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'The arrest of Kappan, the charge sheet and the way he is being treated show that they view journalism as a criminal activity.'
'What the UP administration wanted was political mileage, and they also had the silent approval from the central government.'
'We hope to make parents aware that it takes only a few minutes in a day to be with your children so that they feel they are the most important person at that time.'
'In the total of black wealth, only 1% or less than 1% constitute cash.' 'So, even if cash is completely weaned out, it impacts only 1% of the black wealth.'
'Those who should have been affected benefitted from demonetisation.' 'And the vast majority who should not have been affected lost out.' 'That is the ultimate result of demonetisation.'
'There was hardly any recruitment after the second wave.' 'Now, there is a huge demand for manpower.'
'Last Saturday, the largest number of people travelled by air on a single day!' 'There is a kind of hunger among consumers to spend as they have been confined to their homes and not spending for almost 2 years.'
'An actor should learn to separate the actor and the character.' 'Me the actor and me the character should never intermingle.'
'Women use acting as a way to protect themselves.'
'In the whole of my career, some ten-twenty characters might have really satisfied me.'
'Villagers are people without masks.' 'That is why I call them genuine human beings.' 'As an actor, I have been inspired by many such genuine characters.'
'We will have to face the effects of climate change for generations to come!'
'It is high time that we act instead of just talking about how and why the climate is changing.'
'There will be political opposition, and this monetisation will require continued political will.'
'This will have a multiplier effect in generating more jobs.'
'It has taken 7-and-a-half years for this government to understand the fundamentals of economics.' 'If the prime minister wants to leave an imprint, he has to see to it that this succeeds.'
'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns.'
'When the government wants to sell these assets, even if one set of assets gets caught in any quagmire, the whole process will fail.' 'The entire world is watching us.'
''A third wave is very likely to come because infection is still around.' 'But it can be just a ripple.'
'We still have 30,000-40,000 cases.' 'It is plateauing, but the number should definitely come down more so that we can convert the pandemic into an endemic.'
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