PM Modi To Address Nation on April 14
The 21-day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus ends on Tuesday and the Prime Minister is likely to...
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Govt Says It’s Ready To Tackle Rising Virus Cases
India said on Sunday its hospital network is adequately prepared to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, with over 100,000...
India To Extend Nationwide Lockdown: Kejriwal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, Delhi Chief...
India Struggles To Contain Coronavirus In Slums
India faces an uphill battle to contain coronavirus outbreaks in the slums of the vast financial capital Mumbai amid fears...
India Claims Initial Success In Fight Against Covid-19
The Indian government on Thursday claimed initial success in its fight against the coronavirus epidemic, saying it would have been...
India Mulls Narrowing Lockdown To Coronavirus Hotspots
India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing curbs...
States Scramble For Funds As Virus Takes Toll On Coffers
A three-week nationwide lockdown is testing the resilience of India’s state governments, with analysts warning that essential public services and...
Small Businesses Struggle Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
Hundreds of thousands of cash-starved small businesses have either deferred or cut their workers’ wages this month, say industrialists and...
India Hesitates To End World’s Biggest Lockdown
India’s 21-day lockdown is set to end next week but several state leaders have called for an extension or only...
State Authorities Warn Lockdown Could Be Extended
Authorities in some states warned on Saturday that lockdowns to rein in the coronavirus pandemic could be extended in parts...
People Light Lamps To Challenge Covid-19 Darkness
Millions of Indians turned off their lights and lit up balconies and doorsteps with lamps, candles and flashlights on Sunday,...
COVID-19: Officials Warn Of Lockdown Extensions
The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities...
Modi Plans Staggered Exit From Covid-19 Lockdown
India will pull out of a three-week lockdown in phases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, as officials battle...
Cattle Being Fed Strawberries As Lockdown Hits Transport
As hundreds of millions of Indians remain locked down to stem the spread of coronavirus, some of its cattle are...
Stranded Migrant Workers Struggle Under Lockdown
India’s 21-day lockdown to fight the coronavirus has left hundreds of migrant workers stranded in Mumbai, with no money, little...
“Some Of Us Will Die”: Homeless Stranded By Covid-19 Lockdown
In a densely-packed neighbourhood of Delhi, hundreds of homeless people queued up this week as volunteers doled out rice and...
Sensex, Nifty Fall As Covid-19 Cases Rise Amid Lockdown
Indian shares fell on Wednesday as the number of coronavirus cases increased in Asia’s third-largest economy even as a 21-day...
Outrage As Migrants Sprayed With Disinfectant
Health workers caused outrage on Monday by spraying a group of migrants with disinfectant, amid fears that a large-scale movement...
No Plan To Extend Lockdown As The Poor Struggle
India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on...
Sensex, Nifty Fall As Covid-19 Cases Cross 1,000
Indian shares edged lower on Monday morning as the number of coronavirus infections in Asia’s third-largest economy showed no signs...
Vitriol & Violence: A Covid-19 Death Exposes Paranoia
When Satyaki Mitra’s father developed a mild fever in mid-March, the graduate student in Philadelphia wasn’t especially worried. He told...
Covid-19: Modi Seeks ‘Forgiveness’ From India’s Poor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his...
Migrant Workers Face Long Walk Home Amid Covid-19 Lockdown
After India imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Tuesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the plywood factory near Uttar...
$23-bn Eco Stimulus To Help Poor Hit By Lockdown
India announced on Thursday a 1.7-trillion-rupee ($22.6-billion) economic stimulus plan providing direct cash transfers and food security measures to give...
“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...
