In a bid to prevent accidents and to deal with the rising numbers of vehicles in the city, the Mumbai traffic police have revised speed limits for vehicles on 11 major flyovers, bridges and roads. While the speed limit on the&nbsp;Bandra-Worli Sea Link continues to be 80 km/h&nbsp;but drivers will have to reduce speeds to 35 and 40 km/h&nbsp;on the bends. The speed limits on&nbsp;the Western&nbsp;Express Higway&nbsp;and the Eastern Express Highway have been reduced to 70 km/h from the current 80 km/h, while it has been increased from 60 to 65 km/h on the Marine Drive&nbsp;

In a bid to prevent accidents and to deal with the rising numbers of vehicles in the city, the Mumbai traffic police have revised speed limits for vehicles on 11 major flyovers, bridges and roads. While the speed limit on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link continues to be 80 km/h but drivers will have to reduce speeds to 35 and 40 km/h on the bends. The speed limits on the Western Express Higway and the Eastern Express Highway have been reduced to 70 km/h from the current 80 km/h, while it has been increased from 60 to 65 km/h on the Marine Drive

Union Culture Minister Prahlad Patel announced on Thursday that all&nbsp;monuments protected by ASI will be reopened for the public from July 6.
The culture ministry had reopened around 820 monuments in June out of more than 3,000 monuments under ASI's&nbsp;purview, where religious events are organised.
Due to the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, almost 3,690 ASI-maintained monuments and archaeological&nbsp;sites&nbsp;were shut down on March 17 to prevent virus spread. Reopened monuments will follow all safety protocols and the wearing of masks may become mandatory for entry.&nbsp;

As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to grow, experts recommend that we must wash and disinfect everything properly before using it. Since food is a major part of that, the&nbsp;Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released its own guidelines on how to clean fruits and vegetables.&nbsp;
FSSAI&nbsp;suggests keeping the produce bought from vendors in the packet itself isolated for some time.&nbsp;
Wash them thoroughly with lukewarm water or put a drop of 50ppm chlorine in warm water and dip them in it. Clean the produce with potable or drinking water.
The food body recommends against using disinfectants, wipes or soap on fresh produce. However, in an earlier post FSSAI&nbsp;said that&nbsp;in case of food packages, you can disinfect by wiping them with an alcohol-based solution or soap and clean water.

A team of researchers from Kerala and Maharashtra has discovered a new species of fresh water fish in the Western Ghats. The species has been named after Professor Waikhom Vishwanath&nbsp;from the Manipur University. Called &lsquo;Waikhomia&nbsp;Hira&rsquo;, the name of the fish genus is a tribute to the professor for his exemplary works on fish taxonomy. Professor Vishwanath has discovered the maximum number of freshwater fish than any other living fish taxonomist in India. The new discovery has been published in an international journal&nbsp;Zootaxa. Waikhomia was found in the tributaries of the Krishna river, the&nbsp;Koyna river in Maharashtra, and the&nbsp;Tunga river in Karnataka among others.

Volunteers in Brazil have begun taking Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccine, which is being trialled on 5,000 volunteers in the country is similar to the one being tested in the UK and South Africa.&nbsp;Professor Sarah Gilbert from the Oxford University has shared that the vaccine is safe, even in people with a immune system. The vaccine has been created with an adenovirus, after which scientists added a gene to encode one of the proteins from SARS-CoV-2. Professor&nbsp; Gilbert stated that some of the adenovirus genes have been removed, so that it can't spread through the human body but still generates an immune response.

Neon Cowboys, an American brand that is known for its glow up hats, jewellery and other festive gear, has come up with a new shiny accessory for the pandemic. The fashion tech brand has launched LED&nbsp;glow face masks in two colours, for $38 apiece on its e-commerce site.&nbsp;
The bright face masks are made with&nbsp;fiberoptic fabric, are USB rechargeable, have multiple light settings and are washable and water-proof.

Indian air carrier IndiGo&nbsp;has announced that it will give a 25 per cent discount on the airfare to doctors and nurses till the end of 2020 as they are at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
'The nurses and doctors will be required to provide valid hospital IDs at the time of check-in as proof of their identity, the airline said in a statement. IndiGo&nbsp;further explained, 'The discount will be offered while booking through IndiGo's website, valid for sale and travel from July 01, 2020, till December 31, 2020.'&nbsp;

The famous red-light district of Amsterdam is all set to resume business after a prolonged shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. All brothels in the Netherlands were closed in mid-March after government orders. Just like other businesses that are reopening after the pandemic, sex workers have been asked to verify whether the customer has Covid-19 symptoms before offering their services. In the new safety measures, workers will avoid face to face contact which means no kissing.&nbsp;The Netherlands legalised prostitution in 2000.&nbsp;

The high-fixed-cost, metro-centric retail sector will face a major blow due to the Covid-19 pandemic, finds a new report by&nbsp;Ambit Capital. Low credit availability, job losses, pay cuts and changing consumer behaviours will hit even the lower&nbsp;discretionary category. The shift towards working from home will have the highest impact on apparel, quick service&nbsp;restaurants&nbsp;(QSR) and footwear brands, the report said. Social distance restrictions, limited footfalls will gradually affect supermarkets and cinema halls when they reopen as well.&nbsp;Adding to this pain&nbsp;is the fact that the 10 cities accounting for 50 per cent of revenues are slowest to recover.&nbsp;

Retail giant Amazon India has announced a 100 per cent fee waiver for artisans, weavers and female sellers for 10 weeks on its platform. The programme is a part of the retailer's Stand for Handmade campaign that aims to help more than 10 lakh small entrepreneurs in the country. Amazon's Stand for Handmade page features over 60,000 artisanal and craft products from 20 states across North, South, East, West and Central India.&nbsp;

People testing negative for Covid-19 antibodies may still have some immunity, a new study has suggested.&nbsp;Researchers at the Karolinksa Institute in Sweden tested 200 people for both antibodies and T-cells.&nbsp;For every person testing positive for antibodies, two were found to have specific T-cells which identify and destroy infected cells. However, it is likely that some did mount an antibody response, because either it had faded or was not detectable by the current tests. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that "antibody testing alone underestimates immunity". It is also not yet clear whether these T-cells just protect that individual, or if they might also stop them from passing on the infection to others.

Yamato&nbsp;has become the first city in Japan to ban the use of mobile phones while walking. While there is no punishment for violators, authorities hope people will comply to the new rule to help prevent road accidents. If pedestrians wish to use their phones in public places, they must stop at a place where they are not obstructing traffic such as on streets or in parks. In January, the city conducted a study at two locations, observing 6,000&nbsp;pedestrians and found that roughly 12% use their smartphones&nbsp;while walking. The decision was taken following the survey results.&nbsp;

Meet Nadub Gill, a 10-year-old boy in England and the proud holder of a Guinness World Record title. The child prodigy set a world record by solving 196 maths problems in just 60 seconds. He attempted the record on an online math table learning app called Times Tables Rock Stars, which collaborated with Guinness World Records to ascertain the highest scorer. Gill, who hails from Pakistan, too an average of 3 seconds to solve each equation.

To ensure safe travel as regional airports begin to reopen, the government in Greece has launched an information campaign. The campaign has been displayed at the arrival terminal of the Athens International Airport, which has been open to visitors from abroad since June 15. The campaign, in English, French and German, asks visitors to be mindful of safety precautions during their visit. Tourism caters to 20% of Greece's GDP. Greece has allowed all Greek citizens irrespective of where they fly in from and residents from 14 non-EU countries that the EU has deemed safe regardless of the levels of infection transmission.

An Israel-based startup,&nbsp;Redefine Meat is using&nbsp;high-tech printers to produce plant-based steaks and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. The company will begin testing its &ldquo;Alt-Steak&rdquo; at high-end restaurants this year before industrial production of its 3D printers begins in 2021. Initially, the printers will be able to produce almost 20 kilos per hour at a much lower cost than real meat. Fat, blood and muscle of plants are the three main ingredients that go into constructing the final print.&nbsp;

NASA&nbsp;astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken&nbsp;performed their second spacewalk in less than a week to replace old batteries outside the International Space Station. They ventured out on the 1st of July for&nbsp;the cumbersome job. NASA plans to send the astronauts out twice more in July to complete the battery swap-outs that began in 2017. The new lithium-ion batteries should last the rest of the space station's life.&nbsp;NASA wants the battery work to be completed before Behnken returns to Earth in August aboard a SpaceX capsule.

In an inclusive move, one of the oldest cathedrals in the UK has decided to display a version of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper' with Jesus cast as a black man. The reinterpretation, to be showcased at&nbsp;St. Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire, aims to pay homage to the Black Lives Matter movement.&nbsp;It has been painted by artist Lorna May Wadsworth and casts Jamaican model&nbsp;Tafari Hinds. It will be put up in the altar over the 4th of July weekend. The decision comes a week after the Archbishop of Canterbury urged people to rethink the portrayal of Jesus as white.

Amelia Rude from Indiana shared a photograph of a strange&nbsp;crystal that she recently discovered, but it broke the Internet for its uncanny resemblance to a piece of fried&nbsp;chicken!&nbsp;According to a report by UK-based publication Evening Standard, the woman makes bracelets under her brand called 'Unbeadable Energies', and had bought a calcium carbonate cluster. The photo triggered an overflow of memes&nbsp;when it made its way on Twitter. Many even commented on the post with similar instances of crystals resembling food!

The Punjab police&nbsp;has deployed drones in containment zones of Ludhiana&nbsp;to keep an eye on lockdown&nbsp;violators. The drones will capture photos of those who defy curfew rules or social distancing norms&nbsp;and a warning will be sent to them through&nbsp;text messages.&nbsp;There are over&nbsp;5,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the state of&nbsp;Punjab.&nbsp;

For the first time in over three months since the Covid-19&nbsp;lockdown was imposed, the&nbsp;Giza Pyramids in Cairo and the Egyptian museum welcomed visitors.&nbsp;The director of the Giza Plateau shared that the 3-month period of closure was used for maintenance and restoration work. The country also reopened its airport in a bid to revive the tourism sector. Tourism&nbsp;accounts for 12% of the country's GDP. Even though restrictions begin to ease, the country is still reporting relatively high Covid-19 cases with the total tally over 68,000.

In a major 'conservation disaster', over 350 elephants have died in northern&nbsp;Botswana under mysterious circumstances,&nbsp;According to a report by British publication The Guardian, poisoning or an unknown pathogen could be the two possibilities for the die-off. There is no confirmation yet as the Botswana government has not tested samples. Elephants were first reported to have died in the region in the beginning of May, and now, an aerial survey shows 70% of the bodies centred on watering holes. Locals claimed that they saw some of the elephants stumbling around in circles before dying, which could indicate a neurological impairment. They have also observed more elephants looking weak, which could mean that more may die in the coming days.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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