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India logs 172,433 new Covid-19 cases, daily tally 6.84% higher than Wednesday

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India logs 172,433 new Covid-19 cases, daily tally 6.84% higher than Wednesday

India recorded 1,72,433 infections in the past 24 hours, with the country’s daily Covid-19 count rising slightly on Thursday, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry. This is 6.84% higher than the 161,386 infections recorded in the country on Wednesday. The country also recorded 1,008 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry announcement.

The total death toll now stands at 498,983, with the national total jumping to 41,803,318, according to the Ministry of Health. The sharp rise in the daily death toll is due to an increase in the backlog of deaths in Kerala.

The southern state reported 500 deaths on Wednesday, according to a state release. 29 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, 136 were deaths that occurred in recent days but were not recorded due to late receipt of documents, and 335 were designated Covid-19 after receiving an appeal under the new guidelines. 19 dead PTI cited official releases, the center and the Supreme Court’s instructions.

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The number of active cases was 15,33,921, or 3.67% of the total number of cases. The data also showed a daily positivity rate of 10.99%.

As many as 2,59,107 people recovered from the viral illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,97,70,414. The ministry also said the current recovery rate is 95.14 per cent. The weekly positive rate was 12.98%.

In the nationwide vaccination campaign against Covid-19, the country has so far accumulated more than 1.6787 million doses.

Complete News Source : Hindustan Times

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Laid stars Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet reveal the worst gifts their romantic partners gave them | Exclusive

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Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet talk about their new series Laid, and some of the horrors of dating as millennials.
Imagine a scenario where anyone and everyone you have ever been intimate with begins to die one by one. Is it a curse? If yes, then who is cursed? These are questions that Stephanie Hsu‘s Ruby battles with in the new zany comedy, Laid. Ahead of the show’s release, Stephanie and co-star Zosia Mamet spoke exclusively with HT about their roles, the show’s unique premise, and the horrors of dating as millennials. (Also read: Dune: Prophecy star Emily Watson on working with Tabu: ‘She is a true treasure’)

Stephanie Hsu on her character’s flawed morality

Laid, created by Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna, is the story of Ruby (Stephanie Hsu), who discovers that all her sexual partners are dying one by one, and she must warn them. Helping her in this unique quest is her best friend AJ (Zosia). The fun thing about Laid is that the protagonists are not the usual likeable characters. “She is totally an anti-hero of our story. I really love that,” says Stephanie, referring to Ruby’s moral greyness. “I am not a perfect person and I love playing flawed characters. But it was difficult. The creators told me that she is a total narcissist. But narcissists don’t think they are one, so I had to figure out a way to love her. For me, playing Ruby was about getting into her psychology and finding the innocent part of her – which is that she just wants love,” the actor adds.

While sitcoms usually add the best friend as the voice of reason trope, Laid diverges from that, with AJ even zanier and more morally ambiguous than Ruby. Talking about playing such a colourful character, Zosia Mamet says, “When you play not-so-likable or zany characters, people don’t believe they are that way. I don’t think AJ wakes up every morning and thinks, ‘I am absolutely crazy’. It’s about trusting the writing and finding an organic way into these characters to make them seem grounded, real, and relatable.”

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Stephanie, Zosia reveal the worst gifts they received from partners

In Laid, Ruby gives the gift of death to the men she is with, even if that is inadvertent. Ask the women about the worst ‘gift’ a partner has ever given them, and the discussions veer into the unusual horrors of modern-day dating. “I got a vintage wooden duck decoy from someone. It was broken, and I thought, ‘What does this say about our relationship?’. They didn’t know me well enough to know if I’d want this but also that they gave me something old and ailing,” Zosia says with a laugh.

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