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Coronavirus mutations in India tweaked?

There is a growing suspicion that surge of virus in India is due to it being tweaked by enemy to destabilise the economy, overwhelm the health system and cause slow and massive human casualties.

Consider the scenario with military disturbances on borders that enhances the sinister purpose. There is a strong rumour that virulent strain it is deliberately spread as a biological weapon through boarders or imports or through clandestine human influx. 

Is it due to unpreparedness, letting guard down, complacency or as the results of elections, festivals and not observing SOPs?

Though the virus is not alive, viruses mutate regularly and evolve similar to living things. Mutation is a part of life cycle and produce new variants all the time. 

New variants are likely to be more lethal with transmissibility. Mutations help to bind easily with host cell and confuse the immune system.

Corona viruses have lower mutations rate than RNA viruses as the replication of virus is checked due to herd immunity, antibodies in the system, the mutations will seek newer and more vulnerable targets and that is why there is lurking fear that third wave may hit the younger, vulnerable  group of children.

Hence it is clear that virulent mutant strain is not tweaked to wreck havoc as it is perceived but it is in its RNA to propagate easily by mutations route for its survival.


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Remove creepers over electrical poles

PRAVIN U SARDESSAI, Adpai
Published May 15, 2021, 11:31 PM IST
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The maintenance section of the electricity department has got a major responsibility in rectifying the defects over electrical poles and other accessories at different locations in the State. However this task is often found to be neglected. Hence the existing errors remain unattended for long. For instance, creepers over a electricity pole in the vicinity of ‘Khadpabandh Gardens’ at Khadpabandh in Ponda have remained uncleared for quite some time. Such a…

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