inspiration from Finnish Lapland and recreated the similar glass igloo really feel right here. The glass igloos had been imported from Austria in session with our design staff, who gave inputs on quite a lot of components like high quality of snow, wind speeds, daylight and temperature,” Waseem  added.

    Waseem has constructed 3 glass Igloo domes close to his lodge within the snow-covered Gulmarg and 3 on the first segment of the Gondola Cable automotive undertaking at Kangdoori. Numerous vacationers and locals had been visiting the glass igloo day-to-day because it used to be thrown open to the general public on January 26. The glass igloo cafés be offering the most efficient perspectives to the visitors.  “This is a distinctive and beautiful revel in for the vacationers as they are able to view the blizzard in the course of the glass igloo. The atmosphere could be very great. It is a lifetime revel in,” stated a vacationer from Mumbai.

    The glass igloo can accommodate 8 other folks at a given time. It will possibly have one large or two small tables to deal with 8 other folks. “We’re charging Rs 1,000 for one igloo for 45 mins for the visitors to benefit from the atmosphere and look at the snow,” Waseem stated. The glass igloo being a unique idea has develop into an fast hit.

    “No longer simplest vacationers however locals are desperate to spend a while within the glass igloo for the wonderland revel in,” Waseem stated. In the meantime, the snow igloo, 40 toes in top and 42 toes in width, made by means of Tariq Ahmed Lone within the area equipped by means of Gulmarg Building Authority  in Gulmarg could also be attracting vacationers. Within the snow igloo, which used to be made in one-and-a-half months, has a sitting area for 20 other folks.

    Describing it as the arena’s largest igloo, he stated they’re charging an access charge of Rs 50 in step with head within the igloo. A vacationer from Maharashtra stated it used to be for the primary time that he used to be seeing a snow igloo.  “The actual-life Igloo is one thing other. It’s an revel in, which we can cherish for all lifestyles,” he added.

    Any other vacationer from Kolkata stated that sitting, consuming and taking photos in a snow igloo is a life-time revel in.  “It’s gorgeous and its value is a lot more as it has now not been fabricated from the system however by means of the arduous paintings of people,” he added. The vacationers in Gulmarg don’t leave out visiting the 2 Igloos, clicking the memorable photos and movies from their smartphones or virtual cameras.

    SRINAGAR:  The Gulmarg vacationer hotel, which is understood for its interesting snow-covered slopes and snowboarding, has added the appeal of glass igloo and snow igloo cafes for the guests this 12 months, and a lot of vacationers are visiting the vacationer vacation spot to cherish the original and lifelong revel in.

    A tender Kashmiri hotelier Waseem Shah, the landlord of Kalahoi Inexperienced Heights in Gulmarg, has arrange six fiber glass igloo cafes measuring 12 sq toes each and every at two puts in Gulmarg. “We took inspiration from Finnish Lapland and recreated the similar glass igloo really feel right here. The glass igloos had been imported from Austria in session with our design staff, who gave inputs on quite a lot of components like high quality of snow, wind speeds, daylight and temperature,” Waseem  added.

    Waseem has constructed 3 glass Igloo domes close to his lodge within the snow-covered Gulmarg and 3 on the first segment of the Gondola Cable automotive undertaking at Kangdoori. Numerous vacationers and locals had been visiting the glass igloo day-to-day because it used to be thrown open to the general public on January 26. The glass igloo cafés be offering the most efficient perspectives to the visitors.  “This is a distinctive and beautiful revel in for the vacationers as they are able to view the blizzard in the course of the glass igloo. The atmosphere could be very great. It is a lifetime revel in,” stated a vacationer from Mumbai.

    The glass igloo can accommodate 8 other folks at a given time. It will possibly have one large or two small tables to deal with 8 other folks. “We’re charging Rs 1,000 for one igloo for 45 mins for the visitors to benefit from the atmosphere and look at the snow,” Waseem stated. The glass igloo being a unique idea has develop into an fast hit.

    “No longer simplest vacationers however locals are desperate to spend a while within the glass igloo for the wonderland revel in,” Waseem stated. In the meantime, the snow igloo, 40 toes in top and 42 toes in width, made by means of Tariq Ahmed Lone within the area equipped by means of Gulmarg Building Authority  in Gulmarg could also be attracting vacationers. Within the snow igloo, which used to be made in one-and-a-half months, has a sitting area for 20 other folks.

    Describing it as the arena’s largest igloo, he stated they’re charging an access charge of Rs 50 in step with head within the igloo. A vacationer from Maharashtra stated it used to be for the primary time that he used to be seeing a snow igloo.  “The actual-life Igloo is one thing other. It’s an revel in, which we can cherish for all lifestyles,” he added.

    Any other vacationer from Kolkata stated that sitting, consuming and taking photos in a snow igloo is a life-time revel in.  “It’s gorgeous and its value is a lot more as it has now not been fabricated from the system however by means of the arduous paintings of people,” he added. The vacationers in Gulmarg don’t leave out visiting the 2 Igloos, clicking the memorable photos and movies from their smartphones or virtual cameras.

  • Russian vacationer dies in Odisha lodge, two days after pal’s dying 

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    RAYAGADA: A Russian vacationer died after falling from the 3rd ground of a lodge in Odisha’s Rayagada district, two days after his fellow traveller was once discovered lifeless there, police stated on Sunday.

    Pavel Anthom, 65, was once discovered mendacity in a pool of blood out of doors the lodge on Saturday, they stated.

    Vladimir Bidenov, Pavel’s co-traveller, was once discovered lifeless on the similar lodge on December 22. He was once discovered mendacity subconscious in his room at the first ground of the lodge with a couple of empty wine bottles round him.

    When rushed to the district sanatorium, medical doctors declared him lifeless.

    Vladimir and Pavel have been a part of a four-member crew of Russian vacationers who together with their information Jitendra Singh had checked into the lodge in Rayagada the city on Wednesday.

    On Pavel’s dying, a senior police officer stated that it gave the look to be a case of suicide.

    “Pavel was once in despair because of the dying of his pal,” he stated.

    Police stated they’re investigating Pavel’s dying from all angles, together with the likelihood that he has fallen from the terrace by accident.

    Two different participants of the gang have been requested to stick again and coordinate with the investigation, the officer stated.

    RAYAGADA: A Russian vacationer died after falling from the 3rd ground of a lodge in Odisha’s Rayagada district, two days after his fellow traveller was once discovered lifeless there, police stated on Sunday.

    Pavel Anthom, 65, was once discovered mendacity in a pool of blood out of doors the lodge on Saturday, they stated.

    Vladimir Bidenov, Pavel’s co-traveller, was once discovered lifeless on the similar lodge on December 22. He was once discovered mendacity subconscious in his room at the first ground of the lodge with a couple of empty wine bottles round him.

    When rushed to the district sanatorium, medical doctors declared him lifeless.

    Vladimir and Pavel have been a part of a four-member crew of Russian vacationers who together with their information Jitendra Singh had checked into the lodge in Rayagada the city on Wednesday.

    On Pavel’s dying, a senior police officer stated that it gave the look to be a case of suicide.

    “Pavel was once in despair because of the dying of his pal,” he stated.

    Police stated they’re investigating Pavel’s dying from all angles, together with the likelihood that he has fallen from the terrace by accident.

    Two different participants of the gang have been requested to stick again and coordinate with the investigation, the officer stated.

  • Two-day houseboat fest in Srinagar to woo vacationers all the way through wintry weather season

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    SRI NAGAR: With a view to woo vacationers to the long-lasting houseboats on global well-known Dal Lake and Nageen Lake in Srinagar, a two-day houseboat pageant is being held from Wednesday.  Director Tourism Kashmir Fazlul Haseeb informed this newspaper that the two-day pageant can be inaugurated by way of J&Ok Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.

    There are about 950 houseboats in Dal and Nageen lakes and hundreds of households are depending on it for his or her livelihood. The houseboats are a big enchantment of holiday makers within the picturesque Kashmir. The guests to the two-day pageant might be apprised concerning the historical past of houseboats and the stars who’ve stayed in them.

    The key points of interest of the pageant might be an artwork exhibition and a photograph wall at the historical past and historic sides of houseboats. Different points of interest come with water display screen initiatives with laser display, illuminated shikara carnival, shikara rides, meals courtroom amongst others.

    But even so, are living musical concert events and band performances by way of native artists and standard people performances would even be held. A document choice of over two million vacationers visited Kashmir this 12 months to this point and the houseboats in Dal Lake and Nageen Lake witnessed 80-90 consistent with cent occupancy this 12 months.

    Alternatively, with the onset of wintry weather and chilly climate prerequisites, the occupancy has dropped within the houseboats. Kashmir Area Boat House owners Affiliation chairman G R Siah mentioned that at the moment the houseboats have 20-30 consistent with cent occupancy. Director Tourism mentioned in the course of the Houseboat Competition, they wish to ship a message to the vacationers that Kashmir is in reality heat in winters as neatly. The houseboat house owners mentioned had the pageant been arranged in October, it might had been extra fruitful.

    SRI NAGAR: With a view to woo vacationers to the long-lasting houseboats on global well-known Dal Lake and Nageen Lake in Srinagar, a two-day houseboat pageant is being held from Wednesday.  Director Tourism Kashmir Fazlul Haseeb informed this newspaper that the two-day pageant can be inaugurated by way of J&Ok Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.

    There are about 950 houseboats in Dal and Nageen lakes and hundreds of households are depending on it for his or her livelihood. The houseboats are a big enchantment of holiday makers within the picturesque Kashmir. The guests to the two-day pageant might be apprised concerning the historical past of houseboats and the stars who’ve stayed in them.

    The key points of interest of the pageant might be an artwork exhibition and a photograph wall at the historical past and historic sides of houseboats. Different points of interest come with water display screen initiatives with laser display, illuminated shikara carnival, shikara rides, meals courtroom amongst others.

    But even so, are living musical concert events and band performances by way of native artists and standard people performances would even be held. A document choice of over two million vacationers visited Kashmir this 12 months to this point and the houseboats in Dal Lake and Nageen Lake witnessed 80-90 consistent with cent occupancy this 12 months.

    Alternatively, with the onset of wintry weather and chilly climate prerequisites, the occupancy has dropped within the houseboats. Kashmir Area Boat House owners Affiliation chairman G R Siah mentioned that at the moment the houseboats have 20-30 consistent with cent occupancy. Director Tourism mentioned in the course of the Houseboat Competition, they wish to ship a message to the vacationers that Kashmir is in reality heat in winters as neatly. The houseboat house owners mentioned had the pageant been arranged in October, it might had been extra fruitful.

  • Shark Kills US Vacationer Snorkeling In Bahamas

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise send passenger who used to be snorkeling in waters across the Bahamas on Tuesday, in line with government.

    The incident concerned a 58-year-old girl from Pennsylvania and befell at a well-liked snorkeling spot close to Inexperienced Cay within the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Leader Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings instructed The Related Press.

    “It’s unlucky,” she stated.

    Skippings stated the girl’s circle of relatives recognized it as a bull shark.

    Royal Caribbean World stated in a commentary to the AP that the individual died after arriving at a neighborhood health facility for remedy and that the corporate helps their family members. They stated the visitor used to be collaborating in an unbiased shore tour in Nassau and were crusing on Solidarity of the Seas, which is on a seven-night go back and forth after departing Florida on Sunday.

    Nearly all of shark assaults within the Caribbean have befell within the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, certainly one of them deadly. That incident concerned a Southern California girl who used to be on holiday and used to be attacked by means of 3 sharks close to Rose Island, positioned only a part mile from the place Tuesday’s attacked befell.

    In December 2020, a deadly shark assault used to be reported within the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, the primary such incident in that area.

    General, a minimum of 32 shark assaults were reported within the Bahamas since 1749, adopted by means of 13 assaults in Cuba right through that time frame, together with one in 2019, in line with the Florida-based World Shark Assault Record.

    Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida World College in Miami, stated in a telephone interview that the top choice of assaults within the Bahamas is most likely connected to the truth that there are a large number of folks within the water in that space and that it has a strong marine ecosystem.

    He stated the Bahamas has a number of shark species, the vast majority of which don’t be aware of folks, with the exception of for bull sharks and tiger sharks.

    “They get to large sizes, they usually consume large prey,” Heithaus stated, including that sharks have unbelievable sensory methods and will also be interested in meals, sounds and scents within the water.

    However general, shark assaults stay uncommon, he wired.

    International, there have been 137 shark assaults remaining 12 months, 73 of them unprovoked, in line with the World Shark Assault Record.