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Amid the ongoing cyclone ‘Tauktae’, several old videos are being circulated on social media to claim that they show the current situation at Mumbai and Gujarat ports.
However, we found that two videos are from 2020 and the third one could be traced back to 2017. Out of the three videos, we could trace the origin of two of them. While one is from Mumbai, the other one is from Saudi Arabia’s Medina.
On Monday, 17 May, Cyclone Tauktae intensified into an “extremely severe” cyclonic storm and was likely to reach the coast of Gujarat on Monday evening, the India Meteorological Department said. At least 12 people have been reported dead so far from the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, and Maharashtra.
The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation has teamed up with private hospitals to set up Covid-19 care facilities in five star hotels in Mumbai. Forty-two rooms in Hotel Trident (Bandra Kurla Complex) and Hotel Inter Continental (Marine Drive) have been requisitioned already and more facilities are being identified for the purpose. These will serve as an extension of the private hospitals and will admit Covid-19 patients who no longer need emergency medical attention. Patients will be charged up to Rs 4,000 a day for bed and meals at the “step-down” facility in the hotels. Hospitals can also charge for medical expenses and doctor’s fee.
A Slice of Afghanistan
That’s how the traders and travellers exchanged their cuisines and condiments which make certain dishes in different countries similar.
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HYDERABAD: A University of California Press blog post mentions, “Many people think of the great Silk Road as a mirage in the shifting sands of time; however, the ideas and goods that once moved across Eurasia directed the course of human history. Merchant caravans, passing through the mountain valleys and desert oases of Central Asia, directly shaped aspects of culinary traditions across the Old World.”
That’s how the traders and travellers exchanged their cuisines and condiments which make certain dishes in different countries similar. No wonder then that Kabuli Pulao and dishes like Chaapli Kebab and halwa have origins in Afghanistan with slight variations in method and ingredients. As part of the 10-day food and crafts festival organised by the Consu
Mumbai square, named after ex-Israeli PM Shimon Peres, sparks row
IANS / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 15:21 IST
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For the first time, a prominent junction in south Mumbai has been named after a foreign dignitary, but it sparked off a political row among various parties in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC).
Shimon Peres Chowk after the late Israel President and two-time Prime Minister
Shimon Peres (1923-2016), who was also the joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize along with Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin. However, the square, renamed without fanfare around 4 months ago, ostensibly owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown restrictions, has now led to a civic political fracas.
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