Thousands of people danced at the annual "Techno Parade" in Paris on Saturday. They partied their way through the French Capital as they followed decorated trucks with techno music. The event first took place in 1998 and was the initiative of the then culture minister who wanted the event to become as big as Berlin's annual "Love Parade".

Thousands of people danced at the annual "Techno Parade" in Paris on Saturday. They partied their way through the French Capital as they followed decorated trucks with techno music. The event first took place in 1998 and was the initiative of the then culture minister who wanted the event to become as big as Berlin's annual "Love Parade".

As millions of people across the world are staying home amid the Covid-19 outbreak, seismologists have found changes to Earth's physical movement. They have observed much lesser ambient seismic noise or vibrations that are caused by buses, trains, cars and people&nbsp;as they go about their routine lives. This&nbsp;indicates that the Earth's upper crust is moving a little lesser. The phenonmenon was first confirmed by Thomas Lecocq from the Royal Observatory in Belgium. He claimed that Brussels saw a 30 to 50% drop in seismic noises amid the coronavirus pandemic. A similar trend was then seen in Paris, Los Angeles and Auckland. The silence caused by lockdowns imposed in various parts may benefit scientists looking to detect earthquakes and eventually take appropriate steps to mitigate natural disaster.

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that a six feet distance should be maintained between yourself and others to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus&nbsp;as opposed to the three-feet guideline shared by the WHO. But, a MIT&nbsp;researcher shares that even six feet is not enough!&nbsp;Lydia Bourouiba&nbsp;has been studying the dynamics of exhalations including&nbsp;coughs and sneezes, for years and finds that&nbsp;exhalations cause gaseous clouds that can travel up to 27 feet!&nbsp;Lydia Bourouiba&nbsp;told USA&nbsp;TODAY that there is an urgent need to revise social distancing guidelines issued by the CDC&nbsp;and the WHO, especially for health workers. Her article has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.&nbsp;

People living in Covid-19 hotspots or areas which have reported large numbers of cases may have to undergo a rapid antibody blood test for the viral infection to ensure speedy detection.&nbsp;The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in its interim advisory has recommended the use of the rapid antibody test in the country's&nbsp;20 existing and 22 potential COVID-19 hotspots&nbsp;as identified by the Health Ministry.&nbsp;The results of the antibody tests, similar to other blood tests, are available in 15-30 minutes.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Travel company Goibibo has launched&nbsp;'Hotels for our Heroes' initiative with 900 hotel chains and independent hotels in India to help medical staff helping those in need amid the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;The initiative has been rolled out across 26 states and 4 Union Territories to support the medical fraternity during this unprecedented public health crisis. Medical practitioners will be able to choose from 27,000 accommodation options, available at subsidised rates, in hotels across 200 cities on the Goibibo&nbsp;app.&nbsp;

Researchers&nbsp;at the University of Pittsburgh&nbsp;have tested a potential vaccine for COVID-19 in mice, and it was successful&nbsp;in generating antibodies to fight the coronavirus&nbsp;within two weeks.&nbsp;The vaccine, called&nbsp;PittCoVacc - short for Pittsburgh Coronavirus Vaccine, was delivered through a&nbsp;band-aid sized patch with micro-needles.&nbsp;Through previous research, they found that a particular spike protein is important for inducing immunity against the virus.&nbsp;They used lab-made pieces of viral protein to build immunity and said that it works the same way as current flu shots. The tiny needles&nbsp;deliver the spike proteins into the skin, where the immune reaction is strongest. The team hopes to advance to human trials faster than the usual time-frame.&nbsp;

Some good news in these morbid times! Data from the Central Pollution Control Board has revealed that the health of the Ganga&nbsp;river has improved significantly since the imposition of the nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus. From the 36 monitoring units, Ganga's water was found to be fit for bathing and propagation of wildlife and fisheries at around 27 units. The improvement has been attributed to the lack of any industrial waste being dropped into the river.&nbsp;

To keep children engaged at home during the 21-day nationwide lockdown in India, the government in Odisha&nbsp;in collaboration with Unicef has launched an online cultural competition called Mo Pratibha.&nbsp;From poster making and poetry to slogan-writing, students can submit their entries online on two themes, 'being at home during the lockdown and 'my responsibility as a young citizen during Covid-19'. The programme is for children between the age of 5 and 18 years and the winners will be awarded certificates.

According to a BBC report, a panel of advisers to the&nbsp;World Health Organization will be reviewing the current advice on the use of face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus based on a new research. A MIT&nbsp;study has&nbsp;found that coughs and sneezes&nbsp;can project liquid up to 6m to 8m away.&nbsp;The WHO recommends keeping a distance of at least 1m from anyone coughing or sneezing and says that only those who are sick and show symptoms should wear masks. The global health body is opening up its discussion again looking at the new evidence to see whether or not it should change its advice on using masks.&nbsp;

Today's special doodle by search engine Google is truly an informative one. As the world grapples with the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, the doodle draws light on the importance of staying home and staying safe. In addition to that, each alphabet of the interactive doodle showcases the different activities people can indulge in while in quarantine, like exercising or reading a book. By clicking on the animation, users can also get access to a bank of information on Covid-19, certain do's and don'ts and how it's affecting different parts of the world.

Jaycee Baso, a home-chef based in Sydney, has found a simple hack to dice an onion in seconds and with maximum efficiency. Take an onion, separate&nbsp;out its root, cut it into half and peel the cover. You've got the basics right, now watch how to chop it into pieces.&nbsp;

Bengaluru&nbsp;start-up&nbsp;Bione&nbsp;has created a rapid Covid-19 at-home testing kit. The company claims that it displays accurate results within 5 to 10 minutes and is priced anywhere between Rs 2000 and 3000. However, the company expressed a note of caution stating that irrespective&nbsp;of the result of their home screening test, people with Covid-19 symptoms must undergo a laboratory test under expert supervision. The Bione kits have been approved by ICMR and are in the process of seeking US FDA's approval, the company stated.

According to a Reuters report, global carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since the World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill. The chair of&nbsp;Global Carbon Project, a network of scientists providing benchmark emissions data, has shared that&nbsp;carbon output could fall by more than 5% year-on-year - the first dip since a 1.4% reduction after the 2008 financial crisis. But, experts warn that without structural changes, this emissions decline could be short-lived and have little impact on the amount of carbon dioxide that has accumulated in the atmosphere over decades.

Tiffany Pinckney, a New York woman was among the first Covid-19 survivors in the United States to donate convalescent plasma. The single-mother of two sons was seriously ill with the infection and only hoped she wouldn't pass it on. Now, that she's made a complete recovery, she hopes that something in her blood would help others. According to researchers, the antibodies that survivors have built may be able to give protection to those who may have been exposed to coronavirus and keep them from getting critically ill. A similar treatment was used during the 1918 Spanish Flu. According to a doctor at the New York Blood Center, a donation like Pinckney's could help four patients.

Indian rapper Emiway Bantai's latest rap amid the coronavirus pandemic has struck a chord with many online. Called 'Khatam Karona', he stressed on the need to stay at home, practise social distancing and follow the instructions of the curfew. The video suggests how the virus is just a result of 'humans destroying nature', and also includes some news clips. It's already been viewed over 4 million times on YouTube.

An elderly man in West Bengal's Malda district has quarantined himself in a boat along the river Tangon. According to reports,&nbsp;Niranjan Haldar, in his 60's, visited&nbsp;Habibpur a few days ago. Residents of the village insisted that he get himself tested for the coronavirus as he came from outside and had fever and stopped him from entering the village. Health workers advised him stay in home quarantine for 14 days. With no place to go and isolate, villagers suggested he stays in a boat!&nbsp;

Helping in the fight against coronavirus,&nbsp;Taj Hotels is distributing almost 20,000 meals every day in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.&nbsp;The Taj Public Service Welfare Trust along with chef Sanjeev&nbsp;Kapoor&nbsp;is giving healthy meals to the staff of&nbsp;key hospitals and COVID-19 centres in these three cities.&nbsp; The group is also giving free meals to migrant workers in Mumbai. The meals are prepared by&nbsp;TajSats, a leading air catering service.&nbsp;

The largest waterfall in Ecuador, The San Rafael waterfall on the Coca River, has mysteriously vanished. The fall, which was a popular tourist attraction, has disappeared after a sinkhole swallowed a part of its water. According to NASA, it's been replaced by three streams and has been taken off the country's travel website! While there are no plans to reconstruct the fall, the reason for disappearance is still unclear and the Ministry of the Environment in Ecuador has launched an investigation. Some experts suggest that it may be due to the construction of a hydroelectric plant in the area.

Not everyone's&nbsp;job allows them to work-from-home, and this is especially true for flight attendants! One attendant,&nbsp;Kristin Gillett&nbsp;who works&nbsp;for WestJet, seems to be missing her job way to much as a video posted by her on social media shows how she's using her home as a plane cabin during the&nbsp;lockdown!&nbsp;From signalling the safety exits of her house to hot towels on offer, fasten your seat-belts as this one's quite a hilarious journey!&nbsp;

If you're a fan of anonymous artist Banksy's street art, you now get to explore it virtually.&nbsp;Cactus UK is offering a tour of Bristol with a major focus on the&nbsp;artist's work. The tour&nbsp;is available on a mobile app called 'Banksy&nbsp;Bristol Trail'.&nbsp;

Amid the nationwide lockdown, the Noida authority has launched a mobile app to deliver medicines and food items to residents at their doorstep. Called Noida Authority Apurti Suvidha app, the app is available&nbsp;for&nbsp;Android users currently and will soon be released on the Apple app store, the officials stated. The app will consist of details of vendors based on the area in Noida where the resident lives.

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