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TopicFace masks

Topic: face masks

Uniqlo rolls out reusable mask line as retailers adapt to virus

Uniqlo joins businesses seeking to offer new products & services as coronavirus upends lifestyles around the globe, changing how people work, dress & eat.

Bombay HC grants bail to architect arrested for attacking cop who asked him to wear a mask

The HC, while granting bail, said the lockdown has brought in ‘weariness and exasperation’, and the 27-year-old architect ‘has fallen trap into the scenario’.

Widespread use of face masks could prevent further waves of Covid-19: UK study

According to the research, published in The Royal Society, mask-wearing and lockdowns can together reduce the 'R' value of the infection.

WHO changes guidelines on masks, says wear them when social distancing not possible

WHO earlier said "there is limited evidence that wearing a medical mask by healthy individuals...may be beneficial as a preventive measure".

Not sure face masks really work as Covid prevention, say UK govt’s top scientists

The scientists said enforced mask-wearing could result in decreased compliance with other measures such as social distancing and hand washing.

Face masks for all can help contain virus and end lockdowns, new global study says

Risk of transmission is lower in households & among contacts of infected people when masks are worn, according to the study published in The Lancet.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.