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The website lists the COVID-19 helpline numbers for tourists besides the tourist helpline numbers 1363 or 1800111363. However, for specific queries, it has a form seeking individual details.

While human beings are suffering isolation stuck inside their homes owing to the lockdown, the strays outside are suffering starvation.

Ever since some cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the Capital, the Dilli Haat at INA — which on an average clock in 3,000 visitors a day as per DTTDC figures — wore a deserted look.

Union Tourism and Culture Minister Prahlad Patel told The Indian Express, “All ASI-protected monuments and all central museums are being closed with immediate effect in the wake of Covid-19 situation. An order in this regard is being issued soon.”

The iconic building commissioned by the first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in the ’50s to host a UNESCO conference, The Ashok now draws people, sometimes for nostalgia and sometimes for government events.

Called Mahua Nutribeverage, it will be available as early as next month for Rs 700 for a 750 ml bottle, and will come in six fruit-based flavours.

Dara Shikoh is described as a “liberal Muslim” who tried to find commonalities between Hindu and Islamic traditions. He translated into Persian the Bhagavad Gita as well as 52 Upanishads.

Titled Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan: Kavya, Saundrya & Sarthakta (Vani Prakashan), the book was released in the Capital last week.

The year will see the inauguration of new museums across India

The District Election Office (South) conducted a cultural evening between 4 pm and 9 pm on Saturday inside the premises, with an aim to generate interest in voters about the election on Saturday.

Gurdwara Pathar Sahib outside Leh is dedicated to the founder of Sikhism, who is locally called Nanak Lama.

A look at Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photographs that captured the aftermath of Gandhi’s death

A look at the art and architecture that make up the newly created ‘cultural space’ in Kolkata.

The photographs in question were taken by legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson at Birla House. The photographs were on display at a special gallery inside Gandhi Smriti.

The move sparked controversy, with Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, expressing shock over the “removal”.

Each year, the J&K Tourism Department brings its leading tour operators, houseboat owners, hotel associations and travel agents for the event. It’s a different story this time. As per the state’s tourism department, which is hosting the stall, 32,000 domestic tourists visited Kashmir between August and November, compared to 2.49 lakh in June-July.

At home, at sea: In the ’70s, many Vietnamese living in Cambodia faced deportation after a change in regime. Stripped of all Cambodian identity documents, those who returned in the ’80s could neither reclaim nor buy land.

The events will be organised by various affiliated organisations of the Sangh such as ABVP, its students’ outfit, Jan Jagran Manch, All-India Lawyers’ Council, and All-India Teachers’ Federation.

A restaurant in New Delhi recreates flavours from the bylanes of Daryaganj in Old Delhi