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Christmas Celebrations in India

India is a land of different cultures and the people of India celebrate all major festivals with devotion, pomp and show. The major festivals include Diwali Celebrations 2019, Eid, Holi, Christmas and many more. Christians of various sects from different regions of India celebrate Christmas in various ways. However,...

The pandemic has led to an enormous spike in pet

Carolyn Barg thought she'd be welcoming two kittens into her home by now.But when the kittens never showed up, she says she knew something was wrong.And now, she's out $2,500.The 62-year-old Chappaqua, New York, resident is just one of thousands of victims to pet scams.While pet scams have been...

Pets Combat Loneliness And Stress For Those Isolated during pandemic

A boy and his dog in a loving embrace. getty By some estimates, more than half of people globally own pets, and that's good news for their health, especially now. Researchers, and likely pet owners, know that having an animal companion has benefits for both physical health and mental...

India Christmas Holiday

India is a very diverse country in terms of languages, religions, and traditions. Despite having a very less population of Christians in India. Still, Christmas is celebrated in India with full joy and pleasure. The Christian population in India is almost equally distributed across the country. Some South Indian...

‘Race for a Vaccine,’ coronavirus pandemic, Big Cat Public Safety

Editors, USA TODAY Published 5:08 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2020 | Updated 8:22 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2020CLOSEExecs from Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson to give update on coronavirus vaccineNBC News anchor Lester Holt will sit down with top executives from U.S. pharmaceutical firms Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson in a program airing...

It’s time to start preparing Fluffy and Fido for post-pandemic

It might seem too soon to think about preparing pets for the time humans will return to offices and schools. After all, a coronavirus vaccine isn’t expected to be widely available until spring at the earliest, which means that most Americans who were sent home to work or study...

Christmas in India

Many Christians in India celebrate Jesus Christ’s birth on on Christmas Day, which is annually held on December 25. The celebrations are most noticeable in states where there are many Christians. Christmas Day is a gazetted holiday in India. Is Christmas a Public Holiday? Christmas is a public holiday....

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people, while others cause illness in certain types of animals, such as cattle, camels, and bats. Some coronaviruses, such as canine and feline coronaviruses, infect only animals and do not infect humans. Risk of people spreading...

How the Pandemic Pause on Free Spay and Neuter Clinics

When free spay-and-neuter surgeries ceased as the spring COVID wave peaked, cat advocates warned the city’s feline population would explode. Now, they say, the months-long pause on surgeries at normally high-volume veterinary centers has led to exponential growth in the ranks of both feral and friendly felines on the...

India Christmas

Christmas is the favorite time of the year for many across the world and India is no exception to it. While the country has a Christian minority, every individual soaks up the magical atmosphere of Christmas becoming a part of a joyful Christmas festival of Indian traditions.   Do Indians...