Rotarian felicitated for Covid-relief work Rotary India Covid Task Force chairman PRID Ashok Mahajan was felicitated by the Maharashtra government for his contribution towards Covid relief and paediatric heart surgeries. He was honoured by Dr Bharati Pawar, state health

Golden-tongued mummies A team of Egyptian-Dominican archaeologists have unearthed 2,000-year-old mummies with golden tongues placed inside their mouths. The 16 mummies were discovered at Alexandria’s Taposiris Magna temple in Northern Egypt, buried in rock-cut tombs popular in the Greek and Roman eras.

Tom Daley knits a medal case for his gold medal After winning gold in the synchronised 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, Tom Daley, an LGBTQ icon, was spotted knitting while watching the women’s 3m springboard final. Pictures of

Michelangelo’s fingerprints? Museum experts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum have discovered fingerprints on a 500-year-old waxwork, titled A Slave. They believe that the prints pressed into the material belong to Michelangelo, the Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. The statue was part of his preparations for Pope

Acid attack survivors distribute food Sheroes Hangout Café, run by acid attack survivors in Agra, opened its doors to the poor and needy during the lockdown under the Smile Goal Hai campaign. Supported by Chhanv Foundation, the cafe carried out food distribution drives across

Recycling masksA start-up in London has found a fitting use for used face masks. Waterhaul, a company which recycles fishing nets and plastic waste, has launched a project to melt old masks into plastic blocks that will be used to make new products

41-year-old sues parents for financial support Faiz Siddiqui (41), a jobless man, has sued his parents to force them to pay him maintenance for life. A trained lawyer with a degree from Oxford University, Siddiqui said that he is completely dependent on his

Indian-American teen develops potential Covid drugAnika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old from Texas, won the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her work on developing a molecule that can bind to a certain protein of the coronavirus and prevent it from functioning. The Indian-American teenager

It snows cocoa in Switzerland Strong winds left a dusting of cocoa powder over an area surrounding the Lindt & Sprüngli chocolate factory in Olten, Switzerland. Pictures shared on social media showed a thin coat of cocoa dust on the surface of cars

Parotta masksA restaurant chain in Madurai is using people’s love for parottas to spread awareness on the importance of wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus. The restaurant is dishing out parottas shaped like face masks at a cost of Rs.50 for

Smiling masks With masks becoming a part of daily wear, a Belgian businessman has given them a human face. He has developed a photo booth called Cheesebox that takes a shot of the lower face and prints it on a mask. The process takes