Summary Power quality (PQ) studies have gained huge attention from the academics and the industry over the past three decades. The main objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive review on the state‐of‐the‐art techniques based on digital signal processing (DSP) and machine learning for automatic recognition of PQ events. It is aimed to present extensive information on the status of detection and classification of PQ events to the academics following a line of investigation on the similar domain. On the other hand, microgrid is one of the emerging architecture under the umbrella of smart grid infrastructure. In microgrid environment, the integration of renewable energy sources and distributed generators boosts the application of power electronic technology, which is the main cause of various PQ issues. Therefore, various PQ detection and classification (PQD&C) schemes for microgrid application using DSP and machine learning techniques have been reviewed in this article. Moreover, a comparative assessment on various PQD&C techniques has been carried out in details considering several criteria, such as type of data used (synthetic or real world), type of PQ disturbance studied (single or multiple), and performance in terms of accuracy (both noiseless and noisy environment). Hence, several types of research work in PQD&C area, such as the detection principles, benefits, and weaknesses of former works related to each PQD&C technique, are tinted in this manuscript. Therefore, from this review, the opportunities in PQD&C research domain in the power system can be explored further.

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The recent outbreak of a novel coronavirus, named COVID‐19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) has pushed the global economy and humanity into a disaster. In their attempt to control this pandemic, the governments of all the countries have imposed a nationwide lockdown. Although the lockdown may have assisted in limiting the spread of the disease, it has brutally affected the country, unsettling complete value‐chains of most important industries. The impact of the COVID‐19 is devastating on the economy. Therefore, this study has reported about the impact of COVID‐19 epidemic on various industrial sectors. In this regard, the authors have chosen six different industrial sectors such as automobile, energy and power, agriculture, education, travel and tourism and consumer electronics, and so on. This study will be helpful for the policymakers and government authorities to take necessary measures, strategies and economic policies to overcome the challenges encountered in different sectors due to the present pandemic.

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