Harvard Global Health Institute Director Dr Ashish Jha noted that the number of cases in India may be higher than what the data suggests because while testing has been improving, it has not been rolled out in a way that will capture all low-symptomatic patients.
'When I got married and moved to the US, I found it liberating in a way that I understood myself, who I am as a person and how I process things.'
'If deaths had been properly reported, it would have helped contain the pandemic.'
'I would like to see Kharge include Shashi in the Congress Working Committee.' 'The other alternative is that the Congress will marginalise him.'
Experts feel the figures are modest for a count of the size of 1.3 billion and "much more number of tests" are needed to combat COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
The first death in the US was reported on February 29. The country reached 50,000 deaths 54 days later on April 23, and 34 days later, on May 27, crossed 100,000 deaths. It has taken 63 days to add another 50,000 to reach the 150,000 mark, CNN reported.
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'We urge you to take remedial measures to address this blatant injustice pending withdrawal of the case against them,' the MPs write.
Bollywood is going through tough times as two beloved performers are unwell.
'It's not only painful annoying and bothersome, the worst thing is its unpredictability.'
Wading through the long list of biopics coming up, Subhash K Jha picks the ones likely to make a mark.
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Plans for a Laxmii sequel have been scrapped.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
Bihar government has finally suspended the DMCH superintendent Dr Shankar Jha over the pasting of 'bhukamp' stickers on the forehead of quake victims last month, officials said.
Sukanya Verma looks at the recent spate of book-to-screen adaptations.
'There are so many actors and films that have influenced the lives of millions.'
Many medical experts feel that the nation would have fared far worse without the lockdown.
'It is advisable for Indian interlocutors to follow the Chinese tactic of repeating the Indian position, both for the record and to test the Chinese negotiator's resolve and intentions.' A riveting excerpt from former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale's The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate With India.
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Among Hindi cinema's leading men of the last century, Sunil Dutt, who passed away 16 years ago on May 25, did not hesitate in doing women-oriented films which addressed the issues of their upliftment, empowerment and equality.
'One hopes to make a positive difference with the guidance and support of respected minds.'
While Ramdev claimed that Ayurved-based 'Coronil and Swasari' medicine have shown 100 per cent favourable results during clinical trials on COVID-19 infected patients except those on a life support system, the Ayush Ministry sought from the company detailed report on composition, testing and other data of the drugs.
'My kids think it's very cool they will see me on Netflix.'
'This brush with mortality has made Baba more domesticated than before. He wants to spend every waking minute with his twins and wife.'
'Now is the time for politicians to stop thinking of their own interests, for companies to stop making money out of vaccines, and become one country fighting the virus.'
Investigating the modern Indian marriage mart, Amit Ahuja discovers that Indians are willing to overlook caste differences if the incentives are right.
As dry as the martini Bond enjoyed, Connery's 007 was a tour de force of comicbook heroism replete with set pieces and choreographed stunts which he carried off with a Scottish virility, notes Subhash K Jha.
Priyanka Chopra is busy promoting Baywatch.
Her mommy has been busy as well, announcing 6 films at Cannes.
As India expressed 'displeasure and disappointment" over the United States's decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, California Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez said that the she will patch things up with India soon on the issue.
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'The Indian-American community is very excited to welcome Prime Minister Modi. He is the second prime minister to come to California after Jawaharlal Nehru, who visited the state in 1961.'
'His (Das) approach to work seems that of working as a team with ease in communication.'
'Rahul Gandhi has personally paid a heavy price for this character assassination and remorseless ridiculing and the Congress, of course, has been demolished politically.'
Locals are overly concerned as horrifying tales emerge of patients running from pillar to post to secure hospital beds or even get themselves tested.
'I have joined a Rs 100 crore club that no actor in India, it seems, will dare join.'
A single-member commission under retired judge Anita Jha was constituted on Firday to probe the botched sterilisation surgeries at Bilaspur's government-run medical camps, which have so far claimed lives of 13 young women and left nearly 138 ill, and asked to submit its report within three months.
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