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Amidst lockdown, one YouTuber of Agartala designed an electric motorbike which he named ‘COVID-19 bike’ to spread the message of social distancing.

Started as a mechanic more than ten years ago, Partha Saha, 39, became a technical instructor and then he become a full-time YouTuber in 2018.

“Social distancing is in talks now. But there are many people who are not maintaining this. So, I thought to spread the message of importance of social distancing among people. Accordingly, I modified a motorbike that runs on petrol by using bicycle sets as front and back seats keeping one meter distance from each other.

And instead of petrol engine, I used a DC motor of 750 Watt, a battery of 48 volt to convert it as an electric motorbike. And this motorbike is meant for spreading the message but not to serve commercial purpose,” said Partha Saha.

As if different variations of Dalgona coffee weren’t enough, there is a new trend for those people who don’t like coffee so much and it is the flavourful whipped milk.

The coronavirus social isolation has unleashed our creative gene and brought a culinary revolution with new trends emerging on social media every other day. As if different variations of Dalgona coffee weren’t enough, there is a new trend for those people who don’t like coffee so much and it is the flavourful whipped milk.

Insta user going by the username sweetportfolio shared this cool recipe on her page and got more than four lakh likes. Other people took to it and started making other variations of it such as chocolate whipped milk, whipped Nutella, and whipped matcha for those who prefer healthier options. Social media users who are sharing this recipe are calling it more eye catchy and easier to make as compared to Dalgona coffee.

How to make whipped flavoured milk

1. Take 1 tbsp of flavoured strawberry or any flavoured milk powder and add 4 tbsp (1/4 cup) of heavy whipping cream in a mixing bowl.

2. Mix them until smoothly blended. This may be bit of an arm exercise, but make sure the mixture is smooth and silky.

3. To make it Insta-worthy and a little fancier, sprinkle the powder milk on the rim of the glass by putting the glass upside down on the powder.

4. For those wanting to have it cold, mix ice in the glass which is more than half filled and add the blended mixture to complete it.

Duke University professor Eileen Chengyin Chow posted these pictures to Twitter on April 27. They show first graders at Yangzheng Elementary School wearing ‘protective headgear’. These hats have a 3-foot-long horizontal rod, made of up soft and light materials such as cardboard or foam, attached to either side. Chow pointed out how these social-distancing friendly caps highly resemble headgear worm by Song Dynasty toppers. She took to Twitter to shed some light on the historical context of the design when writing, “The long horizontal plumes on Song Dynasty toppers were supposed to prevent officials from conspiring sotto voce with one another while at court—so social distancing was in fact their original function”.