Feeding the poor in a lockdown: The story of an 85-year-old woman

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Feeding the poor in a lockdown: The story of an 85-year-old woman Meet Kamalathal - a woman from Tamil Nadu famous for serving idlis for Re 1. Now, as businesses gravely suffer under lockdown, she has refused to hike prices and continues to sell at the same rate. This, despite the losses she has to incur herself. Shanghai Disneyland reopens with anti-virus controls Visitors in face masks streamed into Shanghai Disneyland as the theme park reopened Monday in a high-profile step toward reviving tourism that was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. Making conference calls? Proceed with caution, Trai warns Trai has advised the public to carefully check the terms and conditions before using any dial-in service. WHO's warning for the world as lockdowns ease In the wake of the deadly novel coronavirus, countries across the world focussed on lockdowns to contain the spread of infections. Covid-19: What is ELISA-based antibody test? The ELISA testing kit has been developed by National Institute of Virology in Pune along with Zydus Cadila. India's helping hand across the Indian Ocean In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, India has decided to deploy its warships in the Indian Ocean in consonance with SAGAR or Security & Growth for All in the Region. 1992's Tata Estate gets a 20/20 twist Pune-based industrial design studio Sankul Design has come up with a redesigned version of the Tata Estate station wagon. Lockdown renders Mumbai's fisher folk jobless The lockdown has put a majority of Mumbai's fishing community out of work. With fish markets closed, many are finding it hard to sustain their livelihood. In Brazil, Covid is 'just a weak case of the flu' Far-right Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, believes that quarantine measures are ruinous for the economy and has dismissed the novel coronavirus as nothing more than a "weak case of the flu." 'Coronavirus hairstyle' spikes in popularity The coronavirus has revived a hairstyle in East Africa, one with braided spikes that echo the virus' distinctive shape.

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