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August 7, 2021
Streak Daily Initiative: Question Hour – Day 12
Questions for the Day:

Try these Mains Questions :

Q: Discuss the major extra constitutional factors influencing the federal polity in India. (10)

Q: Kesavananda Bharati case holds a very important place in making Indian Constitution a “living document”. Elaborate. In this context, also examine the significance of Basic Structure Doctrine in Indian Constitution. (15)

Try these Prelims Questions :

Q1. Consider the following statements

1. An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by an introduction of a bill in the Lok Sabha only.

2. If such an amendment seeks to make changes in the federal character of the Constitution, the amendment also requires to be ratified by the legislature of all the States of India.

3. An amendment to the Constitution of India cannot be called into question by the Supreme Court of India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 3only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) None of them

Q2. Consider the following statements related to Article 368 of the Constitution:

1. A Constitutional Amendment Bill can be passed at a joint session of Parliament in case of deadlock between the two Houses.

2. It is obligatory for the President of India to give his assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill passed under Article 368.

3. To amend 7th Schedule of the Constitution, ratification of more than half of the State legislature is essential.

4. To Take away any the fundamental rights

Which of these are correct ?

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1 and 3

(c) 2 and 3 and 4

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q3. Consider the following statements about the basic Structure doctrine:

1. A Constitutional amendment inserting a regulation in the Ninth Schedule cannot be challenged on the ground of violation of basic structure of the Constitution.

2. Any Constitutional amendment by Parliament cannot be successfully challenged unless it affects the basic structure of the Constitution.

3. All fundamental Rights form the basic structure, hence can’t be taken away.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1 and 2

(b) Only 2 and 3

(c) Both 1 and 3

(d) None of them

Q4. Which of the following given below are the features of the parliamentary government in India?
1. Presence of nominal and real executives
2. Leadership of the prime minister or the chief minister
3. Dissolution of the upper and lower Houses

4. Separation of powers between executive and legislature

Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A. 1 ,2 and 3only

B. 2 ,3 and 4 only

C. 1 and 2 only

D. All of them.

Q5. In the context of India, which of the following principles is/are implied institutionally in the parliamentary Government?
1. Members of the Cabinet are Members of the Parliament.
2. Ministers hold the office till they enjoy confidence in the Parliament.
3. The Cabinet is headed by the Head of the State.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) 1 and 2 only

(b) 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Q6. The presidential system operates on the principle of

(a) Division of powers

(b) Separation of powers

(c) Fusion of powers

(d) Balance of powers

Q7. Which of the following are true of presidential system of

Government?

(1) President is both Head of the State and Head of the

Government.

(2) It is based on separation of powers.

(3) President’s term of office is fixed.

(4) Secretaries are responsible to the President as well as to the Senate.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) (1), (2) and (3)

(b) All of them

(c) (1), (2), and (4)

(d) (1), (3), and (4)

Q8. Which of the following given below explain the differences between Federal Government and Unitary Government?
1. In federal government, the constitution is written while it may be written or unwritten in unitary government.
2. There is supremacy of the Constitution in federal government while in unitary government Constitution may or may not be supreme.

3. In federalism, there is horizontal division of powers, while in Unitary system, all powers are concentrated at center.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A. 1 and 2only

B. 2 and 3 only

C. All of them

D. 1 and 3 only

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August 7, 2021

Important Sessions of Indian National Congress and Important Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi

07th Aug, 2021

Important facts to remember about leaders of the session

Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the president of the first session of the Indian National Congress.
Annie Beasant was the first female President of the Indian National Congress.
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress.
Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress.
Rahimtulla Sayani was the second Muslim President of the Indian National Congress.
George Yule was the first European President of the Indian National Congress.
Dadhabhai Naoroji was the first Parsi President of the Indian National Congress.
Sankaran Narayan was the first & the only Keralite President of the Indian National Congress Session.
Hakim Ajmal Khan was the only person to be appointed as the President of INC, All India Muslim League & All India Khilafat Committee.

Important Sessions of Indian National Congress

Year and Place	President	Details
Bombay, 1885	W C Bonnerjee	This was the first session. 72 delegates attended it. Formation of Indian National Congress.
Calcutta, 1886	Dadabhai Naoroji	National Congress and National Conference were merged.
Madras, 1887	Syed Badruddin Tyabji	An appeal was made to Muslims to join hands with other national leaders. Syed Badruddin Tyabji, first Muslim President.
Calcutta, 1896	Rahimtullah M. Sayani	National song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time
Benares, 1905	Gopal Krishna Gokhale	Resentment was shown against the partition of Bengal
Calcutta, 1906	Dadabhai Naoroji	The word ‘swaraj’ was mentioned for the first time.
Surat, 1907	Rash Behari Ghosh	The ‘Surat Split’- Party splits into extremists and moderates
Lahore, 1909	Madan Mohan Malaviya	Disapproval was expressed over the separate electorates on basis of religion as given in Indian Councils Act, 1909.
Calcutta, 1911	Bishan Narayan Dar	The national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ was sung for the first time
Lucknow, 1916	Ambica Charan Mazumdar	Lucknow Pact was signed. The extremists and moderates reunited.
Calcutta, 1917	Annie Besant	She was the first woman president of the INC
Amritsar, 1919	Motilal Nehru	The Jallianwalla Bagh massacre was condemned. Khilafat Movement was boosted
Belgaum, 1924	M K Gandhi	Only Session presided over by Mahatma Gandhi
Kanpur, 1925	Sarojini Naidu	Sarojini Naidu, First Indian Woman President
Lahore, 1929	Jawaharlal Nehru	This was an iconic session. Resolution for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was passed. The Civil Disobedience movement was launched. Gandhi- Irwin pact was endorsed.
Karachi, 1931	Vallabhbhai Patel	The Congress adopted a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy
Haripura, 1938	Subhas Chandra Bose	National Planning Committed set-up under Nehru
Tripuri, 1939	Subhas Chandra Bose	Bose had to resign due to differences with Gandhi
Meerut, 1946	Acharya Kripalani	Last session before independence

Important Satyagraha and freedom struggle movements of Mahatma Gandhi

The Rise of Gandhi in the Indian Freedom Struggle

M K Gandhi returned from South Africa to India in 1915.

There he had led a peaceful agitation against the discrimination meted out to Indians and had emerged as a respected leader.

It was in South Africa that he developed his brand of Satyagraha. In India, he first used this tool against the British government at Champaran in Bihar.

Champaran Satyagraha (1917)

The first civil disobedience movement by Gandhi in the freedom struggle. He is requested by Rajkumar Shukla, an indigo cultivator in Bihar to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
The farmers were suffering under heavy taxes and an exploitative system. They were forced to grow indigo by the British planters under the tinkathia system.
Gandhi arrived in Champaran to investigate the matter but was not permitted by the British authorities to do so. He was asked to leave the place but he refused.
He was able to gather support from the farmers and masses. The case against him was dropped and he was allowed to conduct the inquiry.
After peaceful protests against the planters and landlords led by Gandhi, the government agreed to abolish the exploitative tinkathia system.
The peasants also received a part of the money extracted from them as compensation.
Champaran struggle is called the first experiment on Satyagraha by Gandhi. It was during this time that Gandhi was given the names ‘Bapu’ and ‘Mahatma’ by the people.

Kheda Satyagraha (1918)

1918 was a year of failed crops in the Kheda district of Gujarat due to droughts.
As per law, the farmers were entitled to remission if the produce was less than a quarter of the normal output. But the government refused any remission from paying land revenue.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, under Gandhi’s guidance, led the farmers in protest against the collection of taxes in the wake of the famine.
People from all castes and ethnicities of the district lend their support to the movement.
The protest was peaceful and people showed remarkable courage even in the face of adversities like confiscation of personal property and arrest.
Finally, the authorities gave in and gave some concessions to the farmers.

Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)

Gandhi used Satyagraha and hunger strike for the first time during an industrial dispute between the owners and workers of a cotton mill in Ahmedabad.
The owners wanted to withdraw the plague bonus to the workers while the workers were demanding a hike of 35% in their wages. Gandhi underwent a hunger strike for the workers..
The Ahmedabad Mill strike was successful and the workers were granted the wage hike they wanted.

Satyagraha against the proposed Rowlatt Act (1919)

Rowlatt Act gave the government enormous powers to repress political activities, and allowed detention of political prisoners without trial for two years.
On 13th April, 1919 the infamous Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place. Seeing violence spread, Mahatma Gandhi called off the movement (18th April, 1919).

Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22)

At the Calcutta session of the Congress in September 1920, he convinced other leaders of the need to start a non-cooperation movement in support of Khilafat as well as for swaraj.
At the Congress session at Nagpur in December 1920, the Non-Cooperation programme was adopted.
In February 1922, Mahatma Gandhi decided to withdraw the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri-Chaura incident.

The Salt March and the Civil Disobedience Movement

For several years after the Non-cooperation Movement ended, Mahatma Gandhi focused on his social reform work.
In 1930, Gandhiji declared that he would lead a march to break the salt law. According to this law, the state had a monopoly on the manufacture and sale of salt.
The march was over 240 miles, from Gandhi’s ashram in Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi, where they broke the government law by gathering natural salt found on the seashore, and boiling sea water to produce salt.
This marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
In 1931, Gandhi accepted a truce (the Gandhi-Irwin Pact), called off civil disobedience, and agreed to attend the Second Round Table Conference in London as the sole representative of the Indian National Congress.
After returning from London, Mahatma Gandhi relaunched the Civil Disobedience Movement. For over a year, the movement continued, but by 1934 it lost its momentum.

Quit India Movement

With the outbreak of World War II (1939-45), the nationalist struggle in India entered its last crucial phase.
The failure of the mission of Sir Stafford Cripps, a British cabinet minister who went to India in March 1942 with an offer that Gandhi found unacceptable.
The British equivocation on the transfer of power to Indian hands, and the encouragement given by high British officials to conservative and communal forces promoting discord between Muslims and Hindus impelled Gandhi to demand in the summer of 1942 an immediate British withdrawal from India—what became known as the Quit India Movement.

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August 7, 2021

South Asia’s emerging digital transformation
Context

COVID-19 has forced South Asia to take a quantum leap in digitalisation, which will help shape its future prosperity.

Spike in digitisation due to Covid
- In India, COVID-19 accelerated the launch of the National Digital Health Mission, enhancing the accessibility and the efficiency of health-care services by creating a unique health ID for every citizen.
- Pandemic accelerated South Asia’s embrace of e-commerce, boosted by digital payment systems.
- Bangladesh alone witnessed an increase of 70-80% in online sales in 2020, generating $708.46 million in revenues.
- Even smaller nations such as Nepal recording almost an 11% increase in broadband Internet users.
The dangers of a digital divide
- A wide digital divide persists in access and affordability, between and within the countries of South Asia.
- Despite having the world’s second-largest online market, 50% of India’s population are without Internet with 59% for Bangladesh and 65% for Pakistan.
- This divide could permanently put children out of school, place girls at risk of early marriage, and push poor children into child labour costing economies billions of dollars in future earnings.
- Businesses too have paid a heavy price for the gap in digital solutions, whereby many South Asian firms failing to embrace e-commerce or other cloud-based technologies to survive the financial chaos of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Asian digitalisation
- Digital transformation is a global imperative with the adoption of advanced technologies.
- At the forefront of Asian digitalisation are countries such as Singapore, Japan, and South Korea recognised as global technological hubs.
- The digital boom in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies is pushing a “common market” initiative, fostering regional economic integration and enhancing global competitiveness.
- South Asia has also made significant strides in the adoption of digital technologies such as the Digital Bangladesh Vision 2021.
How digitalisation can help South Asia?
- The region still has a long way to go.
- Jobs in e-commerce: E-commerce could drive the post-pandemic growth in South Asia, providing new business opportunities and access to larger markets.
- In India, e-commerce could create a million jobs by 2030 and be worth $200 billion by 2026.
- Growth driven by Fintech: Fintech could drive significant growth and reduce poverty by building financial inclusion.
- Increase in productivity: A timely, inclusive, and sustainable digital transformation can not only bolster productivity and growth but also serve as a panacea for some of the region’s socio-economic divides.
Steps need to be taken
- To reap the dividends of digital transformation, South Asia needs to address legal, regulatory and policy gaps as well as boost digital skills.
- Digital infrastructure: A robust digital infrastructure is a sine qua non and there exists a huge financing gap.
- India alone needs an annual investment of $35 billion to be in the top five global digital economy.
- Private-public partnership: Public-private partnership needs to be leveraged for the region’s digital infrastructure financing.
- Regulatory roadblocks need to be addressed as e-commerce regulations are weak in South Asia.
- Digital literacy: There would be no digital revolution without universal digital literacy.
- Governments and businesses need to come together to revamp the education system to meet the demand for digital skills and online platforms.
- Cybersecurity measures: The crossflow of data and personal information calls for stringent cybersecurity measures as many have experienced painful lessons in data privacy during the pandemic.
- Digital Single Market Proposal: By addressing issues such as regulatory barriers on currency flows inhibiting online payment to transport-related constraints for cross-border e-commerce activities, South Asia can emulate the European Union’s Digital Single Market Proposal.
- Collaboration: Concerted collaboration at all levels is needed to push South Asia out of stagnancy and towards a digital future of shared prosperity.
- Partnership for digital revolution: During the pandemic, South Asian nations joined hands to collectively battle the crises by contributing towards a COVID-19 emergency fund, exchanging data and information on health surveillance, sharing research findings, and developing an online learning platform for health workers.
- If the eight nations (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) can start walking the talk, partnership for a successful digital revolution is plausible.
Conclusion

A shared “digital vision” could place the region on the right track towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
August 7, 2021
127th Constitutional Amendment Bill
The Government will bring the 127th Amendment Bill to Parliament to clarify “some provisions in the 102nd Constitutional amendment Bill” to restore the power of the states to identify backward classes — a demand made by a number of regional parties and even the ruling party’s own OBC leaders.
Try answering:

Q. Consider the following statements:
1. An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by an introduction of a bill in the Lok Sabha only.
2. If such an amendment seeks to make changes in the federal character of the Constitution, the amendment also requires to be ratified by the legislature of all the States of India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (CSP 2013)

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2
127th Constitutional Amendment Bill
- The Constitutional 127th Amendment Bill will amend Articles 342 A — clauses 1 and 2 — and will introduce clause 342 A (3) specifically authorizing states to maintain their State List.
- There will be a consequential amendment in Articles 366(26C) and 338B (9). States will then be able to directly notify OBC and SEBCs without having to refer to the NCBC.
- There has been some confusion about what comprises a state and Central list, and this clause will clarify that.
Why need amendment?
- The Centre had earlier moved a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the court’s interpretation of the 102nd amendment of the Constitution in the Maratha reservation judgment.
- The 102^nd CA had scrapped the power of the states to identify and notify socially and educationally backward classes.
- The move is politically significant as the govt is banking heavily on OBC votes in key states that go to the polls next year.
About the 102^nd CAA
- The 102^nd CAA, 2018 has given constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
- With this, NCBC gets powers to examine the grievances in the implementation of the various welfare schemes meant for OBCs.
- The status of the Central list of OBCs has been elevated by giving constitutional status to the list.
- It has given powers to the Parliament to make changes in the Central OBC list.
Back2Basics: Constitutional Amendment
- Amending the Constitution of India is the process of making changes to the nation’s fundamental law or supreme law.
- The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Part XX (Article 368) of the Constitution of India.
- There is a limitation imposed on the amending power of the constitution of India.
- The most famous among them is the Basic structure doctrine as laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala (1973).
Procedure
- An amendment of the Constitution can be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill in either House of Parliament.
- The Bill must then be passed in each House by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a special majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting.
- There is no provision for a joint sitting in case of disagreement between the two Houses.
- If the amendment seeks to make any change in any of the provisions mentioned in the provision to article 368, it must be ratified by the Legislatures of not less than one-half of the States.
- Although there is no prescribed time limit for ratification, it must be completed before the amending Bill is presented to the President for his assent.
Types:
1. Simple majority of the Parliament: Creation of new states, Delimitation of constituencies etc.
2. Special majority of the Parliament: for Fundamental rights and DPSPs
3. Special majority of the Parliament and the ratification of at least half of the state legislatures: Election of the President and its manner, Supreme Court and high courts etc.
August 7, 2021
Declaring a National Calamity
Under the existing Scheme of State Disaster Response Fund / National Response Fund of the Ministry of Home Affairs, there is no provision to declare any disaster including flood as a National Calamity.

How does the law define a disaster?
- A natural disaster includes earthquake, flood, landslide, cyclone, tsunami, urban flood, heatwave; a man-made disaster can be nuclear, biological and chemical.
- As per the Disaster Management Act, 2005, “disaster” means:
1. A catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence in any area, arising from natural or man-made causes, or
2. It results in substantial loss of life or human suffering or damage to, and destruction of, property, or damage to, or degradation of, environment, and
3. Damage is of such a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the affected area.
How can any of these be classified as a national disaster?
- There is no provision, executive or legal, to declare a natural calamity as a national calamity.
- The existing guidelines of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF)/ National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), do not contemplate declaring a disaster as a National Calamity.
Has there ever been an attempt to define a national calamity?
- In 2001, the National Committee under the chairmanship of the then PM was mandated to look into the parameters that should define a national calamity.
- However, the committee did not suggest any fixed criterion.
How, then, does the government classify disasters/calamities?
- The 10th Finance Commission (1995-2000) examined a proposal that a disaster be termed “a national calamity of rarest severity” if it affects one-third of the population of a state.
- The panel did not define a “calamity of rare severity” but stated that a calamity of rare severity would necessarily have to be adjudged on a case-to-case basis taking into account.
What happens if a calamity is so declared?
- When a calamity is declared to be of “rare severity/severe nature”, support to the state government is provided at the national level.
- The Centre also considers additional assistance from the NDRF.
- A Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) is set up, with the corpus shared 3:1 between Centre and state.
- When resources in the CRF are inadequate, additional assistance is considered from the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF), funded 100% by the Centre.
- Relief in repayment of loans or for grant of fresh loans to the persons affected on concessional terms, too, are considered once a calamity is declared “severe”.
August 7, 2021
What is Retractable Roof Polyhouse?
The CSIR-CMERI has recently inaugurated a “naturally ventilated polyhouse facility” and laid the foundation stone of “retractable roof polyhouse”.

What is a Polyhouse?
- A polyhouse is a specially constructed structure like a building where specialized polythene sheet is used as a covering material under which crops can be grown in partially or fully controlled climatic conditions.
- It is covered with a transparent material as to permit the entry of natural light. Polyhouses are also helpful in reducing threats such as extreme heat and pest attacks in crops.
- This is especially important for crops growing in the open field with no protection from the weather, and therefore its yield, quality, and crop maturity timings are changed.
Retractable Roof Polyhouse
- The retractable roof system is a modular screen system for greenhouses that helps in saving costs and time along with providing stability, flexibility & durability for the greenhouse structure.
- Such polyhouse will have an automatic retractable roof which will be operated based on weather conditions and crop requirements from the conditional database using the software.
Advantages offered
- Ability to use the benefits of natural weather conditions
- Long life of the system and material used
- Easy assembly and installation
- Maximum insulation and complete protection from insecticides
- Easy maintenance & even easier repair work during operation
Why need such polyhouse?
- With rapidly rising temperatures due to mounting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities, crops are increasingly facing both threats — extreme heat and pest attacks — simultaneously.
- Crop losses in India due to insect pests are about 15 percent at present and this loss may increase as climate change lowers the plant defense system against insects and pests.
- Conventional greenhouses have a stationary roof to reduce the effect of weather anomalies and pests.
- However, there are still disadvantages due to roof covering which sometimes lead to excessive heat and insufficient light (early morning).
- Besides this, they are also prone to insufficient levels of carbon dioxide, transpiration, and water stress.
August 7, 2021
Person in news: Abanindranath Tagore
Year-long celebrations marking 150 years of Abanindranath Tagore have been kicked off in Kolkata.

Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951)
- Tagore CIE was the principal artist and creator of the “Indian Society of Oriental Art”.
- A nephew of Rabindranath Tagore and a decade younger to the poet, he helped shape modern Indian art and was the creator of the iconic ‘Bharat Mata’ painting.
- He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art, thereby finding the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting.
- He was also a noted writer, particularly for children.
- Tagore sought to modernize Mughal, Rajput styles to counter the influence of Western models of art, as taught in art schools under the British Raj.
- Along with other artists from the Bengal school of art, Tagore advocated in favor of a nationalistic Indian art derived from Indian art history, drawing inspiration from the Ajanta Caves.
Q. Which among the following event happened earliest? (CSP 2018)

(a) Swami Dayanand established Arya Samaj.

(b) Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neeldarpan.

(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote Anandmath.

(d) Satyendranath Tagore became the first India to succeed in the Indian Civil Services Examination.

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August 7, 2021
[pib] SATYAM Programme
The Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST) is implementing the Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation (SATYAM) Programme to explore the effect of yoga and meditation as add on therapy to fight COVID-19.

SATYAM Programme
- The MoST is implementing SATYAM Programme since the year 2015-16 to promote scientific research in the field of yoga and meditation in order to understand its role in human wellbeing.
- Its main objective is encouraging scientists, clinicians and experienced practitioners of yoga and meditation, with a proven track record, to submit concept notes.
Themes covered:
- Investigations on the effect of Yoga and Meditation on physical and mental health and well being.
- Investigations on the effect of Yoga and Meditation on the body, brain, and mind in terms of basic processes and mechanisms.
Focus on COVID

It shall focus on three dimensions of COVID related illness:
- Mental Stress
- Respiratory
- Immune system
August 7, 2021
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127th Constitutional Amendment Bill

Why need amendment?

About the 102nd CAA

Back2Basics: Constitutional Amendment

How does the law define a disaster?

How can any of these be classified as a national disaster?

Has there ever been an attempt to define a national calamity?

How, then, does the government classify disasters/calamities?

What happens if a calamity is so declared?

What is a Polyhouse?

Retractable Roof Polyhouse

Advantages offered

Why need such polyhouse?

Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951)

SATYAM Programme

Focus on COVID

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