Two videos have emerged that reveal what Chinese researchers were up to in Wuhan. One of them shows how bats were stored inside the Wuhan Lab. In the second clip, Peter Daszak can be heard explaining how Chinese researchers were manipulating viruses. Palki Sharma has more.

Gravitas: Caught On Camera: Bats locked up inside the Wuhan lab

Accused of racism and brutality, American cops are finding it hard to recruit newcomers. Departments are reporting a 45% rise in retirements after calls to defund the police. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Why no one wants to be a cop in America

29-yr-old footballer Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a Euro 2020 match. He was fit, underwent regular check-ups, had a team of health experts. How do we know if we are at risk? - asks Palki Sharma.

Gravitas: Christian Eriksen and the importance of a healthy heart

There is a risk of a 'sausage war' breaking out between UK and EU. Cold cuts have become a bone of contention between the two sides. UK is threatening to delay Brexit deal implementation. Palki Sharma has a report.

Gravitas: Why are UK and EU fighting over sausages?

Pakistan's opposition is calling Imran Khan 'The Donkey King' after Pak's donkey population surged by 100,000. The Pak govt is earning millions by exporting these donkeys to China which slaughters them to make traditional medicines. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Pakistan's Donkey population is surging

European leaders are facing a pushback from within. European Lawmakers want the Union to back a vaccine patent waiver. Key European leaders are backing it too. Is the EU getting isolated for going against patent waivers?

Gravitas: European Lawmakers want their leaders to back a vaccine patent waiver

Sexual abuse has been normalised in England's schools. Girls are inappropriately touched, raped, and asked to share explicit photos. WION's Palki brings you the details of a report published by U.K's education watchdog.

Gravitas: Sexual abuse 'normalised' in U.K. schools

'China is a bigger threat than Pakistan' says India's Chief Of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in an exclusive interview with Wion's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay. Here are some excerpts from the conversation.

Gravitas: The Interview with General Bipin Rawat

Covaxin has been denied emergency use authorisation in the US. The vaccine is yet to be listed on the WHO's list of approved vaccines. The lack of global approvals has put a question mark on travel, work & study plans of millions of Indians.

Gravitas: Why did America deny approval to Covaxin?

The world's most exclusive economic gathering is underway in Cornwall. Can the world's wealthiest get their act together to crush the pandemic and repel China?

Gravitas: Surf, sand & smiles: G7 begins in Cornwall

Will mosquitoes soon lose their ability to transmit dengue? Lab-grown mosquitoes have successfully targeted the dengue-carrying mosquitoes and blocked their ability to pass on dengue

Gravitas: Lab-grown mosquitoes successfully fight dengue

A museum in Paris is all set to loan a replica of the Statue of Liberty to the U.S for 10 years. Such bilateral gifts can make or break diplomatic relations. WION's Palki Sharma tells you why.

Gravitas | Weird to wonderful: What countries gift

A new research has found that more than 47,000 wild animals were sold in Wuhan in the run up to the pandemic. What kind of animals were these? What does the research tell us about COVID origins? WION’s Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas | Wuhan virus: Probing the wet market angle

18 months after the pandemic began, world leaders are waking up to how China is getting away. G7 leaders are set to demand a new investigation into the origins. A draft statement has been leaked. WION’s Palki Sharma gets you the details.

Gravitas: G7 leaders join hands to counter China

Joe Biden has waited 50 years for this: his first foreign trip as US president. Biden is in Europe for 8 days. What's on his agenda? Which leaders will he meet? What will he tell Putin? WION’s Palki Sharma has the answers.

Gravitas: Joe Biden's first foreign trip as US president

Why are we being bribed to get vaccinated? From free beers and guns to rolled joints and Tesla cars, governments and employers globally are offering incentives for getting jabbed. Is it ethical? WION’s Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Washington is offering 'rolled joints' for jabs

Nigerians are desperately hunting for VPNs after a nationwide ban on Twitter. Some have switched to alternatives like India's Koo app. Among the new Koo users is the Nigerian government itself. WION’s Palki Sharma has the report.

Gravitas: Nigeria switches to India's Koo app after Twitter ban

Has the British Queen been 'cancelled'? Oxford University students have taken down a portrait of Queen Elizabeth from their common room. Her portrait will be replaced by someone 'influential and inspirational'. WION’s Palki Sharma brings you the details.

Gravitas: Has the British Queen been 'cancelled'?

Argentina's president was forced to apologise for describing Brazilians as people from the jungle. Why do politicians continue to twist the scientific theory of human evolution? WION’s Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas | Argentine President: Brazilians came from jungles

America's super-rich pay almost no income tax. A report claims that Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Elon Musk paid less than 4% tax on their incomes between 2014 and 2018.

Gravitas: America's richest businessmen pay less than 4% as income tax

Why do governments fear students? Why do they crack down so hard on student protests? Why are student activists so often jailed? Is it because governments secretly fear students?

Gravitas: Chinese students hold college principal hostage

A herd of wild, Asian elephants is giving China a nightmare. The jumbos are raiding farms, entering car showrooms, even dropping by retirement homes to say hello to the elderly.

Gravitas: 15 Asian Elephants on the loose in China

Is India talking to the Taliban? As American troops exit from Afghanistan, the Taliban has stepped up its attacks. What are India's options?

Gravitas: Is India talking to the Taliban?

Joe Biden is rallying the world's democracies for a looming showdown with China. How will this second cold war play out? Who holds the edge?

Gravitas: Biden rallying democracies for second Cold War?

6,500 cops, 150 sniffer dogs, drones & helicopters have reached UK'S Cornwall town ahead of Joe Biden's first overseas visit. Biden will attend the G7, NATO & EU summits. He will also meet Queen Elizabeth II, Erdogan & Putin.

Gravitas: Joe Biden in Europe: All you need to know

After years of mortal enmity, India is reportedly recalibrating its approach to the Taliban. Reports say New Delhi has opened an exploratory channel with a few Taliban factions. What explains this shift?

Gravitas: Has India opened a channel with the Taliban?

Emmanuel Macron is not the first leader to get physically assaulted. From Rajiv Gandhi to George W. Bush to Jair Bolsonaro, world leaders have a history of being targeted. What happens to the attackers? Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: When world leaders get attacked

Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter has been sentenced to 7 years in prison in South Africa. Ashish Lata Ramgobin, 56, is guilty of fraud and forgery. What exactly did she do? WION's Palki Sharma brings you the details of the case.

Gravitas: Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter sentenced to 7 years in jail

Why are countries like Singapore banning women from freezing their eggs? WION's Palki Sharma says when it comes to women, the reproductive cycle and career cycle clash, women should be allowed to exercise their reproductive rights.

Gravitas: Why has Singapore banned freezing of eggs for women?

Chinese brand 'Li-Ning' is the official 'apparel partner' of India's 2020 Tokyo Olympics contingent. Does India not have alternatives? Here's what WION's Palki Sharma has to say.

Gravitas: Why does India's Olympic kit have a Chinese sponsor?

Australia has discovered a new species of dinosaur. It is the largest ever to have been identified on the continent. How enormous is it? What doors has it opened for future discoveries? WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas | Meet Cooper: Australia's largest dinosaur

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