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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicCovid origins

Topic: Covid origins

WHO chief presses China for ‘full access’ to determine Covid’s origins, says FT report

The WHO chief's comments come as health authorities and pharmaceutical companies across the world have been racing to update vaccines to combat newer emerging coronavirus variants.

China holds the key to understanding Covid origins, says WHO chief

The virus was first identified in China's Wuhan in Dec 2019, with many suspecting it spread in a live animal market before fanning out around the world & killing nearly 7 million people.

Lancet Covid letter isn’t about science — no empirical evidence, no disclosure of bias

More and more evidence is mounting in favour of a non-zoonotic laboratory origin for the killer virus. 

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

‘Not just Russian oil, India tapped us along on trade deal,’ says US treasury secy Scott Bessent

New Delhi: The US is not worried about the rupee “becoming a reserve currency” given that it is at an all-time low versus the...

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.