Name: North America's largest diamond to be on display in NYC
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Description: The largest diamond ever discovered in North America will be on display in New York City. The 552-carat yellow diamond was found by miners in Canada's North West Territories. Almost the size of a chicken egg, it is the seventh largest diamond ever found. It will be on display from January 31 to February 2 at the Phillips Auction.

The largest diamond ever discovered in North America will be on display in New York City. The 552-carat yellow diamond was found by miners in Canada's North West Territories. Almost the size of a chicken egg, it is the seventh largest diamond ever found. It will be on display from January 31 to February 2 at the Phillips Auction.

Global health experts have been emphasising&nbsp;on the importance&nbsp;of washing your hands regularly&nbsp;as a precaution against the&nbsp;Covid-19 virus. Taking the advice seriously, an&nbsp;autorickshaw driver in Kerala decided to install a tap along with a bottle of liquid soap in his vehicle! Before taking their seats, passengers must&nbsp;wash their hands as a safety measure. The 'corona innovation', seen in a TikTok video, has gone viral on social media and even caught the attention of business tycoon Harsh Goenka, who praised the invention.

UAE&nbsp;flag carrier,&nbsp;Etihad&nbsp;Airways has launched a&nbsp;Etihad Wellness&rsquo; programme to assure travellers of their safety when they fly with the airline again. As part of the programme, stringent measures have been put in place, which will be monitored by a 'wellness ambassador' on board the aircraft. These measures are being taken right from your transfer to the airport to checking-in and landing. These include disinfecting planes at every destination, 24-hour assistance, and hygiene kits for every passenger. Before passengers de-board the plane, they will be well briefed about their destination for their safety.&nbsp;

Regarded as the largest slaughter of its kind in Ethiopia, at least&nbsp;six elephants were killed in a single day, according to wildlife officials. The elephants stepped out of the&nbsp;Mago National Park to drink water and were killed by poachers, who stripped them off their tusks! From over 10,000 elephants back in the 1970s, Ethiopia is now left with only 2,500 to 3,000 of them.&nbsp;Authorities believe that the Covid-19 pandemic has made several species more vulnerable to poaching as security forces have been diverted to other tasks.&nbsp;

Since early April, locusts have been sighted in at least four different states in the worst outbreak in almost 30 years. From using drums and utensils to mobile disc jockeys, farmers have been trying various ways to keep them at bay and protect their crops. A viral video of one farmer's desi hack is winning the Internet. Shared by the superintendent of police in Jhansi,&nbsp;it shows an airplane sitting atop a long pole placed in the middle of a field. The model creates a loud noise, believed to keep the insects away.&nbsp;It has been made with simple things such as fan blades, a plastic bottle, a cardboard tail and a can!

Keeping up with the new normal amid the&nbsp;Covid-19 pandemic, Bengaluru's&nbsp;Kempegowda International Airport has introduced new features as safety&nbsp;measures. Starting from the pre-entry check to security and boarding, everything is contactless&nbsp;with the&nbsp;aim to minimize all physical contact. The airport has introduced contactless&nbsp;self check-in kiosks, non-intrusive thermal cameras, and self baggage drop facility. Officials will verify the tickets and boarding pass with a magnified glass or an electronic device. The Bangalore International Airport Limited had earlier said that it will ensure that the taxis are sanitised and drivers are screened before every trip to eliminate&nbsp;all chances of infection.
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The Tao Art Gallery in Mumbai&nbsp;is hosting a virtual exhibition, titled &nbsp;&ldquo;Locked down physically, Unbound Visually&rdquo;,&nbsp; till the 15th of June. The exhibition showcases the magnificent beauty of our planet through the lenses of ten Indian photographers including&nbsp;Amrita Diwanji, Monisha Ajgaonkar&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anurag Banerjee. A part of the proceeds from the sale of the photographs will go to&nbsp;Give India Foundation to aid the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 outbreaks could be seasonal with a greater risk in winter and low humidity, suggests a new study by the University of Sydney. The research, conducted during the early epidemic stage of the disease, reveals that a 1% decrease in humidity showed a 6% increase in positive cases. Scientists&nbsp;analysed&nbsp;749 locally acquired cases of Covid-19 for the study published in journal&nbsp;Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. Lead scientist, Professor Michael Ward, explains why humidity matters. He shares that&nbsp;when it is lower, the air is drier and the aerosols are smaller. This means that sneeze or cough particles remain suspended in air for longer as opposed to when humidity is high. However, the study did have its limitations and further research is needed to ascertain the association.

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.

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