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09.06.2020 / 16:26

'Disgusting' plane passenger attempts to heat up cold pizza slice on aeroplane

Instagram page has called out an aeroplane passenger for trying to heat up a pizza slice in a weird way. The page, Passenger Shaming, shared a photo of a mans arm holding up a slice of pizza on a plane.

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Funding for 10 clinical trials to find innovative cancer treatments

details of the trials and the grant recipients.

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Could virtual changing rooms replace the real thing in the fight against Covid-19?

fitting rooms closed to customers, we could start to see the concept of virtual fitting rooms as genuine help, rather than a gimmick. In January, Amazon announced that it is working on an app that will allow shoppers to ‘try on’ clothing using a virtual mannequin created from their social media photographs.

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Calgary company provides solution to possible ventilator shortage

Calgary company Exergy Solutions has designed a ventilator nicknamed “Bertie.” Tomasia DaSilva explains how this innovation came about.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Saskatchewan premier encourages graduates, schools to find innovative, creative ways to celebrate

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Monday encouraged parents and graduates to work with schools, and to work “within public health perimeters” to find creative and innovative ways to celebrate “the effort and the milestone that they have achieved.”

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Webinar 6/11: Assistive Technology

Register for the webinar on Thursday, June 11 at 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET.Join the Assistive Technology Act Technical Assistance and Training Center (AT3) and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) for a webinar, High Impact Innovative Assistive Technology (HIIAT) Grants 2020, on Thursday, June 11 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET.Learn about the PRC’s HIIAT grants program and hear from three past successful HIIAT grant recipients who will provide an overview of their grant-funded projects and accomplishments.Presenters for the webinar include:Register for the webinar. ACL administers the State Assistive Technology (AT) Act Program to support programs that increase knowledge about, access to, and acquisition of assistive

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Oxford Biomedica partners VMIC for vaccine manufacturing

Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.UK-based gene and cell therapy group Oxford Biomedica has partnered with non-profit Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) for the manufacturing of viral vector-based vaccines. Oxford Biomedica and VMIC are members of the Oxford University manufacturing consortium formed to scale-up the production of Covid-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222.

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You can soon opt for fixed payout on motor insurance claims

₹50 lakh within six months from the time of approval. If insurers are able to successfully launch the product and meet this criterion, they can choose to offer the product among their mainstream offerings.“Sandbox is a great way to drive innovation in a heavily regulated space like insurance.

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George Floyd's family's lawyer believes murder charge should be changed to first degree

George Floyd's family's lawyer, Benjamin Crump, appeared on Good Morning Britain today and spoke to hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid.

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17 Black-Owned Beauty Brands to Support Right Now

A walk around your nearest drugstore or Sephora is all you need to see that the beauty industry is indeed a highly saturated market. Yet for decades, the beauty world was underserving its Black consumers and finding fundamental products like foundation or concealer, or a nude lipstick for deeper skin tones was a difficult task for far too many.

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‘India will remain a top investment destination despite the pandemic’

NEW DELHI : India remains an attractive destination for talent, innovation, and markets, despite businesses taking a temporary break because of the coronavirus outbreak, said Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder, Infosys Ltd, and chairman, Axilor Ventures.“Before the covid crisis started we had 36 or 37 unique unicorns in India, so we were actually a magnet for attracting investments. I just saw news that there are investors looking for opportunities.

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VCs back startups that pivoted quickly during the pandemic

Covid-19 was declared a pandemic. StoreHub, whose cloud-based POS (point of sale) system helps restaurants and retailers digitize business, was serving 13,000 customers across Southeast Asia and wanted to use the capital to push expansion.“They adapted their product overnight to enable food delivery because that’s what customers needed," says Ben Mathias, managing partner at Vertex Ventures.It’s crucial for startups to maintain their customer base during the downturn.

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Astronaut talk to birdwatching, companies set up creative workshops for virtual staff bonding

MUMBAI : Nithya S., a software developer with TCS, has attended more HR lead team bonding sessions in the past 75 days than what she did before the nationwide lockdown was announced in March because of the covid-19 outbreak. The one workshop she most excited about was an April session with former NASA astronaut Ron Garan, where he talked about his space journey and how he dealt with isolation in space.“The timing of the session was perfect.

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When job loss helps build a dream career

NEW DELHI : The ongoing job crises constantly remind Ashutosh Vyas of the hard times he went through during the 2008 recession. He had just started working as a sales executive in Bengaluru’s Barclays when the financial disaster hit the world.

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Alzheimer’s: Copper transport in blood provides fresh clues

Bonded to protein molecules, copper is a vital component of numerous enzymes that catalyze key metabolic reactions.“Biochemists have known about the importance of copper in the human body for a long time, but even they do not know, for example, how this element reaches from our food to the right destinations, i.e., various copper enzymes,” says Prof. Peep Palumaa, head of the Research Group of Metalloproteomics at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia.Copper is present in trace amounts throughout the body.

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07.06.2020 / 08:59

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Robot waiters and quarantine greenhouses - how Europe's restaurants and bars are reopening in lockdown

said they may be able to bring things forward 'faster than I previously thought'.As yet, there's been no official word on the kinds of safety and hygiene measures that will need to put in place once they are able to welcome back customers.But operators are already formulating their own plans, including Albert's Schloss, which has installed temperature scanners, screens between booths and hand sanitising stations ready for reopening.They'll have been keeping a close eye on what's happening in Europe and around the world in countries that have cautiously started to reopen restaurants and bars.Here are some of the measures being taken by some of our closest neighbours.Dutch restaurants and bars began opening again on June 1, with a 30-person

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How covid-19 cut red-tapism

BENGALURU : Coronavirus cases have crossed the two-lakh mark in India, and to keep up, government regulatory authorities have fast-tracked processes for development of vaccines and medication.The process of taking research to the market has been shortened from 18 months to three weeks whether it is approval for clinical trials for new drugs or manufacture of oxygen and hand sanitisers.A regulatory authority for vaccines and drugs, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under the directorate General of Health Services (MoHFW), has fast-tracked all processes and cut red tapism significantly.

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Some children 'yet to have a phone call with anyone' from school as inconsistent approach to home learning criticised - manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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06.06.2020 / 12:15

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Some children 'yet to have a phone call with anyone' from school as inconsistent approach to home learning criticised

“We will do whatever we can to make sure no child, whatever their background, falls behind as a result of coronavirus.

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Near-term outlook for FMCG sector 'extremely uncertain: HUL CMD Sanjiv Mehta

₹6,756 crore, compared to ₹6,060 crore in the previous year. Sales stood at ₹39,136 crore, marginally up 1.44 per cent.HUL, which owns popular brands like Lux, Lifebuoy, Surf Excel, Rin, Pond's, Vaseline, Lakme, Dove and Brooke Bond, added that the pandemic has also impacted consumer behaviour and demand patterns."Health and hygiene essentials have seen an upswing with household stocking and increased awareness.

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Sky Sports and BT unveil new ways for fans to watch Premier League return

Sky Sports and BT have unveiled new ways for fans to enjoy the Premier League action when England's top flight resumes later this month.

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Kanye West donates $2M to families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor

CHICAGO - Kanye West has donated $2 million to support the families and legal teams for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.A representative for the rapper confirmed that some of the money donated would fully cover college tuition costs for Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna. Floyd died last month after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck for more than eight minutes as he pleaded for air.Rapper Kanye West attends the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at MOMA on November 6, 2019 in New York City.

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Fiat launches UK's first 'pay-as-you-go' car finance deal - costing just 19p a mile

Italian car-maker Fiat has launched a new pay-as-you-go car club to help Brits get back to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Council-run housing firm could build 2,000 new affordable homes - but critics condemn town hall's 'abject failure' to build more sooner - manchestereveningnews.co.uk - city Manchester

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05.06.2020 / 16:35

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Council-run housing firm could build 2,000 new affordable homes - but critics condemn town hall's 'abject failure' to build more sooner

control over rent levels to better meet the needs of those on housing benefits.Manchester council is hoping to deliver 32,000 new homes by 2025, including 6,400 affordable properties for social rent, affordable rent or shared ownership.But so far only 13,259 new homes have been built in the city since April 2015, and just 1,514 of these - around 25 pc - are classed as affordable.Coun Suzanne Richards, executive member for housing and regeneration, told an executive meeting on Wednesday: “The supply of affordable housing in the city has been increasing year on year but not at a rate that will meet our current and rightly ambitious target.“The economic impacts of Covid on development have yet to be fully understood, but it is likely for some

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M&S has infuriated shoppers with its new food product

The sun may have disappeared, but that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy some summery treats - at least not if M&S has anything to do with it, anyway. To celebrate the good weather we've been having recently, Marks & Spencer has released a quintessentially British product with a controversial twist - strawberry flavoured clotted cream.Unveiling the new product on Facebook, M&S wrote: "What comes first – jam or cream? Now you don’t have to choose thanks to our new strawberry-flavoured clotted cream.

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WeWork Global to invest $100 million in India business

BENGALURU : Co-working major WeWork India, which is owned by the Embassy Group, on Friday said it has raised $100 million from WeWork Global for sustainable growth of its business.With this funding, US-based WeWork Global has reaffirmed its commitment to the Indian market, it added."WeWork India — the global platform for creators that provides collaborative workplace solutions, will receive $100 million financing from WeWork Global to help boost sustainable growth," the co-working player said.Karan Virwani, CEO, WeWork India, said, "The fresh round of capital from our long-term partners at WeWork Global represents a vote of confidence in our strategy and will help us serve our community better."Virwani pointed out that the flexible

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M&S settles Cream Tea debate with controversial new product

Marks and Spencer have launched a new product to solve the afternoon tea debate - but have managed to divide consumers even more. It's a classically British conundrum - do you put cream on your scone first, or jam? A recent survey by YouGov revealed that 61 per cent of the UK - including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth herself - prefer the Cornish approach (jam first), while the remainder favour the Devonian method (cream first, then jam).

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₹500 crores in safety intiatives to fight covid-19

₹500 crore over the next year for various initiatives globally aimed at boosting safety in mobility in the fight against covid-19.

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₹500 cr for safe mobility initiatives for riders, driver-partners

NEW DELHI : Ride-hailing company Ola on Friday committed ₹500 crore to be spent in the next one year towards various safety initiatives globally in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.Ola, which has resumed operations across the country and is now available in over 200 cities, has unveiled a new initiative 'Ride Safe India' that will cover all modes of Ola's offerings, including cabs, three-wheelers and two-wheelers, according to a statement.The company has set up a network of over 500 fumigation centres across the country at various hotspots and airports to enable mandatory fumigation for all vehicles every 48 hours.This will be above and beyond the routine wiping down and sanitisation of high touch surfaces of vehicles by drivers after

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05.06.2020 / 12:47

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Manchester's disadvantaged children facing biggest learning gap 'in decades' amid lockdown

reopening of primary schools this week, eight million pupils are currently out of school and could be until September.And as well as the disadvantaged children and those who have become newly disadvantaged during lockdown, 'the scale of other children that will be not reaching their potential because of this time out of education, is also immense'.She stressed that the government needs to ensure that 'persistently disadvantaged children are not only known and seen but get the support they need'.Natalie Perera, executive director of EPI, said one 'quick and practical' step schools can take is to identify the children who have consistently qualified for free school meals throughout their education."Schools will know which pupils are eligible

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Agritech startups use AI, IoT to make farming profitable in covid crisis

NEW DELHI: After traditional supply chains got disrupted due to the covid-19-led lockdowns, a slew of agritech startups are helping farmers connect with buyers, automate supply chains and build the next layer of data analytics to drive efficiency by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT).

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AI, machine learning to support digital lending landscape in post-covid era

Technology will boost innovation and risk mitigation in digital lending space

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Center unveils ambitious project to offer 10 million internships to students

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday unveiled an ambitious project to offer 10 million student internships in government departments, urban local bodies and smart cities in the next few years.

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Detroit Institute of Music Education to Close Its Doors After Six Years

The Detroit Institute of Music Education (DIME) is permanently closing its doors after six years in operation, the school has announced. In a statement released Wednesday, DIME founders Sarah Clayman and Kevin Nixon attributed the closure of both its Detroit and Denver

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Google says Mitron app can be back on Play Store if issue fixed

NEW DELHI: Google on Thursday said it removed the Mitron app from its Play Store for technical policy violations, and it can be brought back if the developers resolve these issue.

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Sky streaming deal to help St Mirren fans watch behind closed doors matches

Buddies fans will be able to watch their beloved club from the comfort of their own sofa next season.

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Instagram partners Swiggy, Zomato to help restaurants with food order discovery

NEW DELHI: Social networking service, Instagram on Thursday announced its partnership with online food ordering platforms, Swiggy and Zomato, to help small businesses survive amid the ongoing coronavirus-led crisis. The platform also announced the launch of a sticker that will aid such businesses stay in touch with customers, enabling them to order food from restaurants.

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SPFL and Sky TV deal explained as talks continue for away fans to watch games

Scottish football will get back to something close to normality one day. If there ever has been such a thing.

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'Digital payments saw monumental revolution in the wake of covid-19'

Porush Singh of Mastercard, talks about what this means for the digital payments industry and how new-age technologies such as AI and machine learning can revolutionize the way security and accessibility are managed

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03.06.2020 / 15:15

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Mayor's charity helps those on frontline with £350k boost to aid Greater Manchester’s homeless community

Those on the frontline of helping the homeless community have been furnished with more than £350,000 since lockdown began.

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Scottish Premiership clubs to stream live games after SPFL agree virtual season ticket deal

Scottish Premiership sides will be able to live stream matches after the SPFL agreed a 'virtual season ticket' TV deal with Sky Sports.

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How big tech is helping agritech startups and farming community

NEW DELHI: The farming community in India is increasingly turning to agritech solutions after disruptions in traditional supply chains due to the covid-19 induced lockdown. Many agritech startups are helping farmers sell their produce on e-mandis.

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Lockdown: Streaming services innovate to keep content flowing

NEW DELHI: With the disruption in production owing to social distancing during covid-19, Indian video streaming companies have been innovating over the last two months of lockdown to keep the content pipeline going as people stay indoors.

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Tech-rights group sues Trump to stop social-media order

NEW YORK – A tech-focused civil liberties group on Tuesday sued to block President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks to regulate social media, saying it violates the First Amendment and chills speech.

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Insect wings evolved from legs, mayfly genome suggests

No bigger than a mosquito, this mayfly swarms by the millions in late spring.

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Healthcare can be India’s next IT sector: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

It cannot be business as usual. This is an opportunity to usher in regulatory reforms, says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, MD, Biocon

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Covid impact: Ajay Piramal says 20-30% of migrant labour may not find work

NEW DELHI: India would continue to see high unemployment rates post-covid if the economy doesn’t revive soon, industrialists at a CII session warned. If more people fall below the poverty line, it could lead to a demographic nightmare.

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Online gaming platform Pocket52 raises $1.75 million in funding from Gameskraft

BENGALURU: Online gaming startup Pocket52 has raised $1.75 million, as part of its Series A funding, from game publisher Gameskraft.

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02.06.2020 / 12:51

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Emergent gets $628m Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing contract

Emergent BioSolutions has secured a $628m contract from the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for domestic manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccine candidates.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0