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Nirvana Being markets a wide range of designer (by Manish Arora) VogMask, reusable face masks that will appeal to the fashion-conscious.

Weather that dust storm

Face masks are an affordable answer.

29 Oct 2018 6:08 AM GMT

Protesters have used face masks to avoid identification and respirators to protect themselves from tear gas. (Photo: AFP)

Face mask ban in Hong Kong sparks violent clashes, rail shutdown

The ban came after the worst violence of the year, when China celebrated 70 years of Communist Party rule on Tuesday.

5 Oct 2019 8:56 AM GMT

The face of the Coronavirus: Face Mask

The recent identification of a coronavirus case in Hyderabad has sent the demand for masks soaring in the city.

4 March 2020 6:30 PM GMT

President Donald Trump looks through a face shield, in front of poster of the manufacturing of these shields, while touring Ford Motor Co.s Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. (AP)

Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant

The US president did not wear a face covering despite a warning that a refusal to do so might lead to a ban on his...

22 May 2020 8:26 AM GMT

Scientists say the risk of infection is near its highest when people spend long periods in enclosed spaces - like airplanes. (AFP)

Airlines struggle to impose mask rule on defiant travellers

Most airlines appear to have chosen the course of conciliation over confrontation with insistent and sometimes angry...

17 May 2020 6:36 AM GMT

Apparel Export Promotion Council on Saturday said it will ensure exports of non-medical and non-surgical masks. (PTI Photo)

India to export non-medical, non-surgical masks worth USD 1 billion in...

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Saturday issued a notification amending the export policy to allow the...

17 May 2020 4:22 AM GMT

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PIB)

To mask or not to mask?

World leaders are being closely scrutinised over their choice to wear a mask - or not

8 May 2020 10:30 AM GMT

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus dances with a parasol at a public park in Beijing. (AP)

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: Study

Even homemade masks can dramatically reduce transmission rates if enough people wear them in public

10 Jun 2020 6:31 AM GMT

Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro, who is infected with COVID-19, wears a protective face mask as he makes a heart-hand sign to supporters during a Brazilian flag retreat ceremony outside his official residence the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP)

Brazil's Bolsonaro goes for bike rides, chats up with staff despite...

The far-right leader, who has been called a 'Tropical Trump,' has repeatedly defied social distancing guidelines

24 July 2020 7:14 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he walks down the hallway during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. (AFP)

As virus rages in US, Trump finally wears a mask

Trump has reportedly told aides that wearing a mask would make him look weak and he could not allow media photograph him...

12 July 2020 3:44 AM GMT

The Delhi High Court had on May 25 directed the CBI to investigate unauthorised commercial and industrial activities in the Shiv Vihar and Karawal Nagar area. (Photo: PTI)

Face masks mandatory even while driving alone: Delhi High Court

The court said the mask was like a 'suraksha kavach' (protective shield) during the prevailing pandemic

7 April 2021 6:41 AM GMT

The face mask sensors are designed so that they can be activated by the wearer when they are ready to perform the test. (Photo: news.harvard.edu)

Novel face mask developed by MIT, Harvard can detect COVID-19...

The mask design has embedded tiny, disposable sensors that can be fitted into other face masks

1 July 2021 2:32 AM GMT