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Cape Town Fire Wreaks Havoc; Gutted the 200-year old Library at UCT
Posted on: 22 Apr 2021
The Cape Town Fire on the iconic Table Mountain engulfed the University of Cape Town on the weekend which has resulted in huge devastation of property estimated to be around 1.5 square miles. Almost 4,000 students have been evacuated from the campus. The Jagger library in the university campus, which was recently renovated, was completely doused as orange flames could be seen coming out of the library’s windows. A unique and valuable collection of African books and antiquities as part of the library’s collection have been lost to the fire.…
India Surges in COVID Cases While Millions Throng the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar
Posted on: 19 Apr 2021
The grand Kumbh Mela Festival in India is posing the highest risk of coronavirus infection spread in the Haridwar City of Uttarakhand. India is currently witnessing a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and is just behind the US in the total number of cases. On Monday, India reported over 170,000 recent cases of COVID-19 in a single day; the highest rise since the pandemic started in the country. As the government is struggling to maintain the SOPs and impose curbs to break the chain or reduce the spiraling coronavirus cases,…
Mrs. Sri Lanka 2021 Winner’s Crown Snatched Amid Claims of Her Divorce
Posted on: 08 Apr 2021
It was a huge bust-up on stage in the Ms. Sri Lanka Beauty Queen Pageant in Colombo on April 4. Pushpika De Silva won the title of ‘Mrs. Sri Lanka 2021’ and was crowned in the Colombo theater. The pageant, considered being a prestigious event for married women, was held at Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa Theatre in Colombo at the weekend and televised on National TV. Moments after the 31-year-old De Silva was crowned the winner, the former titleholder of ‘Mrs. Sri Lanka’ 2019 pageant, ‘Caroline Jurie’ announced on stage…
Tanzania President John Magufuli Dies at 61; Vice President to Be Sworn In
Posted on: 18 Mar 2021
Tanzania’s President ‘John Magufuli’ died on Wednesday from heart complications, as announced by the country’s Vice-President ‘Samia Suluhu Hassan’ in a state televised address to the nation. Hassan has declared 14-day national mourning and also stated that flags would fly at half-mast. President Magufuli was Africa’s most prominent leader and also skeptical of the coronavirus. His death is rumored to have been caused by a coronavirus. For the last two weeks, Magufuli went missing from the public domain. Sources say that he was undergoing treatment for coronavirus in a Kenya…
San Francisco Uber driver assaulted after passenger allegedly refuses to wear mask
Posted on: 11 Mar 2021
In a rare act of disgrace in this pandemic, a woman passenger traveling by an Uber Taxi abused and repeatedly coughed on the Uber Driver, when the latter asked her and her two women friends to wear a mask. ‘Subhakar Khadka’, an Uber Driver refused service to the three women in San Francisco and pulled over his car when they begun using the expletive language for the Driver. The incident happened on Sunday in California, when the driver later asked the woman to get down from his car. He recorded…
