India's Namaste Greeting Go Global Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

India prides itself on popularizing yoga and meditation in many parts of the world. Its looks like another practice   the traditional greeting, the "namaste", described as “virus-proof,” goes global as some world leaders adopt it amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Hand hygiene has emerged as the foremost preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus and this has sidelined the handshake, the 'namaste' is increasingly becoming popular.

"Namaste,” a combination of two Sanskrit words Namas & Te, translates into “bowing to you” and does not involve skin contact and allows people to maintain a distance.  

Here is embed video   from BBC

Mumbai Police sets up Punishing Signal to stop unnecessary honking. (watch the video)

There is a truth universally acknowledged by drivers in India: Honk your horn loud enough and the traffic lights will surely change to green. 

How many times has it happened that you are standing at a traffic signal and people waiting behind you kept honking repeatedly, even when the light was red? 

Fed up of impatient drivers, police in Mumbai have come up with a new system to punish those who cannot wait at traffic lights in silence.

The new system, said the police, was quite simple: “Honk more, wait more.”

Known as “the punishing signal”, Mumbai police installed a rigged traffic light system to tackle the problem of “reckless honkers”, which resets  the red traffic signal to a longer duration,  every time the sound of horns goes above 85 decibels and  one need  to wait more.

Great Idea!!!!! This will surely  bring discipline  and responsibility among the drivers in Mumbai.

Please  see the video  which was released by Mumbai Police.