Best-selling American&nbsp;author of books like 'Tuesdays with Morrie' and 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven',&nbsp;Mitch Albom&nbsp;is writing a real-time story inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic to raise money for the relief fund. For the short story called Human Touch, the author publishes a chapter on his website every week that can be accessed for free. A character in the book named Moses is inspired by an eight-year-old boy, Knox, who is staying&nbsp;with the author and his wife currently. Knox lives in an orphanage in Haiti that Mitch runs. Mitch is also in the process of recording an audio book of Human Touch and the Moses part will be read by Knox.

Best-selling American author of books like 'Tuesdays with Morrie' and 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven', Mitch Albom is writing a real-time story inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic to raise money for the relief fund. For the short story called Human Touch, the author publishes a chapter on his website every week that can be accessed for free. A character in the book named Moses is inspired by an eight-year-old boy, Knox, who is staying with the author and his wife currently. Knox lives in an orphanage in Haiti that Mitch runs. Mitch is also in the process of recording an audio book of Human Touch and the Moses part will be read by Knox.

A doctor and a nurse, fighting the Covid-19 pandemic at the frontline, tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony at a London hospital where they work. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in August, but had to be rescheduled as 34-year-old&nbsp;Jann Tipping and 30-year-old&nbsp;Annalan Navaratnam&nbsp;feared that their families would not be able to attend. So instead, they got married at a chapel in the St Thomas Hospital with their families in attendance, virtually! The wedding took place on the 24th of April, but the photos were shared recently by the hospital. The duo described the experience of a wedding at their place of work as 'surreal'!

A seventh grade student from Aurangabad,&nbsp;Sai Suresh Rangdal&nbsp;has designed a robot for contactless&nbsp;delivery of medicines and food to patients. The robot named 'Shourya' can carry items weighing up to&nbsp;1 kilo. It is battery-operated and it can be controlled via a smartphone device. It moves forward, backward, and 360-degrees right and left! Sai's aim was to reduce the risk of transmission of the Covid-19 virus&nbsp;by avoiding contact with patients. Due to the unavailability of certain items, he used old gadgets to make the robot.&nbsp;

You can soon enjoy your favourite roller coaster rides in amusement parks across Japan but don't be audibly thrilled while on it! The&nbsp;East Japan and West Japan Amusement Park Associations have listed a set of guidelines that visitors will be required to follow once the parks reopen. Since loud noise could lead to droplets emanating from the mouths of entertainers, employees or guests and it may increase the risk of transmission of the Covid-19 virus, visitors are requested not to cheer or shout loudly. Other measures include compulsory masks, temperature checks, limited capacity and social distancing.&nbsp;
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To ensure its citizens get around the city smoothly, Rome is looking at a fleet of electric scooters amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The authorities&nbsp;believe that will help avoid overcrowding in buses and support the norm of social distancing. As life in Rome slowly comes back to normal, Mayor Virgina Raggi announced&nbsp;a new agreement with a company called Helbiz for a fleet of 1000 electric scooters. Over the last few weeks, Rome's coffee bars, restaurants, malls and museums have gradually opened their doors to the public after months of being&nbsp;locked down to contain the spread of the virus.&nbsp;

As France plans to ease certain restrictions amid the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic, inventors are toying with new ideas to bring customers back. A Paris restaurant called H.A.N.D has tested 'clear bucket-shaped domes' placed over the head of each diner, hanging from the ceiling! Designed by&nbsp;French designer Christophe Gernigon, the domes extend to the mid-torse of the diner and another prototype&nbsp;extends down over two diners together to separate&nbsp;their party from the others in the restaurant. The domes seem to be both aesthetically and functionally pleasing.&nbsp;
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Taking the fight against Covid-19 a step ahead, NHS&nbsp;England has rolled out a 'Trace and Test service' to move towards more localised and targeted efforts to tackle the virus. As part of the service, those who have contracted the infection in England and Scotland will be contacted by NHS&nbsp;teams and their interactions will be further traced. Those who are deemed to be at risk of infection, will be made to isolate for 14 days. Almost&nbsp;25,000 tracers are working for England's NHS Test and Trace team.&nbsp;

New York-based artist, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada is nearing the completion of a 20,000-foot portrait of Dr. Ydelfonzo Decoo, who lost his life while fighting on the frontlines&nbsp;to battle the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic. The huge portrait is located on the pavement of a parking lot in Queens.&nbsp;Jorge&nbsp;calls it a 'terrestrial portrait', large-enough to be seen by the satellites! His mural is a tribute to all the&nbsp;healthcare workers, doctors and first responders&nbsp;who have lost their lives while helping others get through the pandemic.&nbsp;
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In a bizarre incident, chickens on a Kerala farm began laying eggs with yolks that were green in colour! The owner of the farm in Malappuram brought the incident to light almost a month back on Facebook but clarified that the eggs tasted the same as those with a yellow yolk. Shihabudheen AK's post garnered a lot of attention, including that of experts from Kerala vetereinary and animal sciences university, who decided to look into the matter. Their research concluded that it was the diet of the birds that led to green-coloured yolks.&nbsp;The same birds were fed with a certain diet and they produced normal eggs. The farm owner later revealed that he used a mix of plants and herbs with the food to feed the birds!

While many countries are gearing up to welcome back tourists, Thailand has no such plans as yet. The governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), Yuthasak Supasorn&nbsp;told American news publication&nbsp;CNN&nbsp;that the country is still on high alert and they must also look at the situation in the country of origin of tourists before opening up. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Thailand has reported over 3,000 cases of Covid-19. However, the country aims to start domestic tourism next month in selected areas. For international tourists, they will wait for clearance from the country&rsquo;s Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration, the report said.&nbsp;

The US Food and Drug Administration has found high levels of a carcinogenic chemical in some pills of Metformin, a popular diabetes drug. According to a Bloomberg report, some extended-release version of the drug had unacceptable&nbsp;amounts of NDMA, a probable human carcinogen. The drug is taken by people with type 2 diabetes, to control high blood sugar. Some recalls may be witnessed this week, however, it is unclear which companies will be removing their products from&nbsp;the shelves. Patients must consult their doctors before deciding to stop to take the medication, the report cautioned.&nbsp;

Due to the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic, Ganeshotsav&nbsp;will be a muted affair this year. According to the&nbsp;working president of the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti, most mandals in Mumbai have decided to postpone celebrations to February 2021,&nbsp;keeping in mind social distancing rules that are the new normal. Others will scale down their celebrations, including reducing the height of the idol and cancelling cultural performances as well as elaborate decorations.

112-year-old Bob Weighton, the world's oldest man, has passed away. He was suffering from cancer.&nbsp;Weighton, from Hampshire in England, bagged the Guinness World Record title in February this year after the death of Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan. His family confirmed his demise in a statement on the 28th of May, adding that he was an extraordinary man and passed away peacefully in his sleep. He celebrated his last birthday on the 29th of March privately owing to the Covid-19 pandemic&nbsp;and described the situation as a 'bit of a mess'. In previous interviews, he often revealed the secret to his longevity was 'to avoid dying'. He is survived by his children, 10 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

World's largest electric&nbsp;aircraft, The Cessna Caravan is all set to take off on Thursday. Created by&nbsp;electric motor manufacturer MagniX, the aircraft will be flying over Washington State for 20 to 30 minutes and can carry nine passengers. The test flight, however, will not carry any passengers and will cruise at a speed of about 183 km/h. MagniX&nbsp;hopes that the commercial flight will come into service by 2021. The aviation industry is&nbsp;one of the biggest contributors of growing&nbsp;carbon emissions and aircraft could prove to be game changer.&nbsp;

Biotechnology major Biocon on Wednesday said it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for a medical device to treat critical Covid-19 patients. The go-ahead is for an extracorporeal blood purification device called 'CytoSorb' to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines levels in confirmed Covid-19 patients admitted to the ICU with confirmed or imminent respiratory failure. Studies have shown that Covid-19 patients who develop serious complications experience a 'cytokine storm', also known as Cytokine Release Syndrome, which leads to excessive inflammation, organ failure, and death. The licence granted to Biocon will be effective until control of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. The device was introduced by Biocon in India in 2013 and since then, many patients undergoing organ transplant and sepsis treatment have benefited from it.

Another day, another quarantine food trend. Netizens&nbsp;at home are satisfying their sweet tooth cravings by these sweet burger&nbsp;versions. Dubbed 'dessert burger,' people fill their burger buns with marshmallows, fruits, cookies, chocolates and more! From the looks of it, these dessert burgers could be a great way to mark International Burger Day at home!&nbsp;

According to a survey by non-profit Plan International UK, 73 per cent said women were facing restricted access to menstrual products through shortages or disrupted supply chains. Speaking to 45 health professionals from 30 countries, the survey warned that sanitary product shortage and price hikes due to the pandemic have led to a rise in&nbsp;period poverty. A separate survey by the same group found that women are resorting to using toilet paper as an alternative due to lack of access to period products.&nbsp;

A Tik&nbsp;Tok&nbsp;user has shared a neat little trick to help you store all your reusable grocery shopping bags! In the video, the woman can be seen folding the bag several times, before she secures the folded bag in place using its own handles. Watch and learn!&nbsp;

On the occasion&nbsp;of Menstrual Hygiene Day, UNICEF&nbsp;India Representative Yasmin Ali Haque said that the culture of silence around menstruation&nbsp;has grown even further during the pandemic.&nbsp;The is a major problem&nbsp;for women for&nbsp;economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are finding it tougher&nbsp;to manage their periods safely, hygienically and with dignity. To this end, the UN body launched a&nbsp;week-long campaign #RedDotChallenge&nbsp;to raise awareness, break the silence&nbsp;and change negative norms associated with menstruation. Celebrities including&nbsp;Dia Mirza,&nbsp;Aditi Rao Hydari,&nbsp;Diana Penty&nbsp;showed their support for the campaign.&nbsp;

A 20-year old boy from Manipur,&nbsp;Ningombam Prem&nbsp;has created a replica of Marvel's&nbsp;iconic character 'Iron Man' with electronic waste. Prem&nbsp;is a superhero fan and admires&nbsp;Hollywood&nbsp;movies. He shared with news agency ANI that since he could not afford to buy the items to make the suit, he used discarded e-waste from radio and television shops. With no formal training, he relied merely on observation. Taking his creativity a notch higher, he&nbsp;made&nbsp;a robotic arm using lamps to fit into the iron man armour. Prem is a superhero fan and admirer of Hollywood movies. He was rewarded with a cash prize by the Thoubal&nbsp;Police&nbsp;for his unique creation.&nbsp;

According to Reuters, garment manufacturers in Bangladesh say they may blacklist brands for 'exploitative' behaviour if payments are not made due to the coronavirus.&nbsp;The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) asks&nbsp;British billionaire Philip Day&rsquo;s Edinburgh Woollen Mill group to pay its dues for clothes shipped before March 25.&nbsp;
The second-largest supplier of clothing to Western nations after China, Bangladesh says buyers are taking undue advantage of the pandemic&nbsp;and demanding unreasonable discounts in&nbsp;contracts&nbsp;that concluded before the pandemic.&nbsp;

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