Ghosts

Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market

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Covid origins: Genetic ghosts suggest pandemic started in market

Getty Images Racoon dogs are implicated as one of the potential animals that could have been the source of Covid A team of scientists say it is “beyond reasonable doubt” the Covid pandemic started with infected animals sold at a market, rather than a laboratory leak. They were analysing hundreds of samples collected from Wuhan, … Read more

Ghosts of history joust for the soul of progressive Kolhapur amid the spectre of orchestrated communal clashes

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Ghosts of history joust for the soul of progressive Kolhapur amid the spectre of orchestrated communal clashes

For a tense hour on a scorching afternoon on June 7, Yasar Pakhali of the Spartan Sports Club became a Spartan in deed — along with his friends, the 23-year-old kept vigil at the narrow entrance to Kolhapur city’s the minority Bara Imam pocket, which was under siege from a furious mob of Hindutva activists.  … Read more