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Never been a better time to seek help for mental health: Vikram Patel
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 09:25 PM IST
Patel, professor of global health at Harvard Medical School, spoke with HT’s editor for health and science Sanchita Sharma on the last day of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2020.
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HTLS 2020: Priyanka Chopra reveals advice from mom that motivates her to give back to society
HTLS 2020: Actor Priyanka Chopra and her singer husband Nick Jonas appeared virtually at the 18th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Friday, and spoke about causes close to their heart.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 08:10 PM IST
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India needs to get off the fence over China: US Senator who heads India Caucus
HTLS 2020: India has been reluctant to offend China and adopted a middle course, but this has been challenged by Beijing’s aggressive military actions in the past few months, US Democratic lawmaker Mark Warner said.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 08:23 PM IST
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Priyanka Chopra disagrees with the idea that streaming is secondary medium
Priyanka Chopra, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, spoke about the importance of recognising the value of streaming, and disagreed with the notion that it is a secondary medium.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 07:36 PM IST
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‘Extraordinary uncertainties’: Harvard prof on Covid-19, impact on mental health
Professor Patel talked about the worsening mental health in society, especially exacerbated by the pandemic.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 10:36 PM IST
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Biden administration will be open to advancing ties with India: Senator Warner
Biden administration, senator Mark Warner said, will be open to advancing ties with India, especially in the technology sector and in the fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 08:34 PM IST
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Trump was directionally right with China, hope Biden remains tough: US senator
Senator Warner was in conversation with president and CEO, USIPF, Dr Mukesh Aghi, in the opening session of the final day of HTLS 2020 on Friday.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 10:37 PM IST
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Walmart plans to triple export from India to $10bn/yr by 2027: Doug McMillon
India is already one of the top sourcing markets for Walmart, one of the world’s top retailers, with annual exports worth $3 billion.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 05:47 AM IST
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Next Budget should focus on bolstering economic sentiment: Banerjee
Banerjee said that India’s initial policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic was focused on ensuring that the financial sector, especially banks, did not see a worsening of their pre-Covid crisis.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 05:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Citizens who can afford it should pay for the vaccine: Shivraj Chouhan
CM said while the government should provide vaccines to the poor and the disadvantaged, those who were capable of purchasing it should do so.
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 03:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘This is India’s century’: Deloitte CEO Punit Renjen at HTLS 2020
At HTLS 2020 Punit Renjen said many across the world are bullish about India because of its talent, demographic advantage and the vibrancy of the culture.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 10:11 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: No guarantee that we’re out of Covid-19, says Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijeet Banerjee was awarded the 2019 Nobel in economics along with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer. He talked about the economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic, federalism in India and other issues.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 10:32 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: Abhijit Banerjee on economic recovery, way out of pandemic and Covid-19 vaccine
Banerjee was in conversation with IDFC Institute’s Dr Niranjan Rajadhyaksha on day 7 of HT Leadership Summit on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 08:41 PM IST
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‘India is important part of the Walmart story’: CEO Doug McMillon at HTLS 2020
‘We are committed to supporting the economic growth of India,” the Walmart CEO said.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 09:21 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: Walmart CEO on journey from ‘chaos’ to ‘gaining clarity’ amid Covid
McMillon was speaking on day 7 of HTLS 2020 which also saw Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s participation in the opening session.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 09:23 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: MP CM says there will be no political fallout of farmers’ protest
Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that given the government’s commitment to farmers, he does not fear that there would be a political fallout against the BJP.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 10:10 PM IST
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‘Took fight against Covid-19 head-on with no cabinet in place’: MP CM
CM Chouhan was talking during the opening session on day seven of the HT Leadership Summit 2020 on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 08:26 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: Cutting red tape and boosting accountability
During his time in the Senate, Warner has worked to cut red tape, increase government performance and accountability, and promote private sector innovation and job creation.
Published on Dec 09, 2020 07:06 AM IST
HTLS 2020: How to build a global entertainment empire
When they came together, first over Twitter DMs, and then in a fairytale wedding in 2018, the duo forged an entertainment empire spanning movies, TV and music.
Published on Dec 09, 2020 07:00 AM IST
HTLS 2020: Assessing risks and countering security threats in the new era
Two major terrorist attacks in the first decade of the 21st Century displayed paradigm shifts in tactics and methodology. The 9/11 attack emanated from a global terror alliance in pursuit of a virulent fundamentalist ideology. This led to security agencies tracing the leads of non-state actors determined to carry out such attacks globally.
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 06:58 AM IST
Yashovardhan Azad
HTLS 2020: India’s new era will be defined by the idea of decentralization
We stand at the threshold of what could have been the roaring twenties of the 21st Century. Unfortunately, because of the pandemic, it seems more like the groaning twenties and new era is akin to AC (after Covid-19), contrasted with BC (before Covid-19).
Updated on Dec 08, 2020 06:20 AM IST
Bibek Debroy
‘Fashion requires constant and relentless evolution’, says Federico Marchetti
While customers think of what they’re going to wear tomorrow, designers and fashion houses think one season ahead. Federico Marchetti, on the other hand, has been ahead of the curve by years.
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 06:18 AM IST
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‘Committed to MSPs; farm laws well thought out’, says Nirmala Sitharaman
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is serious about the minimum support price (MSP) for crops and proved its intention with high levels of procurement over the last six years, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, defending the farm laws from a firestorm of criticism and protests.
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 04:30 AM IST
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‘Pill to reverse ageing in 30 years? Why not’, says Harvard professor
Dr Sinclair highlights the need to address ageing as a disease, says it is not inevitable; science attempting to reverse it is not to increase the number of years spent in sickness and decline but with youthfulness
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 04:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Economic recovery from next year itself’, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
India can see a proper recovery next year on the back of positivity and confidence due to Covid-19 vaccines, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, arguing that steady growth and capacity expansion in the past two months had pulled the economy out of its pandemic trough.
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 01:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
HTLS 2020: A pill that can reverse ageing? Will be possible, says Dr Sinclair
Dr David Sinclair appeared on the cover of the Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. He is a professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the Paul F Glenn Centre for the Biological Mechanisms of Ageing.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 09:01 PM IST
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‘Skip a meal’: Harvard expert Dr Sinclair’s tips on how to live healthy, longer
Dr Sinclair talked about some minor dietary and lifestyle tweaks that can turn on the body’s defences against ageing.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 09:28 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: Extra years of humans are not very healthy, says David Sinclair
Dr David A Sinclair, a top biologist, said there is a need to address ageing which is the largest cause of most disease.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 08:41 PM IST
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HTLS 2020: ‘Burden of looking after old people crippling’
HTLS 2020: Dr David Sinclair said that ageing is by far the largest cause of most of the major diseases on the planet. In the US, it is estimated that reducing one major disease by just 10 per cent can save $3 trillion, he added.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 08:38 PM IST
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Is ageing reversible? Harvard expert Dr Sinclair explains at HTLS 2020
Dr Sinclair said that animal studies have showed that “we can compress the last few years of life and remain productive”.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 08:40 PM IST
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