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Indian man washes feet in London Thames River

Indian man washes feet in London’s Thames, sparks heated debate on ‘public behaviour’ abroad: ‘Not ashamed of anything’

November 15, 2025 4:50 pm

The video claims that the man didn’t stop at rinsing his feet but went on to bathe in the river as well.

Cities are not only tackling Covid-19, but its pollution too

November 17, 2021 11:20 am

Researchers in Nanjing, China, and La Jolla, California, recently calculated that 193 countries have generated more than 8 million tons of pandemic-related plastic waste, and the advocacy group OceansAsia estimated that as many as 1.5 billion face masks could wind up in the marine environment.

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There are sharks in the River Thames

November 11, 2021 12:29 pm

Though parts of the river were declared “biologically dead” in 1957, the Thames is now home to three kinds of sharks: the tope, starry smooth-hound and spurdog, according to the Zoological Society of London.

When the Jaguar rolled over Thames

March 25, 2015 3:33 pm

Jaguar launched its new XF model by driving it on tightropes over river Thames.

Tainted NRI presence at Queens river pageant triggers storm

June 08, 2012 12:55 am

The presence of an Indian-origin man on the royal barge with Queen Elizabeth during pageant on River Thames has raised a storm after it was revealed that he had been previously convicted and jailed for sex offences

English bridge for sale amid toll uproar

December 03, 2009 9:29 am

The 242-year-old Swinford Toll Bridge seems an unlikely source of controversy.

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In pictures: The annual counting of the swan population on River Thames

July 20, 2022 8:03 pm

The tradition is said to date back to the 12th century, when the ownership of unmarked, mute swans was claimed by the Crown, so as to be able to have a steady supply of meat during banquets and feasts.