'We are going ahead with the trials assuming what we have is the vaccine.' 'There is also a chance that what you have is not the vaccine. Then, you have to go back to the drawing board again.' 'So far, there has been no success in developing a good vaccine against coronaviruses.' 'That's why there are hundreds of trials going on at different stages in different parts of the world.'

'If people use the mask properly, we can confidently say that this is as protective as the best mask in the market.'<

'Wastewater containing excreted material can tell us how a community is doing in a particular area pertaining to any epidemic, pandemic, and other bacterial and viral diseases.'

'We need to prove to the world that quality vaccines and R&D are possible in India.'

'Saying the private industry will come and transform India's space programme is real moonshine!'

'ISRO facilities are very expensive and any damage caused by these start-ups can create havoc to our space programme.'

'Have you met anyone who said "I will not boycott Chinese products"?'

'China can't stop any company from relocating to India.'

'In India, A3i is found mostly in southern India, and a few in Delhi. You don't see this strain much in, say, Gujarat or Maharashtra.'

'There is lack of demand because people have no jobs, and no income.' 'Lakhs of people have lost their jobs and they have no income which has led to no demand in the market.'

'Unless we get the health and economic situations right at the same time, we will not recover.'

'WHO has been under a lot of attack, so when they saw the Lancet study, they stopped the clinical trials of HCQ.' 'They should not have stopped the clinical trials.'

'When there is a change in the wind speed or the stress exerted on the surface, it will change the ocean currents.'

'It is because we treat them as our own people, and there is no difference between owners and workers here.'

'The government lights lamps for nurses but when we demand what's due for us, they don't listen at all.'

'By the time the goods that were sent from December onwards reached stores in Europe, they became dead inventory as the stores there were closed by then.' 'Those that were in the warehouse there also became dead inventory. Those that reached the ports there also became dead inventory.' 'And what Tirupur produced in March is still here, and they have also become dead inventory.'

'Fear psychosis has gripped the entire world.' 'Nobody is going to enter shops freely in the next 5, 6 months.' 'Secondly, the priority has changed.' 'Now that they have seen the bottom of the economy, people will prefer to save for tomorrow.'

'Today when people are fighting to get their salary, you are telling them you will privatise airports!'

'You peel one layer, then another layer, then another, but in the end, you will see that there is no onion inside.' 'This package has been packaged well, but there is nothing much inside the package!'

'The current financial year will see the full impact of this crisis, and we will start seeing the recovery in the next financial year.'

'Opportunity for a country like India is huge in terms of wealth creation.' 'That's the reason India is an attractive economy for investors.'

'If we want a better life, we have to treat nature better, and behave properly.' 'That's nature's message to us.'

'This is an improved version of BCG that also gives immunity against the coronavirus.'

'At this stage, you should distribute money and food.' 'Like you queue up to vote, let people queue up to collect this.' 'This will arrest the decline in demand which will have a multiplier effect on the demand side for the economy as a whole.' 'The government should earmark about 2% of the GDP for this.' 'And this should be the first step to revive the economy.'

'We are going to have a recession this year, maybe next year too...'

'Unless we make our own testing kits, we will not get out of this disease faster.'

'What is happening now is the virus is trying to survive inside us, and we are also trying to survive.' 'It is actually a fight. And the advantage the virus has is it multiplies very, very fast.' 'Within a second it can make 100 copies. Our cells are not like that.'

'This prime minister thinks he knows everything.' 'He has to consult, he has to talk and he has to mobilise the best people, but having seen him function, I have no expectations from him.'

'If you look at the age group of people who died in India, the average age is 35!' 'That's why as a country we should be much more concerned.'

'Where will industry have funds when they open up?'

'There are a lot of companies that have been struggling really hard expecting to do better year after year.' 'All these people will think now, "Let me not fight any more. Let me end this".'

'It will be like this: If you use the window seat in the first row, next will be the aisle in the second row, to maintain social distancing.' 'So, two-thirds of the aircraft is not going to be used.'

'Once you resume economic activities, life will be normal.' 'The younger people will tolerate the virus very well. So, life will become normal very soon.'

'She used to call me every day to check whether I was all right. You know how mothers are!'

'We should start giving this vaccination immediately to doctors, nurses etc and also to the elderly.'

'There is indeed a link between BCG vaccination and resistance to COVID-19.'

'Families look after the elderly. And these families are facing a lot of problems now.'

'For every epidemic, it takes a peak and then it comes down.' 'Usually, infections peak in 14 days, and you give another week's time after the peak.' 'That is why the lockdown is for 21 days.'

'...Rs 137 lakh crores of people's money?' 'It is not the government's money, it is people's money.'

'One by one we are seeing these private banks taking people's money and mismanaging it.' 'In the last 30 years, 30 private banks have collapsed.' 'Nationalise all banks so that people's money is safe.'