New York-based artist Jason Polan, who tried to sketch everyone in the city, as part of an ambitious project, died at the age of 37 on the 27th of January. According to the&nbsp;New York Times, he lost his battle to cancer. His project began in 2008 and he shared in his blog titled&nbsp;'Every person in New York' that he would be drawing&nbsp;people everyday and they may not even know it. He would then feature the drawing on his blog. His last sketch was&nbsp;"Man at Taco Bell" and was dated December 16, 2019.

New York-based artist Jason Polan, who tried to sketch everyone in the city, as part of an ambitious project, died at the age of 37 on the 27th of January. According to the New York Times, he lost his battle to cancer. His project began in 2008 and he shared in his blog titled 'Every person in New York' that he would be drawing people everyday and they may not even know it. He would then feature the drawing on his blog. His last sketch was "Man at Taco Bell" and was dated December 16, 2019.

Food artist and chef from Chennai,&nbsp;Iniavan&nbsp;created massive idlis&nbsp;to celebrate US President Donald Trump's visit to India&nbsp;and&nbsp;to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi.&nbsp;The three massive&nbsp;idlis weigh about 107 kilos and took 36 hours to prepare with the help of six workers. Each of them showcases a sculpted image of Donald Trump, PM Modi&nbsp;and one featuring&nbsp;one featuring the flags India and the US.&nbsp;

Adline Castelino from Mangaluru was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2020 at the 8th edition of the event held in Mumbai on Sunday, February 23rd.&nbsp;Adline&nbsp;is a professional model and will now be&nbsp;representing India at the Miss Universe 2020 pageant.&nbsp;Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur, Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta, designers Shivan and Narresh&nbsp;and&nbsp;Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2006 Jacqueline Fernandes&nbsp;were among the panel of judges of the competition.&nbsp;Dhadak&nbsp;actor Ishaan Khatter&nbsp;performed at the grand finale.&nbsp;

Breaking away from the stigma&nbsp;surrounding menstruation, 28 menstruating women from a Delhi-based&nbsp;NGO&nbsp;&lsquo;Sachhi Saheli&rsquo;&nbsp;organized a &lsquo;Period Feast&rsquo; on Sunday, February 23rd. The women, on their period, cooked and served food to over 300 attendees, including Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.&nbsp;The event was&nbsp;a silent protest&nbsp;to counter the negative statements made&nbsp;by a priest from the Swaminarayan Bhuj Mandir in Gujarat and the incident where 68 girls where asked to prove that they are not menstruating in order to enter the hostel kitchen. A street play was also performed to dispel superstitions associated with periods.

German sportswear brand Puma has launched&nbsp;new collection of footwear and clothing made from recycled plastic. Puma has teamed up with UK-based waste management and recycling company First Mile. The brand shared that it recycled more than 1.9 lakh plastic bottles from landfills and oceans for their new sustainable collection. The new apparel collection is made of 83-100 per cent of the sustainable yarn. The training collection is available at Puma stores, selected retailers as well as the brand's e-commerce site.

US President Donald&nbsp;Trump's daughter Ivanka&nbsp;chose a pretty blue summer dress for her second visit to India. Interestingly, the Proenza&nbsp;Schouler&nbsp;patterned dress costs&nbsp;Rs 1,71,331 and this is the second time the president's daughter is wearing it. The first time, she wore the outfit on a visit to Argentina. The repeat&nbsp;is being lauded as an important statement in support of sustainability.&nbsp;

According to the&nbsp;World Migration Report 2020, at the end of 2018, there were a total of 28 million new internal displacements across 148 countries and territories and 61% of these were triggered by disasters. The report indicates that, world over, the effect of disasters is displacing more people as compared to other reasons for displacement like conflict and violence.&nbsp;This scenario is especially worrying for the countries of the Indian subcontinent that are more vulnerable to disasters related to natural hazards and climate change, notes the World Migration report.&nbsp;In the last two years, India has been hit by at least one extreme weather event every month.

Known for doing the most at his runways, Phillipp&nbsp;Plein's&nbsp;Milan was not a surprise but it did ruffle some feathers. Plein&nbsp;staged a tribute to late basketball star Kobe Bryant that featured crystal-strewn&nbsp;Lakers-style jerseys and sweatshirts and Bryant's number, 24 but many found the collection to be in bad&nbsp;taste. While he announced that a portion of the proceeds will go the Mamba &amp; Mambacita Sports Foundation in memory of the Nike athlete and his daughter Gianna, people called accused Plein&nbsp;of 'vanity' and of trying to 'cash in on a tragedy.'&nbsp;

Despite the latest&nbsp;&ldquo;skull-breaker challenge&rdquo; receiving serious flak, another dangerous challenge has now gone viral on TikTok.&nbsp;&lsquo;Cha-Cha Slide&rsquo; invites people to dangerously sway their cars on the streets as per the lyrics of&nbsp;a song by the same name.&nbsp;The activity could result in serious injury and must not be tried.&nbsp;

The US first family arrived in India in style. First lady&nbsp;Melania&nbsp;Trump chose a clean cream pantsuit designed by American designer Herve&nbsp;Pierre. she paired the look with an olive&nbsp;green sash around her waist made from a Indian&nbsp;silk with golden embroidery.&nbsp;President Donald Trump caught the eye in a bright yellow neck-tie on day one of the visit.&nbsp;Daughter Ivanka&nbsp;Trump chose a baby blue summer dress with a bold flower pattern for the occasion.&nbsp;

A 20-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, infected five relatives, without ever showing signs of infection, Chinese scientists reported, offering new evidence that the virus can be spread asymptomatically.&nbsp;The case study has now been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and suggests why it may be difficult to contain the spread of the novel virus. Surprisingly, the woman tested negative for the virus initially, while she unknowingly spread the virus, and only a follow-up test was positive.
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The Mayor of Venice on Sunday&nbsp;ordered the Venice carnival to end on Sunday, 23rd February instead of its scheduled end date on 25 February. He said that after risk assessments were&nbsp;were carried out before the city's iconic Carnival celebration was cut short following a sharp rise in cases of coronavirus in Italy.&nbsp;Officials on Sunday also stepped up measures to ban other public gatherings across Italy after the number of confirmed cases of the COVID-19 illness jumped to 133 nationwide.

Thousands of people gathered in Ivrea in northern Italy on Sunday for the Battle of Oranges, the highlight of the town's annual carnival. Italian authorities had placed bans on some public gatherings across the country on Sunday as total nationwide cases jumped to 152, the largest number outside Asia.&nbsp;Ivrea's Mayor Stefano Sertoli said about 15,000 participants were estimated to take part in the annual festival, which&nbsp;is scheduled to continue until Tuesday.&nbsp;

The fashion crowd put a defiant face against the spread of a new virus, packing runway shows on the last big day of Milan Fashion Week on Sunday.&nbsp;Even as the shows went on, the coronavirus threat cast a strange mood over the Italian fashion capital where the confirmed cases of COVID-19 have jumped to atleast 150.&nbsp;Paying no heed to the current affairs, designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana showed&nbsp;many iterations of black dresses, including experiments with cozy, enveloping knits in over-sized stitching.&nbsp;

American yoga master&nbsp;Tao Porchon-Lynch, who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the &ldquo;World&rsquo;s Oldest Yoga Teacher&rdquo; in 2012 passed away on Friday in New York at the age of 101. An Instagram&nbsp;post on her official account confirmed the news, sharing that 'she is now dancing her way to the next planet.&rdquo; Known for her vibrant&nbsp;energy and spirit,&nbsp;Tao Porchon-Lynch even&nbsp;took up ballroom dancing at the age 87 and when she was 96, she appeared on NBC's &ldquo;America&rsquo;s Got Talent,&rdquo; receiving a standing ovation from the show's judges! Tao worked as a Hollywood actress&nbsp;earlier in her life and has rubbed&nbsp;shoulders with&nbsp;Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Elizabeth Taylor.&nbsp;
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Canada's oldest railway tunnel, the 525-meter Brockville&nbsp;Tunnel has now been transformed into a magnificent tourist attraction, with over 700 LED light and sound systems&nbsp;lighting it up. It is a visually stunning walkway for pedestrians 365 days a year. Unique wooden doors have been built at the end and beginning of the single track non-functional tunnel. These are opened every morning to let tourists in. The redone lighting now highlights the exquisite architecture of the tunnel including mineral deposits on the walls.&nbsp;

MIT's&nbsp;mini 'cheetah' robots are unlike any other. The little beasts are considered to be the first four-legged robots capable of doing a complete 360 degree backflip. These lightweight robots can walk on almost any terrain, making them super-efficient. According to researchers, the virtually 'indestructible' robot can lift itself back even if kicked or pushed.&nbsp;

Amid lush trees and rivers rests Purna Wildlife Sanctuary and Vansda National Park in the South Gujarat region. The sanctuary is named after the Purna&nbsp;river that flows through it.&nbsp;The sanctuary has a thick forest cover of teak and bamboo and the best&nbsp;time to visit it is early winter. Purna&nbsp;is a hotspot for a variety of wildlife species and a sunset safari would be ideal to enjoy all that nature has to offer. If you're lucky, you may even catch the reverberating&nbsp;drum performance of the&nbsp;Dangi tribes.
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The fashion choices of first ladies are as political as they are personal. Ahead of US first family's India visit, here are some style lessons from America's most stylish first ladies.
Mamie Eisenhower was a pioneer of American trends in the 50s and 60s, becoming an early adopter of printed dresses, pretty necklines and outlandish hats.
Her successor&nbsp;Jackie Kennedy's style left a lasting legacy. From her&nbsp;glam-meets-preppy suits and sheath dresses to her memorable round sunglasses, Jackie's style continues to inspire modern generations.&nbsp;
Pat Nixon was known for her daring looks.&nbsp;She loved to pair cropped short-sleeved jackets with dresses but was often spotted in fancy gowns as well.
Many may know this by now thanks to her own&nbsp;presidential race but Hilary Clinton's pantsuits have always set her apart from the other first ladies of the world.
Most recently, it is Michelle Obama's style&nbsp;--full of&nbsp;sundresses, bold patterns and the lack of sleeves that makes headlines even after her husband's presidency ended.
Let's see what the current first lady Melania&nbsp;Trump will choose to wear on her trip to India.&nbsp;

Jaipur-based manufacturer&nbsp;Arun Pabuwal&nbsp;has created a collection of&nbsp;tableware and cutlery for personal use for US President Donald Trump and other family member's India visit. The gold and silver plated cutlery was conceptualised and created within two weeks using a wide variety of non-ferrous metals.&nbsp;This is the third time&nbsp;Pabuwal has designed and created exclusive serve ware for a visiting US President, last two times being Barack&nbsp;Obama's 2011 and 2015 visit.&nbsp;

The Delhi&nbsp;Railway Station has introduced a unique initiative to get people to start working out. A&nbsp;squat machine has been installed at the Anand Vihar station, where doing 30 squats in 180 seconds will get a free platform ticket.&nbsp;

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