Best of BS Opinion: The price of a life, the virus unravels, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Saturday

The hunt for the origin of coronavirus shows science, democracy and sense of inquiry can overcome politics, ideology and omerta codes, writes Shekhar Gupta, explaining the finer points of the lab-leak theory as a possible cause of this global pandemic. Read it here
 

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T N Ninan explains why governments should take responsibility for compensating families of Covid-19 victims, just as they have chosen to compensate those rendered jobless or plain destitute. Read it here
 

Aditi Phadnis examines the strange controversy surrounding Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and the demand for his removal. Read it here
 

Sandeep Goyal analyses how actor Juhi Chawla got it wrong when she filed a suit against the introduction of 5G technology in India in the Delhi High Court. Read it here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You don’t have all the fervour that you would usually get before such a tournament … I don’t feel the excitement yet”

Italian restaurant owner ahead of the UEFA European Football Championship