Photos| HTLS 2019: Mahua Moitra and MPs, Manish Malhotra and Arvind Kejriwal cap Day 2
Day 2 at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2019 began with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in conversation with HT Editor-in-Chief
Day 2 at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2019 began with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in conversation with HT Editor-in-Chief R Sukumar on the current economic situation, GST and growth. Hollywood couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, and the CMs of Punjab’s and Chhattisgarh Amarinder Singh and Bhupesh Baghel respectively took to the stage in the first half. The final half of the summit saw representatives from government such as Members of Parliament Mahua Moitra, Manish Tewari, Jamyang Namgyal, the world of fashion with Prabal Gurung, Mary Katrantzou, Manish Malhotra and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal rounding off this year’s discussions.
On the Telangana encounter and support for it, “People are getting impatient with legal delays. The faith of ordinary people on law because of this is eroding rapidly,” Congress leader Manish Tewari. “There is a need for speedy justice. Because, justice delayed is justice denied. But, we can’t be okay with this blood lust. This is not the right thing. This is not jungle raj,” said TMC MP Mahua Moitra. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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There are two reasons why people may support it - 1) Fear and scaremongering 2) law and grey area said Mahua Moitra on the Citizenship Amendment Bill. “This law is blatantly unconstitutional… We stand with people who are being persecuted in other parts of the world. This is our tradition,” said Manish Tewari. “Some try to change the demography of this country and we have to stop it,” said BJP MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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On equal gender representation and women in Parliament, “While giving tickets, we look at the winnability factor and not at the candidates’ gender or age,” said the BJP’s Ladakh MP on why women are given less representation. “I make enough noise for 10 people. I am the wrong person to be asked this. I give as good as I get,” said Mahua Moitra on women representation in Parliament. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
In a session on nutrition and diets, Dr David Ludwig said that, “Drug development has robust investment, companies might put in a billion dollars, but nutrition has a smaller budget. Confusion exists because nutrition is a step child of science.” On the Indian diet Dr Ludwig said, “We need research to stop epidemics such as diabetes in India. The Indian diet is very heavy in processed carbohydrates.” (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)
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“In studies, where you eat too much, the problem is that people lose interest in food. Focus should be on quality of food, not how much,” Dr Ludwig said. Dr Satchin Panda said, “People who snore don’t get good sleep, brain gets fuzzy, and the person makes bad food decisions, the sleep deprived brain doesn’t know when to stop. When you sleep better, your food craving goes down. When brain makes better decisions, you eat better food.” (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT Photo)
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On the final day of HTLS on December 4, Union Home Minister Amit Shah talked about India's achievements under the leadership of PM Modi. Avani Lekhara and Sumit Antil, the gold medallists from Tokyo Paralympics as well as Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia also graced the final day of HTLS.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivered the keynote address and talked about India's achievements under Prime Minister Narendra's Modi's leadership on the last day of 19th edition of HTLS. He was in conversation with Shashi Shekhar, the editor-in-chief of Hindustan on Day 5 of the summit.
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Speaking with Hindustan Times editor-in-chief R Sukumar, Google and Alphabet Inc CEO Sundar Pichai said that “web 3.0 is early” but there is “considerable excitement around decentralised architecture.” “The internet is, at the end of the day, a community. It's the people driving it forward. As a company, we are always looking to contribute to it,” he added.
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During conversation with Hindustan Times national legal editor Utkarsh Anand, former CJI of India Justice Dipak Mishra said that pan-world organisations must act as “building blocks” to bring the world to normalcy from the fear psychosis caused by Covid-19.
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The eight-time Olympic winner Usain Bolt said that he grew up watching cricket and “had love for football.” “My cricket coach saw me running as I fast-bowled and he said you should try to run,” the world's fastest man told sports writer and journalist Ayaz Memon.
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Walmart Inc. CEO & President Doug McMillion speaks during the final week of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit (HTLS) on December 10. While speaking to Hindustan Times’ editor-in-chief R Sukumar, McMillion said early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were chaotic but gradually clarity was achieved and Walmart could pick up speed to focus on a clear set of ranked priorities. (HT Photo)
