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Description: Meghalaya just hosted its first ever tea expo at the Tea Development Centre. The two-day event featured the entire process of brewing organic tea and various varieties of teas were on display. The expo was a great opportunity for tea growers to come together.

Meghalaya&nbsp;just hosted its first ever tea expo at the Tea&nbsp;Development Centre. The two-day event featured the entire process of brewing organic tea and various varieties&nbsp;of teas were on display. The expo was a great opportunity for tea growers to come together.&nbsp;

Meghalaya just hosted its first ever tea expo at the Tea Development Centre. The two-day event featured the entire process of brewing organic tea and various varieties of teas were on display. The expo was a great opportunity for tea growers to come together.

With restaurants remaining shut or functioning only for home delivery or takeaway orders, it seems like the trend is here to stay. Cloud kitchen or commercial kitchens that have no dining facility&nbsp;are projected to become a $2 billion industry in India by 2024, according to RedSeer Management Consulting. This is a huge leap of growth for a sector that was measured at $400 million in 2019.&nbsp;
In stark contrast, orders at restaurants are down by as much as 90 per cent according to a CRISIL&nbsp;report. According to the firm, recovery for restaurant sector will take at least one more year after the lockdown&nbsp;is completely lifted.&nbsp;

The coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic has taken out another fashion victim. Storied menswear&nbsp;brand Brooks Brothers has filed for&nbsp;Chapter 11 bankruptcy.&nbsp;
The 200-year-old company joins the likes of Nieman&nbsp;Marcus, J C Penney who have all fallen prey to store closures and falling revenues in the last few months and now&nbsp;seek relief in bankruptcy court.&nbsp;
Brooks Brothers, known for dressing a generation of business men in crisp suiting and pinstripes, has listed both its assets and liabilities as ranging between $500mn and $1bn. The American brand was founded in 1818 as a family business and is owned by the Italian billionaire Claudio Del Vecchio.

The coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic and subsequent pandemics to control its spread have caused massive losses for India's apparel and fashion industry. According to data shared by Redseer&nbsp;Consulting with ET, the sector clocked a recovery of just 35 per cent compared to sales in January. The steepest dip was observed in April, when sales were just 10 per cent of pre-lockdown&nbsp;levels. Offline sales observed a fall from around 92% in January to 88-89% by mid-June. In contrast, online sales rose from 7% to around 11% in the last 6 months. But the fashion industry operates 98% through offline channels so the sluggish growth in online retail is just not enough to make up for brick and mortar losses.&nbsp;

US-based&nbsp;Lupin Pharmaceuticals has announced that it is&nbsp;voluntarily recalling all batches of Metformin Hydrochloride Extended tablets, as part of an ongoing dialogue with the FDA. Analysis of the diabetes drug revealed that&nbsp;certain tested batches were above the Acceptable Daily Intake Limit for the impurity NDMA. The statement explained,&nbsp;NDMA is a known environmental contaminant and found in water and foods, including meats, dairy products and vegetables. The company, however,&nbsp;said that all&nbsp;Metformin products manufactured and marketed in India have been tested for NDMA levels and are safe as per relevant regulatory norms.

Before international travel became riddled with restrictions, the Henley Passport Index released a list of the world's most travel-friendly passports. For 2020, the list is topped by Japan with 191 countries in its kitty followed by Singapore with 190 nations. South Korea and Germany take the next spot with 189 countries each. At the bottom of the list, that is the countries with the worst passport in terms of travel restrictions are Afghanistan with just 26 nations, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan.&nbsp;
The index is based on data provided by the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) and covers 199 passports and 227 travel destinations.&nbsp;&nbsp;

French designer&nbsp;Alexis Mabille presented his fall-winter 2020-2021 couture collection with a virtual presentation.&nbsp;Models posed individually in what looked like a bright pink box.
Mabille used materials he already had and said he let the inspiration come to him. He said his goal was to create a "joyful" collection but the theme was "Attitude" with a capital A, to enforce positivity. The online show featured a total of 26 looks.&nbsp;

Dutch fashion designer&nbsp;Iris van Herpen released a short film starring Carice van Houten for Paris Fashion Week. The Dutch actor, who played the role of Melisandre&nbsp;in Game of Thrones, can be seen&nbsp;wearing a diaphanous white organza "Transmotion" dress embroidered with a black beads motif. The designer's signature&nbsp;optical effects have also been woven into the creation.&nbsp;
The coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic has forced major fashion house to eschew big-budget physical shows in favour of digital features.&nbsp;

American researchers have developed an air filter&nbsp;that can trap the virus responsible for spreading&nbsp;Covid-19 and kill it instantly. The team from the University of Houston and Medistar&nbsp;Corp&nbsp;reported that in their virus tests, 99.8% of the novel SARS-CoV-2 was killed in a single pass through the filter they developed. The team published their findings in the journal Materials Today Physics. An author from the paper said, 'the filter could be useful in airports and aeroplanes, office buildings, schools and cruise ships' to control virus spread. The filter is made from&nbsp;commercially available nickel foam heated to about 392 degrees Fahrenheit.&nbsp;

Merriam-Webster just verified 'irregardless' as a real word and sparked off an age-old debate with grammarians and teachers.&nbsp; "Irregardless is included in our dictionary because it has been in widespread and near-constant use since 1795," said the staff.&nbsp;Merriam-Webster&nbsp;defines irregardless&nbsp;as "nonstandard" but meaning the same as "regardless." Many, who feel&nbsp;strongly about language, criticised&nbsp;the move and called it unnecessary as there is already a word in English with the same meaning.&nbsp;Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski&nbsp;tweeted that the idea is to acknowledge the word and not endorse its worth.&nbsp; The dictionary&nbsp;added 535 new words this year including 'thirsty', signifying strong desire for attention, and 'zonkey', a hybrid of zebra and donkey.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in&nbsp;Jodhpur&nbsp;has launched a new innovation for contactless treatment. 'Abhedya' is an&nbsp;aeroshield&nbsp;box equipped with various medical devices to aid treatment and avoid direct contact between patients and health-care workers.&nbsp;The patient is put inside the box while anaesthesia is administered on them or while suctioning is performed. This could help reduce the risk of transmission of diseases like Covid-19.

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) claim that the number of Covid-19 cases recorded per day in India may rise to&nbsp;2.87 lakh by early 2021 if a vaccine or treatment isn&rsquo;t developed soon. Although USA&nbsp;is currently the worst-hit in the world, the team from MIT's&nbsp;School of Management says that India will surpass US soon. According to their prediction, daily new cases will be second highest in the US by Feb 2021 at 95,000 per day, followed by South Africa, Iran and Indonesia.&nbsp;
The same study also claims that the actual number of cases is 12 times higher and death rate is 50 per cent than the reported numbers. Even so, all nations are still below herd immunity levels.&nbsp;

A man from Brazil with AIDS has shown no sign of the disease for over a year since he stopped HIV medicines. He was given an intense drug therapy aimed at targeting the hidden, dormant virus in the body. Dr. Ricardo Diaz of the University of Sao Paulo conducted a study to test ways in which the reservoir established by the virus can be removed. Scientists cautioned that the case needs independent verification and too soon to speculate about a possible cure. If confirmed, it will be the first time HIV has been eliminated in an adult without a bone marrow or stem cell transplant. The man had been taking a standard three-drug combo to suppress his virus. In September 2015, Diaz added&nbsp;dolutegravir,&nbsp;maraviroc&nbsp;and&nbsp;nicotinamide&nbsp;to his treatment.&nbsp;After nearly a year, the patient went back to the standard three drugs for two more years, then stopped all HIV medicines in March 2019. The virus has not been found in his blood and tissue samples since then. Tests show that the man has lost nearly all antibodies to HIV. However, the same treatment did not work for four other patients.

A Spanish study published in The Lancet journal has cast doubt over the feasibility of herd immunity, when enough people become infected with a virus to stop its spread, as a way of tackling the&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;For herd immunity to work, at least 70% of a population needs to be immune to protect the uninfected people, experts say. The study of over 60,000 people has found that only 5% of the Spanish population has developed antibodies. Most of the population remains largely unexposed to the virus even in highly populated areas, according to researchers including those from the National Centre for Epidemiology in Spain.

In a display of resilience, former Miss Columbia, Daniella Alvarez, was seen dancing 3 weeks after a surgery in which a part of her leg had to be amputated. She put on her dancing shoes along with her brother and took to Instagram to share a message of hope. In an earlier post, she had promised her followers that she would dance again following a tough month of operations in June and she did! The 2012 Miss Universe Pageant had to get her left foot and part of left leg amputated after a routine surgery that caused complications. According to reports, even her right foot has been affected, and recovery may take a full year but that didn't deter her from grooving to music.

Raipur Smart City Limited in Chattisgarh&nbsp;has lauched a 'Donate Your Mobile' campaign to help students from humble backgrounds access online education as schools remain shut. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced&nbsp;schools to conduct virtual classes, but education for many may suffer due to a lack of resources. A small contribution can prove to be beneficial for those who need it.

Residents in the Colombian city of Medellin are often greeted by a furry delivery agent, bringing them groceries at their doorstep. 8-year-old Eros, the labrador, helps his owners at the&nbsp;El Porvenir&nbsp;Mini-Market to deliver veggies, fruits and packaged goods to customers. In return, he's given lots of treats and massages! He used to often accompany his human siblings and parents on deliveries earlier.&nbsp;With practice, he's able to&nbsp;remember homes he's been too and has been rewarded at.&nbsp;The pandemic has turned Eros into an essential worker, trotting around the neighbourhood with his basket, helping his owners happily to ensure smooth, contactless deliveries.
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Several businesses across India have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Sari&nbsp;manufacturing units in Varanasi are among those that are facing a hard time due to lack of sale and demand. These manufacturers are finding other ways to keep their business afloat and sustain their livelihood. Some of them have begun producing PPE&nbsp;kits inspired by Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi's idea of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'. With an average cost of ₹500 for each PPE&nbsp;kit, fashion houses are able to meet the demand for protective&nbsp;gear and recover some of their losses.

As part of the 'Kill Corona' campaign, the&nbsp;Gwalior district administration has come up with a unique way to ensure that everyone wears a mask when stepping out of the house. As per the new initiative, those found without a mask will have to work as &ldquo;volunteers&rdquo; at hospitals and police check-posts for at least three days!&nbsp;Gwalior District Collector Kaushlendra Vikram Singh&nbsp;shared that if people do not take precautions and comply with the safety rules, they will have to perform the duties of a Covid-19 warrior. The campaign was launched by the Madhya&nbsp;Pradesh government on the 1st of July.&nbsp;

Pune-based&nbsp;Mylab Discovery Solutions &amp; Serum Institute of India have developed the first fully-automated Sample-to-PCR-ready system for molecular diagnostics in India.&nbsp;Compact XL is a box machine that&nbsp;will help automate testing. It is&nbsp;believed to reduce errors and time required to carry out a Covid-19 test.&nbsp;The machine can take input of various sample types such as plasma, tissue, sputum and swab. It can test 32 samples per run and each machine can handle 400 samples a day. The machine is capable of testing&nbsp;HIV, TB, cancer markers,&nbsp;and also other genetic diseases.

As the fashion industry grapples with Covid-19 pandemic, big fashion houses have shifted to digital shows. Luxury fashion house Chanel unveiled a digital short on Tuesday, showcasing looks from its Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2021 collection. Keeping the late designer Karl Lagerfeld in mind, Chanel's creative director Virginie Viard said that she was inspired to go in for an 'opulent direction'. The collection, filmed and shot by Mikael Jansson, went big on black and grey, with splashes of red and magenta. The eccentric collection even featured voluminous taffeta outfits and signature tweed jackets.

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