Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama attended Sesame Street Workshop's 17th annual gala on Wednesday night, which celebrated 50 years of the iconic kid's TV show. At the gala, the Joan Ganz Cooney Award was bestowed upon her, for her work towards helping children around the world. She gave a heart-warming tribute to the show, which she said, was part of her childhood as well. The benefit raised over $4.5 million, for the non-profit media and educational organization- the Sesame Workshop, which, just like the show aims to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. 

It was a simple gesture that brought smiles to the faces of many hospital employees taking the familiar stroll along the sidewalk leading from the employee parking lot to the main entrance of a major hospital in New Orleans.&nbsp;The anonymously written messages in chalk were wonderfully heart-warming to see for healthcare workers going in and out of their workplace that has become increasingly stressful amid the pandemic.&nbsp;

The viral Dalgona Coffee, inspired by a South Korean sponge candy, has become a global hit as people favour their sweet tooth while self-isolating.&nbsp;'Dalgona' is actually a sponge candy, popular as a street food in South Korea.&nbsp;DIY Dalgona coffee videos have been sweeping the Internet all the way from Indonesia to the United States and even India. The recipe is quite simple. It uses instant coffee, warm water and sugar. With a whole lot of whisking, the coffee paste turns into a thick creamy mix and the 'inverse cappucino-style treat' is ready by adding milk.&nbsp;Netizens have been quick to share their own versions.&nbsp;

A Harvard Divinity grad asked people in quarantine, if they would be interested in participating in a weekly community sing and found more than 100 eager strangers from the U.S., Europe and Africa. He has now created the Corona Community Chorus. They meet every Sunday on Zoom to unite voices in isolation during the coronavirus outbreak.

Twin sisters from Jammu&nbsp;Saibaa and Saisha Gupta, are raising awareness about the new coronavirus in a unique way. They have composed a 'Corona Song' that urges people to follow health measures and follow social distancing in a musical way.&nbsp;

While for most people its their family or pets interrupting their video calls, this guy decided to get creative with walk-ins. video producer Dan Crowd created a background of himself accidently walking for his Zoom meeting leaving netizens&nbsp;wholly impressed. People praised his creativity calling it 'modern art', while many tried the trick themselves!&nbsp;

Finding a creative way to cope with the crisis, a Dehi-based dancer devised a performance synchronised to a poem on hope by Kuldeep&nbsp;Misra. The 26-year-old dancer Mrinalini, who is a&nbsp;Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholar,&nbsp;perfomed&nbsp;in the corridor of her building and the video of her perfomance&nbsp;has gone viral on Instagram.&nbsp;

In what could possibly be a breakthrough discovery,&nbsp;Australian scientists have found that a common anti-parasitic drug killed the new coronavirus, growing in cell culture, within 48 hours in a lab setting. The drug&nbsp;Ivermectin&nbsp;is an FDA-approved drug known to be effective against many viruses&nbsp;including HIV, dengue, influenza and zika virus.&nbsp;Published in the journal Antiviral Research, scientists found that a single dose of&nbsp;Ivermectin&nbsp;could get rid of all genetic material of the virus in two days. However, researchers warned that the tests conducted&nbsp;were in vitro&nbsp;and human tests will need to conducted before any conclusive outcome can be announced.&nbsp;

Online food delivery giants Swiggy&nbsp;and Zomato&nbsp;are witnessing&nbsp;a 70% drop deliveries due to the Covid-19 lockdown, investors told Economic Times. Swiggy's&nbsp;services remain shut in almost 60-70% of the the cities where it operates. The report added that the Indian food delivery space which was able to hit 3.5 million daily deliveries in October 2019 has now slumped to just over 1 million orders a day.&nbsp;

According to a BBC&nbsp;report, Chinese mountaineers have begun an expedition on the Mount Everest as major parts of the world remains under pandemic lockdown. As per the China Tibet Mountaineering Association, the group of over two dozen Chinese climbers was expected to reach the advanced base by April 3.&nbsp;The peak can be climbed from either China or Nepal. China has banned all foreigners from climbing Everest due to the pandemic, while Nepal has completely suspended all Everest expeditions.&nbsp;

Some call him 'master sniffer', others call him 'nasalnaut', meet NASA's&nbsp;chief&nbsp;Chemical Specialist.&nbsp;George Aldrich has been working with NASA&nbsp;for over 30 years and is responsible for literally 'sniffing' every object from books to gear and fabric, before it is sent to space. He helps protect astronauts from 'obnoxious' odours, and this enables them to sense dangerous smells like a chemical leak or a burn. Astronaut quarters in space do not allow a bad odour or a foul smell to escape the compound. But, it's not an easy job. To remain on the 'odour panel', Aldrich must pass an odour test every four months.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Creating a digital bridge to fight coronavirus, the government of India has made an 'AarogyaSetu' mobile App. The app helps identify an individual's&nbsp;risk and tracks the spread of the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;It makes use of Bluetooth&nbsp;technology and artificial intelligence to do so. Once you install it, it detects other users with the&nbsp;AarogyaSetu App and calculates the risk of infection based on parameters like if any of these contacts has tested positive.&nbsp;The app is available in 11 languages and has been launched on both Android&nbsp;and iOS.
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There are growing concerns amongst farmers in Amritsar&nbsp;as the nationwide lockdown&nbsp;continues to affect their harvest season. There is a lack of labour supply and most of the machinery used in the fields is stuck at the borders due to movement restrictions. Even if farmers manage to bring in the harvest, they will face the challenge of the taking produce to market, with few trucks available and a lack of&nbsp;labour to carry the large volumes.&nbsp;

According to images circulating&nbsp;on social media residents in Jalandhar woke up to a magnificent view of the&nbsp;Dhauladhar mountain range, a part of the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh.&nbsp;The picturesque snow-clad mountain range, located about 200 kilometers away from the city,&nbsp;was visible for the first time in Jalandhar&nbsp;in decades,&nbsp;and it is believed to be a&nbsp;result of the&nbsp;reduction in&nbsp;levels of air pollution amid the 21-day nationwide lockdown&nbsp;to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;
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In a bid to provide accommodation&nbsp;to those at the frontline of the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic,&nbsp;Taj Hotels group properties , owned by the Tata group in Mumbai is offering its rooms for them free of cost. Doctors and other medical staff working at the municipal-run hospitals can avail&nbsp;these facilities. The rooms are available at a&nbsp;few of their hotels, including Taj Mahal Palace, Taj Lands End, and Taj Santacruz. The aim is to avoid doctors from making home visits and give them a place to rest close by without worrying about long commutes or meals. Ginger Hotels in Noida and Madgaon in Goa will also provide their rooms to medical professionals in those cities.

Pune-based Venture Center has designed face shields for frontline&nbsp;workers involved in the fight against Covid-19. These face shields are to be worn over masks and are made of easily available&nbsp;OHP sheets, MDF sheets and elastic bands. Each shield is priced at rupees 25 and will be distributed to health workers and police officials in the city. The production is supported by the&nbsp;CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory. The team is also working on other products including a non-contact thermometer and a low-cost ventilator. IIT&nbsp;Roorkee&nbsp;has also developed a 'low-cost' face shield for health care professionals at AIIMS&nbsp; Rishikesh.&nbsp;

To uplift the spirit of residents in one Ahmedabad housing society, a local singer performed live. He sung some classic songs by Kishore Kumar and Mohammad Rafi much to the cheer of residents, who came out in their balconies to listen in. The initiative was launched by the&nbsp;Vastarpur police, who have hired the singer along with a vehicle mounted with a speaker to spread joy from society to society amid the gloom.

According to a yet-to-be peer reviewed meta-analysis of 32 studies published in MedRxiv, a server for health sciences, men are three times more likely to die from the novel&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;than women.&nbsp;Men&nbsp;had a significantly higher death rate about 9.2% compared to 3.4% for women, showed the analysis of 4,700 hospitalised patients. These findings could indicate the need for a more aggressive treatment in males. Data from China first revealed that men accounted for about 64% of deaths while a similar gender gap emerged in Italy with men accounting for 71% of Covid-19 deaths. Researchers still don&rsquo;t know why it is happening but smoking and higher coronary artery disease rates in men may play a role, they said.&nbsp;

Wearing a face mask for long hours could bring a lot of discomfort, especially behind the ears, due to the masks' strings. People in South Korea are turning to an unexpected item for help: a handle from a coffee box! The 'Maxim coffee Box' is a common household and office item in the country. The mask strings are hooked onto each end of the plastic box handle. It seems like the handles are now in more demand than the coffee itself!

Aerobiosys Innovations, an IIT Hyderabad&nbsp;incubated start-up, has created a portable, emergency use ventilator to aid the fight against the novel&nbsp;coronavirus. The low-cost ventilator, called Jeevan Lite, can be operated through a phone application and is battery-operated, with a capacity to function for five hours without power supply. The device will be priced at Rs 1 lakh and the company has plans to produce at least 50-70 units per day. Jeevan Lite will be able to perform invasive and non invasive ventilation and is suitable for both adult and pediatric patients, the company said.

In the war against the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Railways has stepped up all efforts to ensure India is equipped to contain the spread of the illness. Till date, all production units and zones of the railways has manufactured about 2.6 lakh masks and up to 25,000 litres of sanitiser. The railway authority is also involved in manufacturing hospital beds and saline stands for patients amid shortages in the country. They've even converted some train coaches into isolation wards as a&nbsp;part of quarantine facilities.

Michelle Obama awarded at Sesame Street Workshop's annual gala

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