Getting far from the madding tourist crowdTravel destinations gaining popularity have led to crowded landmarks like China's Great Wall and Paris's Shakespeare & Company. Conversely,...
05 Oct, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Annual Viking Fire Festival Welcomes Women and Girls into Jarl Squad for the First TimeUp Helly Aa, an annual fire festival is held in Scotland, witnessing the members being adorned with Viking-styled clothing and carrying lit...
30 Jan, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
Schools closed as snow and weather warnings issued across UKTemperatures dropped below minus 13C (8.6F) for the second consecutive night, closing schools across the UK. Widespread travel disruptions ...
18 Jan, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Shetland Season 9: The mystery continues - Release, cast, plot, and all we know so farThe highly praised BBC One crime drama, Shetland, known for its intricate narratives and compelling characters, is currently in a state of ...
07 Jan, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
UK launches first postal deliveries by droneRoyal Mail said the drone service was expected to significantly improve service levels and delivery times to Graemsay and Hoy, where weathe...
01 Aug, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
Antarctica experiences a massive earthquake swarm as an inactive volcano eruptsDue to the eruption of the volcano Orca, Antarctica experienced 8,500 earthquake shocks in 7 months.
29 Apr, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
From oil to renewables, winds of change blow on Scottish islandsEMEC itself produces "green" hydrogen from renewable sources via a tidal turbine and electrolysis using seawater from Eday, one of Orkney's...
18 Oct, 2021, 01.51 PM IST
About 96,000 salmon die after chlorine leak in Arctic NorwayRoger Pedersen, a spokesman for the salmon farming company Grieg Seafood, said the leak happened at one of its fish slaughterhouses in the ...
10 Aug, 2021, 07.35 PM IST
Crude oil extends gains as demand outlook offsets India concernsOPEC, Russia and their allies, a group known as OPEC+, stuck to their plans for a gradual easing of oil production restrictions from May to...
29 Apr, 2021, 07.36 AM IST
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain24 Jun, 2020, 11.20 PM IST
World's oldest message in a bottle found in GermanyA message in a bottle washed up on a beach in Germany more than 108 years after it was thrown into the sea. It is believed to be the world'...
23 Aug, 2015, 03.15 PM IST
13 Indians take the harshest route in the world to save AntarcticaThe expedition, which started on March 16, will see the group travel from Drake Passage near Cape Horn, the southern-most point to America.
16 Mar, 2015, 05.09 PM IST
Festivals across the globe sing the best tune of history, culture and experienceThe Up Helly Aa festival, dating back to 1880, is not a battle cry but an ode to Scotland’s history.
25 Jul, 2014, 06.06 PM IST
David Cameron's comeback: When in Britain, 'brag' like BritishChina may contest his maximalist stance that Britain has “invented things worth inventing, including every sport currently played around th...
09 Sep, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Dive into the wild: Nature’s offerings across the worldAdventure meets wildlife in this issue of ET-Travel. Here’s where to go to visit the best of nature’s offerings across the world.
25 Oct, 2012, 08.03 AM IST
- Oil spill casts doubts on deep water exploration
The disaster caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has cast doubts over the future of deep water exploration and is likely to have the lon...
13 Jun, 2010, 10.27 AM IST
- Orcadian delight: Scottish earthy hospitality
Orkney had a bloody Viking past, and nobody still knows why the 5,000 year old ring of Brodgar was built. An ancient civilisation existed t...
07 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST