Assassination of Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader known as the “Great Soul of India” and
champion of the Indian movement for independence, was assassinated on January 30, 1948, at the age of
78. Gunned down in New Delhi during a prayer vigil by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse, Gandhi’s civil
disobedience tactics went on to inspire civil rights leaders worldwide. For some 50 years, Gandhi, born on
October 2, 1869, and called “Mahatma” (“great-souled” in Sanskrit), fought for India’s independence from
Britain, practicing civil disobedience and peaceful protests that included fasting, boycotts and marches.

He was an adherent of satyagraha ("truth-force"), a passive political resistance he defined as "a

weapon of the strongest and excludes the use of violence in any shape or form." Arrested and imprisoned
multiple times for his efforts, Gandhi hailed Britain’s 1947 division of India into two independent nations,
India and Pakistan. But the partition soon led to a violent religious war between Hindus and Muslims and
caused the displacement of more than 15 million people, along with approximately 2 million deaths.
Imploring peace between Hindus and Muslims, Gandhi traveled to New Delhi, participating in fasting vigils
and prayer meetings. It was there that Godse shot the leader three times in the abdomen and chest at point-
blank range as Gandhi’s granddaughters, often referred to as his “walking sticks,” stood at his side. He was
pronounced dead soon after.

According to the Gandhi Research Foundation, a crowd of several hundred, including an estimated
20 plain-clothes policemen, had gathered to join the leader in prayer. "As the third shot was fired Gandhi
was still standing, his palms still joined. He was heard to gasp, ‘He Ram, He Ram’ (‘Oh God, Oh God’),” the
foundation writes. “Then he slowly sank to the ground, palms joined still, possibly in a final ultimate act of
ahimsa. Smoke filled the air. Confusion and panic reigned. The Mahatma was slumped on the ground, his
head resting in the laps of both girls. His face turned pale, his white shawl of Australian wool was turning
crimson with blood. Within seconds Mahatma Gandhi was dead. It was 5:17 p.m."

Godse was quickly captured by the crowd and arrested. “For the present, I only want to say that I
am not at all sorry for what I have done; the rest I will explain in court,” Godse told a reporter. Ten days
earlier, Godse, his brother, Gopal Godse and other conspirators had attempted to assassinate Gandhi in a
bombing attack. At trial, Godse took more than five hours to read a 30,000-word statement and confession,
calling the murder "wholly and exclusively political" and declaring that “Gandhi “proved to be the Father of
Pakistan” and was responsible for the suffering of the Hindu people. "Before I fired the shots I actually
wished him well and bowed to him in reverence." He claimed he acted alone.

News of Gandhi’s murder spread quickly in India, and violent riots quickly broke out in Bombay.
In a radio broadcast held the night of the assassination, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared a
national day of mourning, also announcing a cremation ceremony that would take place the next day,
January 31, 1948, on the banks of the sacred Jumna River. "Gandhi had gone out of our lives and there is
darkness everywhere,” Nehru said. “... The father of our nation is no more—no longer will we run to him
for advice and solace. ... Our light has gone out, but the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light.
For a thousand years that light will be seen in this country and the world will see it ... Oh, that this has
happened to us! There was so much more to do." Newspapers across the globe carried the shocking news
of Gandhi's murder and leaders worldwide expressed their sadness.

"Gandhi was a great Indian nationalist but at the same time he was a leader of international stature.
His teachings and his actions have left a deep impression on millions of people. He was and is revered by
the people of India, and his influence was felt not only in affairs of government but also in the realm of the
spirit," U.S. President Harry S. Truman said in a statement. "... I know that not only the people of India but
also all peoples will be inspired by his sacrifice to work with increased vigor toward the brotherhood and
peace which the Mahatma symbolized."
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 World War I

World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918. During the
conflict, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) fought against
Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers).
Thanks to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, World War I saw unprecedented
levels of carnage and destruction. By the time the war was over and the Allied Powers claimed victory, more
than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

Tensions had been brewing throughout Europe—especially in the troubled Balkan region of
southeast Europe—for years before World War I actually broke out. A number of alliances involving
European powers, the Ottoman Empire, Russia and other parties had existed for years, but political
instability in the Balkans (particularly Bosnia, Serbia and Herzegovina) threatened to destroy these
agreements. The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz
Ferdinand—heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire—was shot to death along with his wife, Sophie, by the
Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. Princip and other nationalists were struggling to end
Austro-Hungarian rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand set off a rapidly escalating chain of events: Austria-Hungary,
like many countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the
incident as justification for settling the question of Serbian nationalism once and for all. Because mighty
Russia supported Serbia, Austria-Hungary waited to declare war until its leaders received assurance from
German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would support their cause. Austro-Hungarian leaders
feared that a Russian intervention would involve Russia’s ally, France, and possibly Great Britain as well.
On July 5, Kaiser Wilhelm secretly pledged his support, giving Austria-Hungary a so-called carte blanche,
or “blank check” assurance of Germany’s backing in the case of war. The Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
then sent an ultimatum to Serbia, with such harsh terms as to make it almost impossible to accept.

Convinced that Austria-Hungary was readying for war, the Serbian government ordered the
Serbian army to mobilize and appealed to Russia for assistance. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war
on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers quickly collapsed. Within a week, Russia,
Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World
War I had begun. According to an aggressive military strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan (named for its
mastermind, German Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen), Germany began fighting World War I on two
fronts, invading France through neutral Belgium in the west and confronting Russia in the east.

On August 4, 1914, German troops crossed the border into Belgium. In the first battle of World War
I, the Germans assaulted the heavily fortified city of Liege, using the most powerful weapons in their
arsenal—enormous siege cannons—to capture the city by August 15. The Germans left death and
destruction in their wake as they advanced through Belgium toward France, shooting civilians and
executing a Belgian priest they had accused of inciting civilian resistance. In the First Battle of the Marne,
fought from September 6-9, 1914, French and British forces confronted the invading Germany army, which
had by then penetrated deep into northeastern France, within 30 miles of Paris. The Allied troops checked
the German advance and mounted a successful counterattack, driving the Germans back to north of the
Aisne River. Particularly long and costly battles in this campaign were fought at Verdun (February-
December 1916) and the Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916). German and French troops suffered
close to a million casualties in the Battle of Verdun alone.
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 Donald Duck Received Official Discharge Papers from the Defense
Department

When Donald Duck debuted in Walt Disney's 1934 cartoon "The Wise Little Hen," he was a sailor
skating from the job of helping the hen plant and harvest her corn. Judging from this early cartoon, we
might never have guessed that by his 50th birthday, he would be celebrating his official discharge from the
U.S. Army. It wasn't long before Donald Duck began appearing in his own solo cartoon. By 1936, Disney
gave him a love interest and three adopted nephews (Huey, Dewey and Louie), he began to look more like
the duck we know today and, most importantly, he was more popular than even Mickey Mouse. That same
year, the world was in upheaval. Adolf Hitler was in power in Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini ruled fascist
Italy, and the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy occupied much of Northern China. The world was on a path
to the Second World War.

According to the Department of Defense, Donald Duck was officially drafted into the U.S. Army in
1941, before the U.S. entered the war. On May 1, 1942, he made his first military appearance in the cartoon
"Donald Gets Drafted," where his draft card lists his actual middle name, Fauntleroy. At the same time, Walt
Disney and his animation studio, like many in America, knew that war was coming and prepared to support
it. Facing financial setbacks at the end of the 1930s, the coming war was a boon for the business. Disney
began taking government contracts to produce animated instructional cartoons for war production
employees. It wasn't long before the studio began producing patriotic animations on everything from food
production to using camouflage. Donald Duck even had his own cartoon where Donald patriotically paid
his taxes. In most of these cartoons, he's seen wearing his usual sailor's outfit. In 1943's Academy Award-
winning "Der Fuehrer's Face," he has a dream that he's a Nazi, but in his U.S. military cartoons, however, he
was officially in the Army.

After Donald first dons the Army uniform in "Donald Gets Drafted," he followed it up with "The
Vanishing Private" (1942), "Sky Trooper" (1942), "Fall Out Fall In" (1943) and "The Old Army Game"
(1943). These show his adventures in training and in garrison before he finally goes to war against the
Japanese in "Commando Duck" (1944). While Donald was making patriotic cartoons and training to fight
the enemy, Disney itself was all-in on the war effort. Walt Disney had been making insignia for U.S. and
Allied military units since 1933, and continued to do so throughout the war.

Since Donald Duck was a movie star on par with Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart (who were also
serving in the war), it makes sense that Donald was one of the most popular characters for World War II
insignia. Some 1,200 patches were designed by Disney for the war, and 216 of those logos featured Donald
Duck. He was on almost every kind of aircraft used in the war, including the B-25 Mitchell Bomber
"Ruptured Duck" that took off from the USS Hornet and bombed Tokyo during the 1942 Doolittle Raid.
Donald Duck was popular among service members because there was a lot about his character that was
relatable to those who joined at the time, when the future was uncertain, according to author Richard Shale
in his book, "Donald Duck Joins Up."

He signed up to do his part at war and at home, but he could have been anyone signing up for the
same, says Shale. He wasn't fearless and he was far from the perfect soldier. When his frustration level
boiled over, he could even be prone to unintelligible fits of rage. He encompassed the spirit of the times, the
war and those who served. On May 19, 1984, 50-year-old Donald Duck was officially served his discharge
papers from the Department of Defense. During the Armed Forces Day parade in Torrance, California,
Donald appeared in his World War II uniform, accompanied by Daisy Duck. He was promoted to sergeant
(E-5) for his retirement ceremony by then-Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Brown, Jr.
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 They Eat Ice Cream And Read ‘Harry Potter,’ But These North Korean
Youtubers Aren’t What They Seem

The young woman rifles through a fridge of popsicles, pulling out several to show the camera. “This
is milk flavor – the picture is so cute,” she says in English, pointing to the cartoon packaging with a smile.
“And this is peach flavor.” After finally selecting an ice cream cone, she bites into it, declaring: “The biscuit
is very delicious.” The four-minute video has racked up more than 41,000 views on YouTube, but this is no
ordinary vlog. The woman, who calls herself YuMi, lives in North Korea, perhaps the world’s most isolated
and secretive nation. Her YouTube channel, created last June, is one of several social media accounts that
have popped up across the internet in the past year or two, in which North Korean residents claim to share
their everyday lives. But experts say not all is as it seems in these videos, and that the images contain tell-
tale signs that the lives displayed are far from the norm for the impoverished millions under the
dictatorship of leader Kim Jong Un.

Instead, they suggest, YuMi and others like are likely related to high-ranking officials and may be
part of a propaganda campaign aimed at rebranding the country’s international image as a more relatable
– even tourist-friendly – place than its constant talk about nuclear weapons might suggest. YuMi’s videos
“look like a well-prepared play” scripted by the North Korean government, said Park Seong-cheol, a
researcher at the Database Centre for North Korean Human Rights. For decades, North Korea has been
comparatively closed off from the rest of the world, with tight restrictions on free expression, free
movement and access to information.

Its dismal human rights record has been criticized by the United Nations. Internet use is heavily
restricted; even the privileged few who are allowed smartphones can only access a government-run,
heavily censored intranet. Foreign materials like books and movies are banned, often with severe
punishments for those caught with black market contraband. This is why YuMi – who not only has access
to a filming device but YouTube – is no ordinary North Korean, experts say. “Connecting with the outside
world is an impossible thing for a resident,” said Ha Seung-hee, a research professor of North Korea studies
at Dongguk University. YuMi is not the only North Korean YouTuber turning heads: an 11-year-old who
calls herself Song A made her YouTube debut in April 2022 and has already gained more than 20,000
subscribers.

“My favorite book is ‘Harry Potter’ written by J. K. Rowling,” Song A claims in one video, holding up
the first book of the series – particularly striking given North Korea’s typically strict rules forbidding
foreign culture especially from Western nations. The video shows Song A speaking in a British accent and
sitting in what looks like an idyllic child’s bedroom complete with a globe, bookshelf, a stuffed animal, a
framed photo and pink curtains. The rosy depictions of daily life in Pyongyang may also give a clue to the
social standing and identities of their creators. YuMi’s videos show her visiting an amusement park and an
interactive cinema show, fishing in a river, exercising in a well-equipped indoor gym, and visiting a
limestone cave where young students wave the North Korean flag in the background. Park, the expert, says
these representations aren’t 100% false – but they are extremely misleading, and do not represent normal
life.
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 ChatGPT Passes Exams From Law And Business Schools

ChatGPT is smart enough to pass prestigious graduate-level exams – though not with particularly
high marks. The powerful new AI chatbot tool recently passed law exams in four courses at the University
of Minnesota and another exam at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, according to
professors at the schools. To test how well ChatGPT could generate answers on exams for the four courses,
professors at the University of Minnesota Law School recently graded the tests blindly. After completing 95
multiple choice questions and 12 essay questions, the bot performed on average at the level of a C+ student,
achieving a low but passing grade in all four courses. ChatGPT fared better during a business management
course exam at Wharton, where it earned a B to B- grade. In a paper detailing the performance, Christian
Terwiesch, a Wharton business professor, said ChatGPT did “an amazing job” at answering basic operations
management and process-analysis questions but struggled with more advanced prompts and made
“surprising mistakes” with basic math. “These mistakes can be massive in magnitude,” he wrote.

The test results come as a growing number of schools and teachers express concerns about the
immediate impact of ChatGPT on students and their ability to cheat on assignments. Some educators are
now moving with remarkable speed to rethink their assignments in response to ChatGPT, even as it remains
unclear how widespread use is of the tool among students and how harmful it could really be to learning.
Since it was made available in late November, ChatGPT has been used to generate original essays, stories
and song lyrics in response to user prompts. It has drafted research paper abstracts that fooled some
scientists. Some CEOs have even used it to write emails or do accounting work. ChatGPT is trained on vast
amounts of online data in order to generate responses to user prompts. While it has gained traction among
users, it has also raised some concerns, including about inaccuracies and its potential to perpetuate biases
and spread misinformation.

Jon Choi, one of the University of Minnesota law professors, told CNN the goal of the tests was to
explore ChatGPT’s potential to assist lawyers in their practice and to help students in exams, whether or
not it’s permitted by their professors, because the questions often mimic the writing lawyers do in real life.
“ChatGPT struggled with the most classic components of law school exams, such as spotting potential legal
issues and deep analysis applying legal rules to the facts of a case,” Choi said. “But ChatGPT could be very
helpful at producing a first draft that a student could then refine.” He argues human-AI collaboration is the
most promising use case for ChatGPT and similar technology. “My strong hunch is that AI assistants will
become standard tools for lawyers in the near future, and law schools should prepare their students for
that eventuality,” he said. “Of course, if law professors want to continue to test simple recall of legal rules
and doctrines, they’ll need to put restrictions in place like banning the internet during exams to enforce
that.”

Likewise, Wharton’s Terwiesch found the chatbot was “remarkably good” at modifying its answers
in response to human hints, such as reworking answers after pointing out an error, suggesting the potential
for people to work together with AI. In the short-term, however, discomfort remains with whether and how
students should use ChatGPT. Public schools in New York City and Seattle, for example, have already
banned students and teachers from using ChatGPT on the district’s networks and devices. Considering
ChatGPT performed above average on his exam, Terwiesch told CNN he agrees restrictions should be put
in place for students while they’re taking tests.
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 Offices Are More Than 50% Filled for The First Time Since The
Pandemic Started

Nearly three years after the pandemic began, American offices are finally more than halfway filled
again as workers have gradually returned to the office. Office occupancy across 10 major US cities crossed
50.4% of pre-pandemic levels for the first time since early 2020, according to security swipe tracker Kastle
Systems. That marks the first time occupancy has crossed the 50% mark since March 2020, when many
offices sent workers home because of Covid. Workers still aren’t coming back to the office consistently or
every day: Last week’s data showed that Friday was the lowest day of occupancy and Tuesday was the
highest. Kastle noted that all 10 cities that it tracks “have now reached occupancy rates above 40%.”

Major companies have begun to crack down on employees who are reluctant to return. Disney is
ordering corporate employees to return to offices four days a week beginning March 1. Starbucks (SBUX)
also recently instituted a three-days-a-week office schedule. Apple (AAPL) has also called for its corporate
workers to be in the office at least three days a week, sparking tensions with some of its staffers. Snapchat’s
parent company recently asked workers to return to the office 80% of the time, or the equivalent of four
days a week, beginning this month. However, Amazon (AMZN) CEO Andy Jassy isn’t looking to force the
company’s workers back into the office anytime soon, saying in September that it “doesn’t have a plan to
require people to come back.”

Dozens of YouTube contractors are going on strike Friday to protest what they describe as
unreasonable return-to-office policies that could force many of them to relocate from other states. The
protest involves more than 40 contractors for YouTube Music, according to the Alphabet Workers Union,
which is backing the strike. The contractors work for a third-party company called Cognizant, and they are
calling for the firm and YouTube-parent Google to revise the in-office policies to be more flexible. The strike
was first reported by Axios, which said the contractors voted to strike after receiving orders to report to an
office in Austin starting on Monday. Google declined to comment.

According to the Alphabet Workers Union, roughly a quarter of the striking workers are based
outside of Texas, and a majority of the contractors had been initially hired as remote workers. “On average,
YouTube music workers are paid $19 an hour and cannot afford the relocation, travel or childcare costs
associated with in-person work,” the group said on its Facebook page. “The upcoming return to office date
threatens the livelihoods of workers who do not live in the Austin area.”

With a global labor shortage and a stubbornly high number of job openings, forcing people back
into the office could backfire. Leaders who require workers to be on site for more days than staffers prefer
— and who threaten them with pay cuts or termination if they don’t comply — may be creating a longer-
term problem, workplace experts say. Many leaders’ arguments for coming in to work are now focused on
the need to preserve company culture, collaboration and mentoring of younger workers. Face time is
important, but workplace research shows that neither culture nor collaboration are necessarily optimized
just by having employees spend 40 hours a week in the same building. It also shows that when employees
and teams are allowed to schedule their in-person versus remote time, it can boost engagement, morale
and retention.
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 Instagram’s Founders Are Back With A New App

More than four years after Instagram’s founders left the company, they’re back with a new app.
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger on Tuesday announced the launch of Artifact, an app that promises “a
personalized news feed” powered by artificial intelligence. In an Instagram post, Krieger said he and
Systrom “have been working with a talented team” for more than a year to launch the service. “We’re
gradually letting people in as we scale up,” Krieger wrote. A wait list to join opened to the public Tuesday.

Unlike Instagram, the app is more focused on articles rather than photos. Artifact will recommend
content based on interests and allow for discussion with friends, according to Platformer, which was first
to report the launch. A main feed will display popular articles from large media organizations down to
smaller bloggers, and a user’s feed will grow more personalized based on what they click on. Artifact did
not respond to CNN’s request for comment on more details.

The launch comes at a time of renewed activity in the social media world. In the wake of upheaval
and uncertainty at Twitter under new owner Elon Musk, a number of newer services have found traction
helping users get news and personal updates in a feed. Meanwhile, TikTok’s rapid rise continues to push
numerous apps, including Instagram, to copy its features. Platformer described Artifact as “TikTok for text”
and possibly “even a surprise attack on Twitter.”

After launching Instagram together in 2010, Systrom and Krieger sold the app to Meta for $1 billion
in 2012. The pair left Instagram in 2018, with reports at the time suggesting the departure was due to
tensions with CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the app’s direction and a desire to further incorporate it into
Facebook. “One of the key hallmarks of Instagram has been its independence and uniqueness from
Facebook. The founders closely guarded that,” Debra Aho Williamson, principal analyst at eMarketer, said
to CNN at the time. Systrom and Krieger have since created a venture focused on social apps of the future,
according to Platformer. Artifact is the first product from that venture.
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29. further :
30. principal :
Cancer Is Striking More People In Their 30s And 40s. Here’s What You
Need To Know

Cancer deaths are on the decline in the United States, and the outlook for winning the war against
this deadly disease is both good and bad. In the United States, deaths from cancer have dropped 33% since
1991, with an estimated 3.8 million lives saved, mostly due to advances in early detection and treatment.
Still, 10 million people worldwide lost their lives to cancer in 2020. During the last three years, cancer has
remained a leading cause of death in the world — more than Covid-19, said Dr. Arif Kamal, chief patient
officer for the American Cancer Society. Symptoms of cancer can mimic those of many other illnesses, so it
can be difficult to tell them apart, experts say. Signs include unexplained weight loss or gain, swelling or
lumps in the groin, neck, stomach or underarms and fever and night sweats, according to the National
Cancer Institute.

Bladder, bowel, skin and neurological issues may be signs of cancer, such as changes in hearing
and vision, seizures, headaches and bleeding or bruising for no reason, the institute said. But most cancers
do not cause pain at first, so you can’t rely on that as a sign. “We tell patients that if they have symptoms
that do not get better after a few weeks, they should visit a doctor,” Kamal said. “It doesn’t mean the
diagnosis will be cancer, however.” Rather than wait for symptoms, the key to keeping cancer at bay is
prevention, along with screenings to detect the disease in its early stages. That’s critical, experts say, as new
cases of cancer are on the rise globally. A surprising number of new diagnoses are in people under 50,
according to a 2022 review of available research by Harvard University scientists.

Cases of breast, colon, esophagus, gallbladder, kidney, liver, pancreas, prostate, stomach and
thyroid cancers have been increasing in 50-, 40- and even 30-year-olds since the 1990s. That’s unusual for
a disease that typically strikes people over 60, Kamal said. “Cancer is generally considered an age-related
condition, because you’re giving yourself enough time to have sort of a genetic whoopsie.” Older cells
experience decades of wear and tear from environmental toxins and less than favorable lifestyle choices,
making them prime candidates for a cancerous mutation. “We believed it takes time for that to occur, but if
someone is 35 when they develop cancer, the question is ‘What could possibly have happened?’” Kamal
asked.

No one knows exactly, but smoking, alcohol consumption, air pollution, obesity, a lack of physical
activity and a diet with few fruits and vegetables are key risk factors for cancer, according to the World
Health Organization. Add those up, and you’ve got a potential culprit for the advent of early cancers, the
Harvard researchers said. “The increased consumption of highly processed or westernized foods together
with changes in lifestyles, the environment … and other factors might all have contributed to such changes
in exposures,” the researchers wrote in their 2022 review. “You don’t need 65 years of eating crispy,
charred or processed meat as a main diet, for example,” Kamal added. “What you need is about 20 years,
and then you start to see stomach and colorectal cancers, even at young ages.”

Many of the most common cancers, including breast, bowel, stomach and prostate, are genetically
based — meaning that if a close relative has been diagnosed, you may have inherited a predisposition to
develop that cancer too. That’s why it’s critical to know your family’s health history. Kamal suggested that
young people sit down with their grandparents and other close relatives and ask them about their illnesses
— and then write it down.
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1. Decline :
2. Outlook :
3. Against :
4. Disease :
5. Mostly :
6. Leading :
7. Symptoms :
8. Mimic :
9. Groin :
10. Bladder :
11. Bowel :
12. Seizures :
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14. Bay :
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24. Colorectal :
25. Inherited :
26. Predisposition :
27. Relatives :
28. Cancerous :
29. Critical :
30. Culprit :
 China Says 80% Of Population Have Had Covid-19, As Millions Travel
For Lunar New Year

Eight in 10 people in China have now been infected with Covid-19, a prominent government
scientist has claimed. Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of China’s Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, said on Saturday – the eve of the Lunar New Year – that the present “wave of epidemic has
already infected about 80% of the people” in the country of 1.4 billion people.

His claim came amid concerns the travel rush that takes place around the Lunar New Year holiday
period – sometimes dubbed the ‘world’s largest human migration’ – could spread the virus to the
countryside and cause a second wave of infections. But Wu, speaking on his personal social media account,
said this scenario was unlikely as so many people had already been infected. “In the next two to three
months, the possibility of a large-scale Covid-19 rebound or a second wave of infections across the country
is very small,” Wu said.

China’s Ministry of Transport estimates over 2 billion passenger trips will take place during the
40-day Lunar New Year season as people across the country return to their hometowns for family reunions
for the first time without domestic travel restrictions since the start of the pandemic over three years ago.
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday that more than 26 million passenger trips were taken
on the eve of Lunar New Year. That is only half of the number of travelers from the same day in 2019, prior
to the Covid-19 pandemic, but 50.8% higher than 2022, it said.

More than 4.1 million people traveled by train and 756,000 people by air for holiday reunions on
the day before the start of Lunar New Year, CCTV added. The country’s road transport system registered
more than 20 million passenger trips on the same day, 55.1 % higher than the number from 2022. As of
Friday, China’s transport system had handled over 560 million passenger trips in the first 15 days of the
40-day ongoing Spring Festival travel rush via rail, highway, water, and air, up 47.9% from the same period
last year, according to CCTV.
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2. Disease :
3. Prominent :
4. Present :
5. Prevention :
6. Country :
7. Amid :
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 India On Alert For New Variants As Covid Wave Sweeps China

India’s health minister has advised the public to take precautions against Covid-19, including
getting vaccinated and wearing masks, as the country remains on alert for potential new variants that could
emerge from the wave of infections sweeping neighboring China. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on
Thursday told Parliament that India would begin randomly testing 2% of international travelers arriving
at the country’s airports, after he asked regional authorities to send positive samples to laboratories
monitoring for new Covid strains. “States have been told to make people aware of (the need to) wear masks,
use hand sanitizers, maintain respiratory hygiene and social distancing,” Mandaviya said, as he encouraged
Indians to receive vaccines or booster shots.

Speaking Wednesday at a meeting to review the Covid situation in the country amid rising cases in
several Asian nations, Mandaviya said: “Covid is not over yet. I have directed all concerned to be on the
alert, and strengthen surveillance.” India, a country of 1.3 billion, relaxed its Covid restrictions earlier this
year after a drop in infections, and people have mostly stopped wearing masks outside. The warnings from
the Indian minister come as China braces for infections to spread from its biggest cities to its vast rural
areas following its hurried and under-prepared exit from the zero-Covid strategy earlier this month.

On Wednesday, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed
concern over rising cases in China, emphasizing he was worried about “increasing reports of severe
disease.” “In order to make a comprehensive risk assessment of the situation on the ground, WHO needs
more detailed information on disease severity, hospital admissions and requirements for ICU support,”
Tedros told a news conference.

The surge could lead to nearly 1 million deaths in China, according to a study released last week,
which added it was also likely to overload many local health systems in the country. Meanwhile, Chinese
experts have warned that the worst may be yet to come. Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said last week that China is being hit by the first of three
expected waves of infections this winter.

Last year, India was devastated by a second wave of Covid-19, which killed tens of thousands and
overwhelmed the country’s health system. Since then, India has administered more than 2 billion Covid
vaccines and nearly 75% of its population has received at least one dose, according to data from Johns’
Hopkins University. According to the Health Ministry, India had seen a “steady decline” in cases, with an
average of about 150 infections a day nationwide as of December 19. “We are prepared to manage any
situation,” Health Minister Mandaviya said in a Twitter post Wednesday.
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2. Minister :
3. Precautions :
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5. Sweeping :
6. Neighboring :
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28. Case :
29. Comprehensive :
30. Prepared :