'India has the potential to reduce its trade deficit with China by $8.4 billion in FY21.'
'"The end" depends on two things.' 'Either you develop a vaccine which is effective or if you have a drug, you can terminate this infection very quickly.' 'Otherwise, you have to depend on herd immunity.' 'I think it should happen earlier. Far earlier, than we can imagine or achieve 'herd immunity'.'
'Nobody understands Gehlot's politics.' 'The Congress high command should wake up.'
'When the Congress attacked Modiji, Vasundharaji kept mum.' 'Why was she so tongue-tied?' 'Everybody knows why she kept quiet then.'
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'Airlines will need a war chest to deal with post-COVID economics.'
'These are lies that Priyanka Gandhi rung up Sachin Pilot.'
'In a gang, the person who controls the finances is the most important key person.' 'Cut the finances of a gang and it will vanish.'
'When Yogi took over, in the first few months he went after the criminals.' 'Everybody thought he will do it, cutting across party, caste divisions.' 'Gradually, the situation started slipping out of his hand.'
'Dubey was a desperate criminal.' 'I don't discount the possibility of him trying to disarm the cops and escape.'
'Election expenses run into several crores. And that is where people like Dubey come in handy to finance elections, indulge in booth capturing and to do the dirty job of politicians.'
'Caste-based power politics made him think that he can get away with murder.'
'We should not worry too much about Indian capabilities, both military and otherwise.'
'My biggest fear is if I get infected will I get admission in a good hospital and how much money will the hospital charge for my treatment.'
'The theme of death seems to be a theme about which many of us, raised in Western societies, have almost completely removed from consciousness; it represents a theme that is suddenly and forcefully resurging now.' 'And for some, this is scary and destabilising.'
'Why has the peace been kept?' 'Basically because there is a balance.' 'Maybe they think that balance has changed.' 'People can make mistakes. People can miscalculate.' 'If that is the cause, then I think what we have done, matching their build-up, etc, it is giving a good account of ourselves in the face-offs.'
'This Chinese behaviour we have not seen for a very long time.' 'This sort of build up on the border, this pattern in Chinese behaviour, and especially the aggression and brutality with which our people were attacked on the 15th of June, this is not something we have seen before.'
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'And this mirror imaging is the most dangerous thing because it leads to tremendous misunderstandings.'
'India will keep trying to avoid conflict.' 'This is the moment when we draw a line in the sand.'
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