The Indian Railways has been at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19 much like healthcare professions and the police! The Railway Emergency Cell for Covid-19 has been responding to nearly 13,000 queries, requests and suggestions a day from its platforms, including helpline numbers and social media handles, according to a PTI report. The emergency unit comprises of 400 officers from the Railway Board and Railway Division. The statement, released by the national transporter, also added that most of the queries&nbsp;were answered on a one-on-one basis in the local language of the caller.

The Indian Railways has been at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19 much like healthcare professions and the police! The Railway Emergency Cell for Covid-19 has been responding to nearly 13,000 queries, requests and suggestions a day from its platforms, including helpline numbers and social media handles, according to a PTI report. The emergency unit comprises of 400 officers from the Railway Board and Railway Division. The statement, released by the national transporter, also added that most of the queries were answered on a one-on-one basis in the local language of the caller.

In an unfortunate incident,&nbsp;a 40-foot long fin whale, believed to be a juvenile, washed up dead on a beach in southeast England on Friday. Authorities have urged locals to keep away from the beach to avoid the risk of infection.&nbsp;The British Divers Marine Life Rescue charity said that the whale appeared small for the species. The endangered fin whale is the second-largest mammal in the world after the blue whale.

According to a new study published in the journal Science, the climate crisis and the mass felling of trees has made forests across the world, 'shorter and younger' and the trend is expected to continue. This comes with worrying consequences for the ability of forests to mitigate risks of climate change and store carbon. It could also impact wildlife that are dependent on these forests for their survival. According to researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the death rate of trees has increased due high temperature, drought, pests and a number of diseases.&nbsp;

The Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee will be conducting research on identifying antivirals&nbsp;to treat the Covid-19 virus.&nbsp;The study is funded under the intensification of Research in High&nbsp;Priority areas under the Department of Science and Technology.&nbsp;Researchers will work on identifying small molecule inhibitors to target key enzymes that replicate the virus in the body.&nbsp;This will help expedite the process of identification of drugs that can be used to treat Covid-19.&nbsp;An IIT Roorkee professor Dr.&nbsp;Kamal Jain also&nbsp;recently created a new surveillance system for tracking suspected Covid-19 patients.&nbsp;
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Law enforcement authorities in New York City can no longer use the terms 'illegal' or 'alien' in reference to undocumented immigrants anymore. The city&nbsp;has become the&nbsp;first major U.S. city to outlaw the terms from legal documentation deeming them degrading. The officials will now use the term&nbsp;'noncitizen'.

According to Daily Mail UK, China might be close to banning the consumption&nbsp;of dog meat for good approving a directive to classify dogs as companion animals instead of farm animals.&nbsp;The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs&nbsp; has called for a change in 'some traditional customs about dogs' ahead of the controversial&nbsp;Yulin dog meat festival, where dogs are butchered and eaten.&nbsp;The move could potentially prevent around 10 million dogs being killed for their meat every year in the country.&nbsp;
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An analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment claims that people will reduce their use of public transport for the next six months as they prioritise&nbsp;health and safety. The surve&nbsp;covered&nbsp;over 400 middle and high-income groups in Delhi and NCR.&nbsp; 'There is positive shift in attitude towards high quality public transport, contact-free walking and cycling and lifestyle adjustment to reduce unnecessary travel trips in the longer term,' the environment policy think tank said. The analysis also found that preference for car or two-wheeler ownership is also set to rise.&nbsp;

Originally slated to take place from 5-9 July, the Paris Couture Week will now&nbsp;stage an online version from 6-8 July. The French Federation for High-Fashion broke the news, explaining that there will be a dedicated platform for the event and each&nbsp;house will be represented through a&nbsp;creative film along with other editorial content. It is expected that the fashion council with partner with several tech players for the project.&nbsp;

Bird lovers, take note! A bird tourism centre is in the pipeline at the Nature Education and Eco Park in Munsyari&nbsp;in&nbsp;Uttarakhand. According to a PTI report, visitors will get a chance to see almost 130 bird species through field guides, spotting scopes and telescopes. People can also enjoy a&nbsp;range of activities like heritage walks, adventure sports and explore wildlife. In addition to two lakes, watch towers will be created to allow people to view the splendid beauty of the&nbsp;Jauhar Valley. Divisional Forest Officer Vinay Bhargava&nbsp;shared that the centre, likely to be completed in 3 years, will help create employment opportunities for the locals.

A team from&nbsp;IIT&nbsp;Madras has helped triple the&nbsp;Irrawaddy dolphin population at the Chilika&nbsp;Lake,&nbsp;Asia's largest brackish water body, in Odisha. The researchers&nbsp;conducted geotechnical, hydraulic and satellite imagery studies and developed a dredging methodology for the project. The project will also be of massive help for 200,000 fishermen living in 132 nearby villages as it resulted in a seven-fold increase of fish. 'The lake was in a degraded condition and included in the threatened list by Ramsar Convention in 1993,' IIT&nbsp;Madras professor said. Thanks to the restoration, the lake is now&nbsp;&nbsp;off the threatened list.&nbsp;

To mark Menstrual Hygeine Day on the 28th of May, a group of women employees of the Indian Railways distributed sanitary napkins in Shramika Special trains at the&nbsp;Moradabad Railway Station. All women migrant passengers were given sanitary napkins in an initiative to spread awareness about menstrual hygiene&nbsp;and to overcome the taboos surrounding it. Gynaecologist&nbsp;at the Railway Hospital&nbsp;Dr Sushma Rathi shared that&nbsp;though women were still hesitant to talk about&nbsp;menstruation, educating them is crucial.&nbsp;

Sportswear giant adidas is collaborating with footwear brand Allbirds to create a pair of shoes with the lowest-ever carbon footprint. Set to be released by 2021, the brands aim to use renewable resources and innovative production techniques, along with a clean supply chain for the project. As of now, the average running shoe carries a carbon footprint of approximately 13.6kg of carbon dioxide. The brands revealed the sustainable performance shoe project through&nbsp;a tongue-in-cheek Twitter exchange.

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'!

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;

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;

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