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“Solidarity With India, Lockdown Comprehensive, Robust”: UN

The UN has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against coronavirus, with a top official at the world body's…

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India Struggles With Coronavirus Shutdown

India’s 1.3 billion people were under lockdown on Wednesday to prevent an explosion of coronavirus cases as the government struggled…

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Outsourcing Industry Struggles With Work-From-Home Scenario

As the coronavirus pandemic pushes India into a lockdown, the call centers and IT services firms that function as the…

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Scramble For Supplies As 3-Week Covid-19 Lockdown Begins

Indians crowded grocery stores and chemists on Wednesday in a struggle for essential items after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered…

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India Faces Spike In Covid-19 Cases, Says Study

India could face between around 100,000 and 1.3 million confirmed cases of the disease caused by the new coronavirus by…

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India In Lockdown As Covid-19 Appears In Small Towns

Police enforced lockdowns across large parts of India on Tuesday, with curfews in some places, as health officials warned that…

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Delhi Police Clear Out Shaheen Bagh Protest Site

Police in New Delhi broke up the longest-running protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s citizenship law on Tuesday, citing a…

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Covid-19 Lockdown: India’s Poor Fear For Future

Shaikh Bahaduresha, 31, lived on Mumbai’s streets for two months last year, unable to make ends meet on his meagre…

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Stocks Plummet Over 12% On Coronavirus Fears

Indian shares sank more than 12% by afternoon on Monday as trading resumed after the market’s second halt this month,…

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Canada, Australia Withdraw From Tokyo Olympics

Canada and Australia said they would not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics if the Games went ahead as…

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Covid-19: PM Modi Tells Indians To Save Themselves

Streets were deserted in Delhi on Monday and office buildings shuttered as a lockdown to halt the spread of the…

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People Cheer Emergency Workers During Covid-19 Lockdown

Indians came out onto their balconies and stood near open windows to clap, clang metal vessels and ring bells on…

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Covid-19: Delhi, Scores Of Districts Under Lockdown

New Delhi will be under lockdown until March 31, the national capital’s government announced on Sunday, seeking to keep citizens…

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Covid-19: South Asian Govts. Impose Curfews, Border Controls

Bangladesh tightened border controls while Sri Lanka arrested more than two dozen people for violating a nationwide curfew as part…

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World “Paying Big Price” As China Hid Covid-19 Info: Trump

The world is "paying a big price" for China hiding the initial information on the deadly coronavirus, US President Donald…

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Covid-19 Effect: Shops, Offices Shut In Maharashtra

Maharashtra on Friday decided to close all shops and offices except those providing essential services in India’s financial capital Mumbai,…

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Modi Urges Citizens To Stay Home As Virus Spreads

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to citizens to stay home and avoid panic buying, even as India outlined plans to…

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India Locks Down Kashmir Over Covid-19 Fears

India blocked roads in Kashmir on Thursday after the insurgency-torn region reported its first case of coronavirus, as several other…

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Covid-19 In Noida: Sec 144 Imposed, No Mass Gathering

A family in Noida Extension's Gaur City area was on Wednesday put under isolation on suspicion of being infected with…

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Rattled World ‘At War’ With Covid-19 As Deaths Surge In Italy, France

Hundreds of millions of people faced a world turned upside down on Wednesday by unprecedented emergency measures against the coronavirus…

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Ramdev’s Tips To Ward Off Covid-19 Anger Health Professionals

Indian healthcare professionals are questioning claims by popular yoga guru and entrepreneur Baba Ramdev who said he has found an…

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Europe’s Doctors Repeating Wuhan Errors: Experts

As Europe's daily new cases of the coronavirus now eclipse China's at the peak of its epidemic, doctors in Wuhan…

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Nifty, Sensex Dive As Coronavirus Fears Linger

Indian shares erased early gains to sink lower on Wednesday, with heavy losses in financial stocks, as fears of the…

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Govt. Halts Key Policy Plans As Revenues Shrink

India has dropped at least three crucial policy initiatives, including lowering import taxes on vegetable oils, as the outbreak of…

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WHO Confirms 2 Coronavirus Cases Among Its Staff

An official from the World Health Organization (WHO), the body leading the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, said on…

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