A man who was being treated for the novel coronavirus has died in Hong Kong, medical authorities confirmed on Tuesday. This is the first fatality connected to the illness in Hong Kong and the second outside of mainland China. A 44-year-old man in the Philippines was the first known fatality outside China. Hong Kong authorities said the 39-year-old victim was a resident of Hong Kong who travelled to the Chinese city of Wuhan -- the epicentre of the outbreak &mdash; on January 21 and had returned to the financial hub two days later.

A man who was being treated for the novel coronavirus has died in Hong Kong, medical authorities confirmed on Tuesday. This is the first fatality connected to the illness in Hong Kong and the second outside of mainland China. A 44-year-old man in the Philippines was the first known fatality outside China. Hong Kong authorities said the 39-year-old victim was a resident of Hong Kong who travelled to the Chinese city of Wuhan -- the epicentre of the outbreak — on January 21 and had returned to the financial hub two days later.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, India's premier fashion body,&nbsp;Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) has announced the launch of a Virtual Showroom. The 'phygital' showroom will function as an online marketplace&nbsp;where designers can showcase both their older and new collections to consumers which will help designers sell stock that has been lying dead due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Designers can also interact with local and international&nbsp;stockists on the same platform for their upcoming collection which will work seamlessly with the next fashion week set to take place in the 3rd quarter of 2020.&nbsp;

A new study partly commissioned by the World Health Organisation and published in The Lancet journal has found that reducing physical distancing from 2 metres to 1 metre could double the risk of coronavirus infection. This comes to light as governments all over the world try to plan to how to reopen public space and offices and what guidelines to impose to minimise virus spread. Researchers found that&nbsp;a distance of more than 1 metre from other people reduced the risk of infection to 3 per cent while less than a metre of distance shot up the risk of infection to 13 per cent. India currently recommends a distance of at least 1 metre in its social distancing guidelines.&nbsp;

A Yoga Camp was organized for the policemen and their families in Moradabad, UP. The aim of the initiative is boost their immunity and relieve them of the stress they are going through while working on the frontlines&nbsp;to combat Covid-19.&nbsp;
On Tuesday morning, policemen and their family members were seen doing yoga asanas at this yoga camp.
So far, 8,361 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus&nbsp;have been reported from Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh.

A brother-sister duo in Jharkhand is created waves on the Internet with their dance moves seen in videos shared on TikTok. With over a million followers on the social media platform, Sanatan Kumar Mahato and his sister from Dhanbad&nbsp;perform coordinated dance routines on&nbsp;Bollywood music and leave their fans mesmerised with their infectious energy! TV host Mini Mathur, recently, shared one of the videos, which went viral on Twitter.&nbsp;

In a bid to aid the treatment of Covid-19 patients in Delhi, Indian Railways' first Covid-19 care centre has been deployed, reports new agency&nbsp;PTI.&nbsp;The care centre comprises&nbsp;10 coaches modified into isolation wards with 160 beds with one AC coach for doctors. The coaches have been parked at the Shakur Basti railway station's maintenance depot in Delhi. The coaches are equipped with medical supplies and oxygen&nbsp;cylinders among other things. The Capital city is one of the worst-hit by the Covid-19 outbreak&nbsp;with nearly 20,000 cases.&nbsp;

The Democratic Republic of Congo, which is already grappling with the Covid-19 outbreak and measles, has confirmed another Ebola outbreak, WHO officials said on Monday. The epidemic began back in August 2018 and has claimed over 2,200 lives. Now, 6 cases have been identified in the western city of Mbandaka in Equateur province, including 4 deaths, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. While the deaths occurred&nbsp;between the 18th and 30th of May, they were confirmed as linked to Ebola on June 1.&nbsp;

Popular fashion magazine British Vogue has eschewed top models or celebrities for the cover of its July issue. The glossy has cast three female key&nbsp;workers to be its cover stars:&nbsp;Narguis Horsford, a London&nbsp;tube train driver; Rachel Millar, a community midwife; and Anisa Omar, a supermarket worker. They are the face of a 20-page feature in the magazine where frontline&nbsp;workers discuss their unique experience of doing their job during the pandemic.&nbsp;

One of the most popular online learning platform Coursera&nbsp;has announced that it will be offering all of the courses on its platform to students across the world. Beginning from the 1st of June to the 31st of July, current undergraduate, graduate, or recently graduated students with a verified school email id an sign up for these courses and complete them by September 30, 2020, and earn a certificate for free. The initiative is in an effort to help college&nbsp;students who have been heavily impacted by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;

A massive review of&nbsp;172 studies in 16 countries by Canadian researchers has found that&nbsp;frequent handwashing and good hygiene are also critical to the prevention of virus spread along with other measures like wearing face masks and social distancing of one metre.&nbsp;
Published in the Lancet journal, researchers found that while all these measures together are helpful, they cannot provide full protection. It was also found that current research is limited as most of our findings are based on evidence for SARS&nbsp;and MERS viruses.
One of the authors cautioned that 'wearing a mask is not an alternative to physical distancing, eye protection or basic measures such as hand hygiene'&nbsp;

An image of a perfectly camouflaged lizard is puzzling people on Twitter. Shared by Indian Forest Services officer Ramesh&nbsp;Pandey, who shared that there is a&nbsp;Satanic leaf-tailed lizard, native to the rain forests&nbsp;of Madagascar, hidden in plain sight in the image. The lizard's tail looks like a leaf and Twitterati&nbsp;was quick to proclaim that this might just be the 'best camouflage' they have ever seen.&nbsp;

Bondi Icebergs in Australia is known to be the most photographed swimming pool in the world and it's not hard to see why. The stunning pool is located along the Bondi&nbsp;beach. While it has been closed for&nbsp;now due to the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic, it is usually open to public all through the year. With magnificent&nbsp;views of the sea and crashing waves, the pool has gained a historical landmark status.&nbsp;You can even grab a meal at the&nbsp;cafe right next to the pool or indulge in a relaxing sauna session.&nbsp;

The Maharashtra&nbsp;government announced that Marathi will be a compulsory subject in all schools from grade 1 till grade 10. The new rule will be implemented from the academic session 2020-2021 in phases and applies to schools across all boards including CBSE, ICSE, IB and others. The implementation will begin with&nbsp;class 1 and 6 for the academic year 2020-21, with one class added every new academic year.&nbsp;
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Exposure scientist&nbsp;Paloma Beamer&nbsp;from the&nbsp;University of Arizona and her colleague&nbsp;Dr. Kacey Ernst share&nbsp;that it is essential to consider a number of factors before you decide to fly again. Start by thinking about the reason for your trip, if it is just a vacation, hold on! Airplanes are not built for social distancing and you might want to consider who is in your 6-feet distance, they said. If you're someone older or with a pre-existing health condition, or going to visit someone belonging to these categories, think extra. They further shared that if there is an alternative to air travel, even if it means taking a day-long road journey, go for it. They suggest&nbsp;you try booking shorter, multiple flights and opt for the window seat.

A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the sixth mass extinction is already underway. It is happening much faster than previously expected. Between 2001 and 2014, almost&nbsp;173 species went extinct, according to the study. In the last 100 years, over 400 vertebrate species have gone extinct and in a normal course of evolution, such extinctions would have taken up to 10,000 years! The most recent mass extinction, which was 66 million years ago, saw dinosaurs disappear completely. Scientists attribute the cause of the 6th mass extinction to humans and climate chang. Researchers believe that the ban on wildlife trade could be one major step in conservation of endangered species.

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'!

Who doesn't love a good food hack? A Tik Tok&nbsp;user shared a clip of their mother using a pair of tongs to cut a cake leaving netizens&nbsp;impressed. The method lets you cut equally sized slices of cake every time ensuring that no one in the family fights over which slice to grab!&nbsp;

As domestic and international travel remains suspended in many countries around the world,&nbsp;online aggregator MakeMyTrip is facing the brunt of Covid-19 pandemic. The company is laying off 10% of its workforce, nearly 350 employees due to business slowdown. In a letter to the employees, the founder and CEO&nbsp;Deep Kalra and Rajesh Magow&nbsp;stated that it wasn't clear when the travel industry would return to normalcy. Those impacted by the decision will be offered medi-claim coverage till the end of the year along with gratuity, leave encashment, salary&nbsp;as per notice period and outplacement support.

A rare soft shell turtle was caught by fishermen in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha&nbsp;and was later released back into the Zambhira dam by officials of the forest department.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;trionychidae&nbsp;turtle weighed almost thirty kilos. The endangered&nbsp;species is known to live for as long as 50 years, and is&nbsp;mostly found in parts of Asia, Africa and North America.&nbsp;

Children are more likely to experience anxiety and depression once the Covid-19&nbsp;lockdown&nbsp;is lifted,&nbsp;says a new study by the University of Bath. Scientists added that the impact of this loneliness and mental health could last for as long as nine years! Over 60 existing, peer-reviewed studies on topics like isolation and loneliness for people between 4 and 21 years were observed.The review concluded that young people who have experienced loneliness throughout the lockdown might be as much as three times more likely to develop depression in the future.

Since concert halls have been shut in Havana to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, Cuban opera singer Andres Sanchez has turned to a new audience! Every week, the 26-year-old tenor comes out on his balcony to perform for neighbours and medical personnel of a nearby health clinic, sometimes even belting out Andrea Bocceli's Volare! His musical serenade comes as a relief to anxious residents, social distancing for months now. This gives him an opportunity to practice his vocation and provide a little entertainment during this difficult time, he shared.&nbsp;

The 'Tutti Frutti'&nbsp;bracelet by Cartier just became the most expensive jewellery ever sold at an auction online! The idea of the colourful line first came up back in 1901, when&nbsp;Pierre Cartier created a necklace for Queen Alexandra&nbsp;to match three Indian-style dresses. 10 years later,&nbsp;Pierre&rsquo;s brother Jacques recreated a collection for Indian aristocrats withMughal-cut gemstones, making the signature design popular.&nbsp;The bracelet was sold for approximately Rs 10 crore&nbsp;in a Sotheby's auction held between the 24th and 28th of April. The diamond and enamel bracelet stayed with an American family for over 30 years before being put under the hammer.&nbsp;

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