News18 Afternoon Digest: Dubai Eases Travel Restrictions from India, Malls and Markets Crowded Weeks After Covid Surge & Other Top Stories
News18 Afternoon Digest: Dubai Eases Travel Restrictions from India, Malls and Markets Crowded Weeks After Covid Surge & Other Top Stories
Here are the top stories we are covering this afternoon: As Dubai Eases Travel Restrictions from India, Here's All You Need to Know Before Booking a Flight; 'Cooped up' Indians Throng Malls and Markets Weeks After Covid-19 Surge; The Latest On The Beeper App That'll Put Your WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, Slack And More, In One Place; Pujara Took 36 Balls to Open His Account Against NZ and Twitter Had a Field Day; Coffee Over Rs 7,000, Bananas at Rs 3,300 & Demand for Urine from Farmers: North Korea's Dire Food Crisis; and Assam Mechanic Modifies Second-hand Maruti Into Lamborghini, Wants to Build a Ferrari Next.

As Dubai Eases Travel Restrictions from India, Here?s All You Need to Know Before Booking a Flight

Back in 2020, Dubai became the first country in the world to allow tourists from India and other nations, boosting UAE’s tourism industry multifold. However, the arrival of Delta Variant changed things for Indians planning to visit Dubai for recreational, or business activities. In late April, the UAE closed its borders for travellers from India due to a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country during the second wave of the pandemic.

?Cooped up? Indians Throng Malls and Markets Weeks After Covid-19 Surge

Afew weeks ago, New Delhi’s crematoriums were operating around the clock dealing with Covid-19 victims. Now the Indian capital’s shopping malls and markets are buzzing again. But doctors are worried that India is letting its guard down again, just like in January and February before a devastating coronavirus surge that led to a near-collapse of the healthcare system.

The Latest On The Beeper App That?ll Put Your WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, Slack And More, In One Place

Remember the excitement earlier this year about an instant messaging app to tame all the other instant messaging apps you may be using? Bring in control the inevitable overload of notifications on your phone’s lock screen at most times. WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, Apple iMessage, Slack, Skype and even direct messages on Twitter and Instagram? The app is called Beeper, and it’ll cost you $10 per month, and I had said it then and I’ll say it now again—this may be the best $10 you will spend every month, if you gnash your teeth every time a new message pops up on your phone. But where exactly is Beeper, a few months later? The answer is, it is on the way to a lucky few, and the rest of us are still waiting.

Pujara Took 36 Balls to Open His Account Against NZ and Twitter Had a Field Day

The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final began yesterday with New Zealand winning the toss and asking India to bat first. While Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were off to a solid start, both the batsmen left in quick successions, leaving Cheteshwar Pujara and skipper Virat Kohli on the pitch. Pujara, who is considered India’s Test expert and one of the greatest to wear the white jersey, is known for his slow start to an innings. On Saturday, it took 36 deliveries for him to get off the mark and soon, hilarious memes started surfacing on social media about his innings.

Coffee Over Rs 7,000, Bananas at Rs 3,300 & Demand for Urine from Farmers: North Korea?s Dire Food Crisis

A massive shortage of food has led to a dramatic rise in the prices of commodities in North Korea. A kg of bananas costs Rs 3,336, according to NK News, which gathers information from contacts within North Korea. Similarly, the price of a packet of black tea has shot up to Rs 5,167 and that of coffee to more than over 7,381, approximately. A kg of corn is said to be selling at Rs 204.81 in the country.

Assam Mechanic Modifies Second-hand Maruti Into Lamborghini, Wants to Build a Ferrari Next

Atruly remarkable car transformation has been reported from Assam where a motor mechanic converted his Maruti into a sports car that looks like a model of Italian luxury car Lamborghini. 31-year-old Nurul Haque, from the Bhanga area of Karimganj district in Assam, spent over 6.2 lakh rupees on the modification process that took over eight months to complete.

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