Teacher climbs tree to cross internet hurdle

Kolkata: History teacher Subrata Pati, unlike most other professionals, isn’t working from home. He works from a nest perched on a neem tree, giving lessons to his students on events of seminal importance that shaped civilizations and obliterated them, conquests by kings and generals, and horrors of war and pestilence. Pati takes food and water with him to the tree-top platform, made of bamboo, gunny sacks and hay, on days when he has to conduct two to three classes at a stretch. PTI

Recovered patient accorded reception, booked

Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu): A 50-year-old man, who was discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19, has been booked along with 14 others as he was given a rousing reception at his hometown in violation of the lockdown rules. The man from Sirkazhi in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu had tested positive for the virus a few days after his return from Delhi. PTI

Rs 200 worth mask for Rs10: A unique innovation in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: With masks being in high demand and short supply due to the Covid-19 pandemic, two youngsters in Madhya Pradesh are using innovative ideas for making cheap masks. Mountaineers Shobhit Nath Sharma and Megha Parmar have made screen sheet masks by using stationery items. The masks are as cheap as Rs10. They said that the same mask will cost Rs200 in the market. IANS