Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

SIXSHOTSOF­LIFE

There’s negativity all around but we will focus on the positivity. Our editor picks shots of life that bring a smile

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YOUNGER AND WISER!

Our young reader, Aryna Valecha, 7, is teaching all of us the rules of social distancing in a cute video that was also aired on Doordarsha­n. She emphasises on cleanlines­s through washing hands for at least 20 seconds and sanitising hands after coming back home. She stresses on the right way to press elevator buttons with the elbow and also encourages footwear hygiene.

ALL HUMANITY ABOVE

initiative, Under a kind a Sikh Turban4Mas­k, is collecting foundation, from Sikh unused turbans to turn them households the needy. into masks for founder, Ram Singh Rathod, Sabha United Singh says, “Our Foundation, pride, but turban is our to when it comes saving humanity, any we can make sacrifice.”

HATS OFF TO YOU!

Robot dogs to noodle hats, galleries and schools all over the world are coming up with quirky ideas to enforce social distancing. An art gallery in Paris provided hats with winged extensions to its visitors. The hats with extensions are just long enough to keep visitors one metre (three feet) apart from one another, thus following social distancing protocols.

PETS ARE OUR BEST LOCKDOWN FRIENDS!

Actor Mandana pets Karimi says have been her during her saviours this self-quarantine owing to

Covid-19. period helped Her pets her preserve being their her sanity cuddly, by adorable compassion­ate and selves. “Amid these selfisolat­ion, furry creatures four-legged have taught that it’s all humanity about love, compassion and connection­s. meaningful Their energy enthusiasm is and need something to learn we we from. In return, need to be and there for them their needs,” she says.

RATHER HAVE A BEER THAN GO TO HEAVEN

Nothing like a cold beer to celebrate a milestone! Jennie Stejna, a 103year-old Polish-American great-great-grandma, survived Covid-19 and asked her caretakers for a cold beer. Staff at the Massachuse­tts (USA) nursing home obliged the centenaria­n’s request and took a photo of her enjoying the beer, which made netizens applaud the woman’s feisty fighting spirit!

OUR GUIDING ANGELS

In a bid to stop the spread of the Covid-19 infection, women constables of Jhansi Police have taken out a video which entails basic preventive measures for others to follow. The constables emphasise on respirator­y etiquettes to be strictly followed, which include strict practice of covering one’s mouth while coughing or sneezing with a tissue and disposing them properly. Even actor Sonu Sood heaped praises on Jhansi Police for this initiative.

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