Used face masks, supermarket bags, and food packaging all hold an abundance of potentially usable raw materials. Yet, producing more of these single-use plastics has proven to be considerably less expensive than recovering and recycling them.
Majority of the passengers who were put in the No Fly List were either not wearing masks or not cooperating with the crew members, according to a written reply by Gen V.K. Singh (Retd), Minister of State for Civil Aviation to a question in Rajya Sabha.
As babies learn by looking at human faces, many parents and paediatricians are concerned about the developmental repercussions of widespread face masking during the pandemic.
A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, allays those concerns, finding that 6- to 9-month-old babies can form memories of masked faces and recognize those faces when unmasked.
On the first day of the winter session of the Delhi Assembly, the BJP leaders reached the assembly with oxygen cylinders and masks to highlight the issue of air pollution in the national capital.
"Tests have been made mandatory. We wore masks throughout the journey. The steps taken by the Indian government are very important for the safety of all," said a passenger travelling from Bangkok.
People should wear face masks and follow guidelines issued by the government regarding COVID-19, said several shoppers at Janpath Market whom ANI spoke to on Thursday.
In the wake of a surge in COVID cases in several countries, wearing masks has been made compulsory inside restaurants, pubs, theatre halls, schools and colleges in Karnataka.