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Date: 9th May
‘Deadlier’ Than COVID, Stranger Than Flu: Killer Virus Emerges Onboard A Cruise
The Fact: On April 1, cruise ship MV Hondius embarked on a journey from Argentina towards the South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica with 149 passengers. Scheduled to stop over at the Canary Islands, the vessel was forced to remain anchored off Cape Verde for three days amid 8 cases of Hantavirus, including three deaths, according to the latest update by the WHO. Hantavirus is a rare wild rodent-borne disease, spread through infected urine, excreta, and saliva. Characterized by symptoms like fever, gastrointestinal distress, rapid progression to pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and shock, the strain of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) carries a mortality rate ranging from 30 to 50 percent.
The Context: The first person impacted was an adult male who developed symptoms on April 6 before passing away on board on April 11. The second case is that of a close contact of the former, an adult woman, who fell ill on April 24 and later died on April 26, with PCR tests confirming hantavirus. A third confirmed case remains in intensive care in South Africa after testing positive on May 2, while a fourth passenger died on May 2 after showing symptoms from April 28.
The Peek Insight: While very unlikely, is the world prepared for another virus outbreak after COVID-19? The global GDP declined by approximately 3.4 percent, international tourism saw a downturn of about 74 percent, and millions of people were laid off, all of it as a result of the pandemic. Amid the ongoing war in West Asia, the world economy has already suffered a significant hit. If the hantavirus outbreak blows out of proportion, it will take the world a long time to regain stability yet again. Moreover, healthcare preparedness remains the biggest challenge, with underdeveloped and developing countries trying to keep their citizens afloat. That said, health experts emphasise that this virus spreads ‘very differently’ and is unlikely to snowball into a pandemic-inducing virus.
After BJP’s Bengal Win, TMC MP Mahua ‘Harassed’ By ‘Jai Shri Ram’ Chants Mid-Air
The Fact: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra alleged on Thursday that she faced harassment from a group of men while traveling on an IndiGo flight to Delhi. The MP was en route to attend a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence when the incident occurred. Slogans like ‘ TMC Chor’ and ‘ Jai Shree Ram’ chants were raised. On X, she wrote, “Was on seat 1F on 6E 719. 4-6 men boarded in a group & leered at me & went to the back of the plane. When the flight landed & before the doors opened, this is what they did & filmed it. This is no ‘citizen anger”. This is harassment & violates my safety in an aircraft. No way that these louts can get away with this harassment inside an airplane.” Mahua even filed an official complaint with the civil aviation regulator DGCA.
The Context: Moitra alleged that after her flight landed and before the doors opened, a group of men heckled her and filmed the encounter. This follows the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) win in the state of West Bengal, arguably the party’s most consequential victory since 2014, with 207 seats, leaving TMC to just 80 seats in their own stronghold.
The Peek Insight: One of the major points in the BJP manifesto was the establishment of Women's Police Station, Durga Surokha Squads: an all-women police patrolling team to enhance safety in public areas, and Women Battalions: Creation of two all-women battalions in the State Reserve Police Force. Even giving a ticket to RG Kar’s rape survivor’s mother, the BJP kept their whole campaign around the incident, and Nari Shakti. We need to remember that women’s safety cannot be selective. Once the electoral outcome is achieved, can such hooliganism be justified? Further, this incident also highlights the consequences of a divisive, high-pitched, and bitter campaign.
She Came, She Saw, She Scored: In State Boards, Girls Outperform Boys Again, Gender Gap Lowest In A Decade
The Fact: The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Madhyamik Pariksha 2026 results are now out. Gender-wise analysis shows that female students have once again performed better than male candidates in the regular category. Out of 4,91,880 female candidates, 4,15,847 were successful, translating into a pass percentage of 84.54%.In comparison, 3,67,123 out of 409,844 male candidates cleared the examination, giving them a higher but still trailing pass percentage of 89.57%. Similarly, the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Government Examinations (DGE) has declared the Tamil Nadu Class 12 Result 2026, with girls once again outperforming boys in the Higher Secondary examinations here as well. According to the official data, girls recorded a pass percentage of 97% in the Tamil Nadu HSE +2 exams 2026, while boys registered 93.19%.
The Context: The data shows a steady overall performance, with girls once again maintaining a clear edge over boys in success rates, continuing a long-running pattern in the state board examinations. The overall pass percentage for girls has remained leading over the years. In 2015, it was 87.56% for girls and 77.77% for boys, with a gender gap of 9.79. Over the next ten years, boys improved their pass rate by more than 10 percentage points, nearly double the pace of improvement among girls. Yet girls advanced too, climbing from 87.56% to 91.64% by 2025, with a gender gap of 5.94. The gap did compress, but it never entirely closed.
The Peek Insight: There are several international studies supporting this stance. A survey called the “Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow”, which was developed by UNESCO and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), suggests that girls are reading better than boys through age 15. Statistically, 56 percent of the boys read only to get information, compared with 33 percent of the girls. However, nearly half of the girls said they read for at least 30 minutes a day, compared with less than one-third of the boys. Voyer and Susan Voyer, Psychologists at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, did what’s called a meta-analysis, which says that across the world, including the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. It was found that the popular theory that girls find it easier than boys to sit still and concentrate in class, or at least to behave in a way that pleases teachers. According to UDISE+, there has been significant progress in improving girls’ access to education in the last two decades. The dropout rate is trailing in India with 8.2% currently, and factors like access to basic facilities, such as toilets, are the biggest reasons for high dropouts among girls in India.
Vijay’s Political Blockbuster Hits Interval, Tiny Parties Now Hold Climax Rights
The Fact: Tamil Nadu politics has entered a period of volatility following a resounding election mandate, but one that is still below the majority mark. While actor-turned-politician Vijay’s TVK emerged as the single largest party with 108 seats (effectively 107), it remained short of the 117-seat majority mark. This "numbers vacuum" has prompted a shocking realignment: traditional arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK are reportedly exploring a joint fallback scenario to preserve the Dravidian establishment. Under this plan, the AIADMK would form a government with outside support from the DMK, specifically to block a TVK-led administration backed by the Congress. TVK MLAs have reportedly threatened mass resignations to protest what they view as a constitutional roadblock.
The Context: Vijay’s party, TVK, won 108 seats, DMK at 59 seats, and AIADMK at 47 seats. And the Congress has 5 seats after breaking away from DMK to support TVK for all other future polls. TVK needs 117 seats in a 233-member House to form the government in the state. Even with Congress's support, Vijay sits at 112-113 seats, just short of the majority. Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar has refused to invite Vijay to form the government without "documentary proof" of 117 supporters. This delay has allowed the DMK and AIADMK to mobilize, with AIADMK already moving nearly 50 MLAs to a resort in Puducherry to prevent poaching and finalize their political strategy.
The Peek Insight: If a DMK-AIADMK alliance happens, it risks neglecting voters who specifically chose TVK to break the Dravidian cycle. It frames the establishment as a self-preserving monolith rather than a representative body. Beyond the political saga, the cost of this instability is tangible as investors shy away from hung assemblies, and the fiscal drain of a re-election would cost the state exchequer hundreds of crores. It has also raised concerns about the misuse of the Governor’s office because constitutional norms clearly state that the governor is bound to invite the single largest party to form the government, and that majority must be proven on the floor of the house and not at the Raj Bhavan.
She Chases Dreams… While Searching For A Washroom: Nearly A Lakh Indian Schools Don’t Have A Girls’ Toilet
The Fact: The findings of NITI Aayog's new report, titled "School Education System In India", reveal that thousands of schools in the country are functioning without water supply, without toilets, basic facilities like handwash and sanitary waste measures, without electricity, without labs, without teachers, and some don't even have students. Further, a high dropout rate from schools after primary classes remains a big problem in several states. Adding to this, only 10-15 per cent of the teachers in government schools can score above 60 per cent in the subject they teach. The report, released on Thursday, compiles national and state-level data on school infrastructure, staffing, enrolment, and learning indicators.
The Context: While electricity access has reached 91.9%, approximately 8.1% of schools still lack it. Significant gaps remain in sanitation, with nearly 6.7% of schools lacking functional girls' toilets and around 4.2% having no usable toilets at all. Only 51.7% of secondary schools have science labs. Teacher competency is low; for example, only 2% of teachers score above 70% in Mathematics, with an average score of 46%. There are nearly 0.5% "ghost schools" with 0% enrollment. The national secondary dropout rate stands at 11.5%, but reaches as high as 20% in states like West Bengal. India spends only 4.6% of its GDP on education, lower than the United Kingdom and the United States (5.9%) or Germany and France (5.4%).
The Peek Insight: The report suggests that India’s education crisis is not just about a lack of physical buildings, but a functional collapse in quality and utility. The report also states that mathematics and higher-order reasoning remained among the weakest areas nationally. Analysis in the report showed that only 29% of Grade 6 students could compare fractions, 38% could perform unit conversions, and 53% could apply four basic operations on whole numbers to solve daily life problems. This means that, owing to substandard infrastructure and quality of education, the overall purpose of making students capable of analytical and reading skills to solve daily life problems is being defeated, let alone making them employed and standing on their own feet. To bridge this gap, India likely needs to increase its GDP spend closer to the 6% international benchmark and address the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR), which in some areas is as high as 47:1 (against an ideal of 10:1 to 18:1). Most importantly, while ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ makes for a good election slogan, little is being done on the ground to ensure that the daughter isn’t forced to drop out of school owing to lack of basic infrastructure.
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