'We are hoping the preparations we have made will not be needed.'
'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.'
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Australia's fifth World Cup triumph was largely possible due to efforts of fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who had a sensational run with the ball in the mega-event.
'There is just one silver lining: The fatality rate has gone down.'
Both Mahinda Rajapaksa and Modi have learnt from their past mistakes. Modi has understood that Rajapaksa is a 'forever politician' that India has to live with, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'Even after vaccines are given, precautions like using a mask and maintaining social distancing have to be taken.'
'The trajectory of the disease will keep increasing because of the population density being very high.'
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'Unless the living conditions change here, no amount of testing, screening, treatment would make a difference.'
'Every disease has traits and we have found out that actually 99 per cent of people who have got COVID-19, should recover.'
The mind block against online education is crumbling and the demand may be led not just by parents but also teachers.
'Mumbai is testing a lot compared to a lot of other places in the country.' 'Now that we exactly know where the hotspots are, and they've been converted into containment zones, there is a lot of testing, going on, from door to door and symptom screening.' 'In the last 10 to 15 days we have definitely done a good job.'
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'We should start giving this vaccination immediately to doctors, nurses etc and also to the elderly.'
'I am most happy about the memes of Thor and me; that was so cool!' 'I showed my wife one where my face was photoshopped on Thor's body.' 'She loves muscles -- she's always keeps telling me to get muscles.' 'I showed her the photo and told her that the muscle guy has been replaced by the artist.'
'Many who have experimented with online education will adopt a blended model once things return to normal,' edX CEO and founder Anant Agrawal tells Anjuli Bhargava.
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'The CEA suggested that could be as high as 19 per cent.'
'But to see the effects of that, it will take a week or two more.'
'Hopefully, people will understand that, beyond medical vaccination plans, in the future we will also need to implement some 'social inoculation' plans.'
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'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
The Covid pandemic has left a question mark on how the central government manages its staff.
'With the largest number of malnourished people on the planet, India is poised to be a nation that significantly under-performs as an economy.'
'It affects our economy, it is very important in many ways.' 'So we have to be the foremost experts in the world on the monsoon.' 'But the best minds in India have not devoted their time to the study of monsoon and they have followed the fashions of the West.'
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