News for 'Sheela'

Answered: When COVID-19 will end

'"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'.'

'Curve may flatten soon because of lockdown effect'

'Don't panic. Believe in yourself.' 'This is a preventable illness. Only you can prevent it.'

'The Congress is no match for Modi'

'Modi is now realising what kind of damage he has done to his image after 2002,' says social activist Achyut Yagnik.

'We cannot manage rising expectations'

'People are so much more aware of what is what. There is no degree of passivity today,' says National Security Adviser M K Narayanan.

Plea from across the LoC

Poll diary: Time to appease the Gods

Election time forces candidates, friends and family to seek divine intervention.

Veerasami is vintage Rajendar

Veerasami is vintage Rajendar.

Meet the man who ensured food supply during lockdown

'If the mandis were not working in Delhi, or the onion market in Nashik got affected, or there were disruptions because of unloading or loading in any sector in south India, we intervened.'

'The Taliban have returned'

'Their offices are in Pakistan. Some of their hideouts are in Pakistan,' says Afghan envoy Masood Khalili.

'The complexity of India is most appealing'

'We can't build nation with 19th century mindset'

'What more do the upper castes want?'

Delhi: Congress, BJP trade charges

Exclusive interview with National Security Adviser

'We have shown them what we are going to do. That we are willing to separate the civilian and military nuclear establishments.'National Security Adviser M K Narayanan in an exclusive interview.

Surprise! Sensex on a high but FIIs gain little

If the rupee falls further, it would negatively impact the dollar-based returns of foreign investors, and could influence foreign flows into India.

'India was the greatest wastage of manpower'

India's economic growth does not match its intellectual prowess, but now the government and the private sector are waking up, says Hong Kong tycoon Ronnie Chan.

The real deal on the India-US deal

'Tendulkar and Dravid have strong minds'

In the second part of his interview with Managing Editor Sheela Bhatt, Ashwell Prince talks about his fitness regimen, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

The dangers in Afghanistan

'This is not a simple enemy. It has an organisation and money spread all over the world. It has 3,000, 4,000 suicide bombers,' says Afghan Ambassador Masood Khalili.

'Americans are not occupiers'

'Afghanistan needs not to be abandoned, not to be forgotten,' says Afghan ambassador Masood Khalili.

COVID-19: 'Modi is the Muqaddar ka Sikandar'

'This pandemic has given him a new platform to perform,' says a member of the government. 'He should feel lucky that he has got an opportunity now to demonstrate to the world his original talent.' 'He needs a visionary script to perform.' Sheela Bhatt reports on the politics of the pandemic.