However, Covid infection can spread faster during the third wave if any new virulent variant of SARS-CoV-2 emerges, said Manindra Agarwal who is working with the Sutra Model -- the mathematical projection of the COVID-19 trajectory.
In an interview with rediff.com, author Madhuri Banerjee discusses her latest book Mistakes Like Love and Sex, why she hates the term 'chick lit' and how the characters and erotic scenes she writes hold a mirror up to us as a society.
The Padma Bhushan was conferred on 17 personalities including N Chandrasekharan, chairman of Tata Sons, Krishna and Suchita Ella of Bharat Biotech, Cyrus Poonawalla, Satya Nadella, chairman of Microsoft, Sunder Pichai, chairman of Google.
All the fun they had at the 50th birthday celebrations!
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big hits in the decade gone by.
Mickey Contractor brings the ladies together.
Are *you* ready for the PadManChallenge?
New Jersey-based real estate agent Madhuri Pundlik shares her Sandy experiences with Ritu Jha.
Every once in a while, has come a political movie led by a woman.
This is the meatiest role of Sidharth Malhotra's career and the man sure enough gives it his all. There's charm, swagger, warmth, empathy, verve, authority -- a lively portrait of a lion, a legend, applauds Sukanya Verma.
'Unlike the Shah Rukh Khan in Darr, Baazigar, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, there's an amazing child-like vulnerability and honesty in the Shah Rukh of Devdas.'
Sanjay Gupta's Mumbai Saga and Ram Gopal Varma's DCompany are all set to release this week, and add to the gangster movies made in Bollywood.
Guests trouped out of Arpita Khan's party and into Mukesh Ambani's, on the other side of Mumbai.
Actors cheer Siddharth P Malhotra's Hichki.
'I gave everything I had to give to Devdas because I knew I would never make a better love story.'
'The extended Bose family is insisting that the Japanese government must release all the information they have on Bose's ashes. It cannot be forgotten that Bose was in Japanese care when his 'death' occurred. Ultimately, it is the Japanese who hold the secret about what happened to him.'
Take a few style tips from Bollywood!
'Khaali Peeli has the wits of a kindergarten school play,' sighs Sukanya Verma.
Just a day before Shabana Azmi met with a road accident on January 18, she was celebrating husband Javed Akhtar's 75th birthday bash with the rest of Bollywood. And it was a full house, as *everyone* came forward to pay their salaams to one of Bollywood's leading writers and poets.
... you won't feel anything either.
Just how do film folk spend their Sundays? We tell you.
'I still remember back in 1971, the night they both got the news that Dr Vikram Sarabhai had died at his hotel in Kovalam, and rushing off with tears in their eyes.'
It is necessary to take your memory loss seriously, warns Dr Madhuri Behari.
Sukanya Verma tells us how to rock night clothes, Hindi filum style.
A look at your favourite celebs in festive mode!
Namrata Thakker turns her eyes to the ensemble cast and see what they have been up to since.
Andhadhun was screened on the opening night of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.
The duo were reportedly shooting together for film-maker Shashank Khaitan's Dharma Productions film Mr Lele.
Hindi cinema has not just explored various instances of brute force, but often glorified its misogyny.
Lyricist Sameer has much reason to celebrate!
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
