Published 20:07 IST, June 2nd 2020
Good News: Five uplifting stories to help you beat COVID-19 blues
While the disturbing updates do have a tendency to linger longer, the Good News can also have tremendous benefits on the overall mood, here's a compilation.
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With onslaught of several conflict-ridden stories and tally of casualties from coronavirus pandemic, breaking news updates can have an overwhelming impact on mood and emotional wellbeing at times, creating an environment of panic. While disturbing updates do have a tendency to linger longer, Good News can also have tremendous benefits on overall mood and health by infusing some positive vibes. Engaging with "encouraging" and "happy" updates t only gives hope amid hardships but can also prove to be morale booster during gloom-and-doom driven atmosphere. refore, here's a compilation of some “feel-good news” to d some positive hue to day.
9-year-old boy with Cerebral Palsy walks 42kms and raises £91,700 for charity
A nine-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and autism, Tobias Weller completed a marathon challenge during lockdown and has raised £91,719, three times initial target of £30,000. Nicknamed as Captain Tobias, he can only walk with help of crocodile walker but entire crowd cheered for him as he finished walking 42 kilometres in 70 days to raise money for his “two favourite charities”, Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Paces School.
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Stella, dog wins employee of month award
A video of an online sensation dog named Stella chosen as ‘employee of month’ by her human’s office Asbury Park Press has amused internet. mination comes as furry companion has boosted morale of his owner amid challenging work from home situation by donning hat of “best co-worker". Shared by his “human pal” Mike Devis on Twitter, post features horary titles canine won about third time in a row with several awards on display for audience.
Dog holding ‘Black Lives Matter’ placard
Amid anti-racism demonstrations in United States, a dog was filmed at one of protest sites and video has taken internet by storm. In short clip, one can see a golden retriever holding a ‘Black lives matter’ placard in his mouth as he marched with protesters. video shared by a Twitter user has w collected over eight million views and even invoked mixed reactions from viewers.
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Video of puppies listening to bedtime stories from a stuffed toy wins internet
A cute video of golden retriever puppies listening to bedtime stories by Dalton, plush toy disaur has mesmerized internet. Shared on Twitter by p named “We rate dogs'', 26-second foot has amassed over 4.6 million views. orable clip features a litter of attentive puppies seated in a group on a bed tuned into stories narrated by purple coloured and green horned disaur toy who is seen holding a book.
Cana: Rare Humpback Whale spotted
A sighting of a rare humpback whale in Montreal, Cana that reached by way of St. Lawrence River has shocked authorities and Canian people. whale was spotted underneath Pont de Québec, earlier this week, swimming upstream as its video was shot and shared online. In first-ever, unusual mammal was spotted near Jacques-Cartier Bridge with its fins urd, swimming in river.
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20:07 IST, June 2nd 2020