Live Updates: Happy New Year 2020 Celebrations Usher in new decade
As countries around the globe are preparing to ring in New Year, let's have a sneak peak of key points
1. Samoa and Christmas Island the first to welcome new decade at 10am UK time
2. Auckland in New Zealand was the first major city to see in 2020
3. Around 12,000 fireworks set to light up London's sky at midnight
4. More than a million people have descended on Sydney Harbour for the traditional fireworks display.
Stay tuned with us as we try to bring in the updates from around the globe as they happen. The Hans India wishes you a Happy New Year 2020
Fireworks at Charles Bridge and Castle, Prague
Central Moscow welcomes new year
Paris Celebrated New year in Style
People stroll at Taksim Square during New Year's Eve celebrations in Istanbul, Turkey
Dubai welcomes 2020 with a bang
People gather in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to usher in the New Year
Let's Salute our Armed Forces during this New Year
Two months back I stayed with this Assam Regiment Paltan, bang on the LoC. They sang their iconic regimental song “Badluram”.
— Major Gaurav Arya (Retd) (@majorgauravarya) December 31, 2019
Today, it is minus 22 degrees. I asked the CO what the men were doing. “Waiting for the enemy”, he answered.
Happy New Year, India.
TAGRA RAHO 🦏 pic.twitter.com/wmXWqLvBPj
Japanese visit shrines and temples across the country during the first three days of the new year to pray for the well-being of their families