A 25-year-old man from the UK who lost his best friend, mother and adopted mom, all in a single year in 2017, decided to sell everything he had to travel the world with his companion! Grieving&nbsp;Charlie Hammerton, who was a&nbsp;&nbsp;Royal Air Force airman&nbsp;and his rescued ferret, Bandit collected approximately 13 lakh&nbsp;rupees, after selling 3 of his cars, almost all of his possessions&nbsp;and quitting his job. Together, they covered 11 countries from the Arctic Circle to southern Italy, travelling for 8 months. Hammerton&nbsp;even started a Facebook page to document his journey, which helped him become more positive after all that he went through.

A 25-year-old man from the UK who lost his best friend, mother and adopted mom, all in a single year in 2017, decided to sell everything he had to travel the world with his companion! Grieving Charlie Hammerton, who was a Royal Air Force airman and his rescued ferret, Bandit collected approximately 13 lakh rupees, after selling 3 of his cars, almost all of his possessions and quitting his job. Together, they covered 11 countries from the Arctic Circle to southern Italy, travelling for 8 months. Hammerton even started a Facebook page to document his journey, which helped him become more positive after all that he went through.

The iconic music studio in Ireland where legends like&nbsp;Lady Gaga and The Rolling Stones have recorded their albums, is now open to the public, offering guided tours. The Windmill Lane Recording Studios in Dublin takes visitors back to&nbsp;40 years of music history. Tourists also get to see how a recording session works, meet a virtual band and explore the studio.&nbsp;

To celebrate the rich culture and essence of India, a cultural extravaganza called 'India by the Nile' is being held in Egypt from&nbsp;March 2 to 10. The festival will showcase the&nbsp;best of Indian art, food, dance, music and fashion among other things. 'India by the Nile', a&nbsp;collaboration between the Indian Embassy in Egypt and Teamwork Arts, will be held in&nbsp;Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said and&nbsp;Fayoum.&nbsp;

Rishikesh&nbsp;is gearing up for its annual International Yoga Festival from the 1st to the 7th of March, 2020.&nbsp;Spiritual leaders, master yoga teachers and wellness experts from across the globe will take part in the 7-day festival. Held at Rishikesh's&nbsp;largest ashram, the&nbsp;Parmarth Niketan Ashram, the festival also showcases traditional songs,&nbsp;dances, and&nbsp;kirtans.&nbsp;

If you don't have any weekend plans, here's something you might like! The Jaipur Jazz and Blues Festival is coming to the pink city from the 28th of February till the 1st of March. The 3-day event, free of cost, will host artists from different countries like the United States, Germany and India with some inspiring musical performances across a host of genres. The event has been organised by Seher India in collaboration with Rajasthan Tourism and UNESCO&nbsp;will be held at the iconic Central Park in Jaipur.

A&nbsp;road trip from Delhi to Dehradun would soon take much less time, as the Centre has approved the construction of a new elevated expressway between the two cities. The journey may take just 2.5 hours according to a PTI report. The distance currently is 250 km but will be reduced to 180 km with the new expressway. Construction will begin soon and is likely to be completed by 2022.

Travelling in economy class may not be a bad idea for long flights after all! Air New Zealand has unveiled flat beds in economy class for some of its long-haul flights and it could revolutionise economy travel. The 'Economy Skynest'&nbsp;includes six full-length lie-flat sleep pods and is a result of three long years of research and development. Each pod comes with a pillow, blanket and curtains. Further details on the launch of the skynest&nbsp;or its location in the aircraft have not been revealed, but the final decision is awaited in 2021.&nbsp;

Travelling from Mumbai&nbsp;to Pune&nbsp;by road could get a little costlier starting April. Toll charges on the the&nbsp;Mumbai-Pune Expressway will go up by Rs 50 from April 1, costing up to Rs 270 for four-wheelers. The surge in prices comes as maintenance of the expressway is being handed over to a new toll road company,&nbsp;IRB Infrastructure Developers. Trucks and buses too will be charged a significantly higher toll.&nbsp;

The Mayor of Venice on Sunday&nbsp;ordered the Venice carnival to end on Sunday, 23rd February instead of its scheduled end date on 25 February. He said that after risk assessments were&nbsp;were carried out before the city's iconic Carnival celebration was cut short following a sharp rise in cases of coronavirus in Italy.&nbsp;Officials on Sunday also stepped up measures to ban other public gatherings across Italy after the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 illness jumped to 133 nationwide.

Thousands of people gathered in Ivrea in northern Italy on Sunday for the Battle of Oranges, the highlight of the town's annual carnival. Italian authorities had placed bans on some public gatherings across the country on Sunday as total nationwide cases jumped to 152, the largest number outside Asia.&nbsp;Ivrea's Mayor Stefano Sertoli said about 15,000 participants were estimated to take part in the annual festival, which&nbsp;is scheduled to continue until Tuesday.&nbsp;

Amid lush trees and rivers rests Purna Wildlife Sanctuary and Vansda National Park in the South Gujarat region. The sanctuary is named after the Purna&nbsp;river that flows through it.&nbsp;The sanctuary has a thick forest cover of teak and bamboo and the best&nbsp;time to visit it is early winter. Purna&nbsp;is a hotspot for a variety of wildlife species and a sunset safari would be ideal to enjoy all that nature has to offer. If you're lucky, you may even catch the reverberating&nbsp;drum performance of the&nbsp;Dangi tribes.
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Archaeologists in Italy have unveiled an ancient shrine believed to have been dedicated to Romulus, the Roman king who according to legend founded Rome in the 8th century BC.&nbsp;The shrine was discovered beneath the Roman Forum, a rectangular area surrounded by the ruins of various ancient buildings of political significance in the Italian capital. The&nbsp;sarcophagus and a cylindrical block, which possibly served as an altar is&nbsp;believed to be 2,600-year-old.

The Vatican archives of Pope Pius XII are all set to open on the 2nd of March, leaving historians and researchers thrilled as it will give them deeper insights into his life and the World War-II era along with his time during the holocaust. Over 150 people have already signed up to access the archives. The Vatican has been under pressure to make the documents available while Holocaust survivors are still alive.

Delayed services and technical snags on the blue line of the Delhi Metro will be resolved by the end of 2021, according to reports. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is working to upgrade its&nbsp;signalling system, introducing a concept called&nbsp;&lsquo;virtual signals&rsquo; that will help reduce delays in the network. These signals will also ensure that trains reach the nearest interchange system faster.
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The dates for the Amarnath Yatra for the year 2020 have been announced. The annual pilgrimage will begin on the 23rd of June, according to the shrine board and the registrations for the 42-day yatra will begin from the 1st of April. The pilgrimage will conclude on the 3rd of August.

Beginning 29th March,&nbsp; SpiceJet&nbsp;is adding 20 new flights to its domestic fleet. The move comes with an aim to increase connectivity between smaller cities and larger metros in the country. Some of the new routes include&nbsp;Varanasi-Patna&nbsp;,Amritsar-Patna&nbsp; and Hyderabad-Mangaluru&nbsp;among others.&nbsp;

Platform 65, a train-themed restaurant in Hyderabad is becoming a hotspot for tourists and locals alike! At the multi-cuisine restaurant, the food is served through a mini moveable train.&nbsp;It's located in Kukatpally and even has spots for photo ops like engine art at the entrance. Every table has been named after a different station, divided into various junctions!

To boost last mile connectivity, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has extended its e-rickshaw services to 12 stations. Now, 29 stations have the e-rickshaw facility called Smart E, which was flagged off from Patel Nagar Metro Station. The facility will be available at Qutab Minar, Botanical Garden and Govindpuri stations among others. The GPS enabled e-rickshaws will cost Rs 10 for the first 2 kilometers&nbsp;and Rs 5 for every kilometre after that.

Domestic carrier&nbsp;Vistara gears up to launch its broadband service by March-end after&nbsp;approval by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) last year.&nbsp;As of now, only data services will be offered and voice calls could be introduced later. Passengers onboard will be able to use data to make WhatsApp calls, send messages on Facebook, and even stream Netflix.&nbsp;&nbsp;The in-flight connectivity&nbsp;service has been launched in partnership with Tata group firm Nelco&nbsp;and&nbsp;will be offered on its Dreamliners and Airbus 321 planes.

Consumption of liquor in public places will not be allowed during the famous Goa Carnival float parades, the state government stated on Tuesday.&nbsp;Carnival 2020 celebrations will be held between February 22 and February 25 with the main event in Panaji. The move is a part of the ban on drinking alcohol in public places, which is already in force in Goa. Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar&nbsp;shared that floats making a statement on the Citizenship Amendment Act&nbsp;will not be allowed, emphasising that only those showcasing Goa's culture are welcome.

Come April, Amsterdam will set a ban on its guided 'red-light district tours' with an aim to&nbsp;curb overcrowding in these areas and to&nbsp;ensure a more "reliable working environment for sex workers", according to the Municipality of Amsterdam. According to reports, officials are considering a special separate "erotic center" and are also mulling a ban on cannabis cafes&nbsp;in the city.&nbsp;

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