As PM Urges ‘Lockdowns Only As Last Resort’, What Economists Say
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who last year imposed a strict lockdown on short notice, has…
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Rallies, Religious Gatherings Aggravate Worst Covid Surge
India’s COVID-19 cases have soared 13-fold in barely two months, a vicious second wave propelled…
Kashmir’s Copper Craftsmen Hope For Better Times After Lockdown
The end of lockdown brought some relief for Kashmir’s traditional copper utensil makers, renowned for…
A Year After Covid-19’s Arrival, India’s Active Cases Fall
India reported its lowest active number of novel coronavirus cases in seven months on Saturday,…
A Year After Wuhan Lockdown, A World Still Deep In Crisis
Nearly a year to the day after the Chinese city of Wuhan went into lockdown…
Global Covid-19 Deaths Hit 900,000 As Cases Surge In India
The global death toll from the coronavirus passed 900,000 on Wednesday, as worldwide cases topped…
After Wave Of Attacks, Kashmiri Leaders Moved To Safety
India has shifted scores of village and municipality leaders, mostly from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
India Posts Record Fiscal Deficit As Covid-19 Hits Economy
India’s fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the April-June quarter, 83.2% of the…
Modi Says Coronavirus Risk Persists In India
India needs to be “extra vigilant” as the novel coronavirus threat persists, Prime Minister Narendra…
India Tops A Million Covid-19 Cases As Pandemic Hits Villages
India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one…
Ambitious Plan For Small Businesses Does Little To Save Them
India re-opened for business in June after months of lockdown but for thousands of small…
Graduate Teaches Delhi Slum Kids Sans Access To Online Learning
In a squalid slum below a partially-built flyover in eastern Delhi, Satyendra Pal stands by…
Army Called In To Run Facilities In Delhi As Cases Surge
India reported 16,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, its highest daily increase since the outbreak…
RBI Cuts Rates Again To Soften Coronavirus Blow
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed its key policy rate for a…
India Covid-19 Infections Surge Past 100,000, Deaths Top 3,000
Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching the number of intensive care unit…
Delayed Survey Data Blurs India’s Covid-19 Picture
India has lost two weeks in its bid to get a picture of the spread…
Free Foodgrains For Millions Of Migrant Workers
India will provide free foodgrains to millions of migrant workers hardest hit by a weeks-long…
Trains To Restart Despite Rising Covid-19 Cases
Tens of thousands of people have booked out seats on trains that are due to…
India Looks To Ease Lockdown Even As Covid-19 Infections Jump
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the country would look to ease a nearly…
India’s Coronavirus Cases Jump Past 50,000
Coronavirus cases in India rose past 50,000, the Health Ministry said on Thursday, with the…
Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Million
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths as the…
China’s Wuhan Eases Travel Curbs Post Lockdown
The Chinese city of 11 million people that was Ground Zero for what became the…
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…
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,…
Nine-year-old Among Nearly 150 Children Briefly Held In Kashmir: Court Probe
Police in Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, since early August when the…