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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…

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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…

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India Allows Export Of Anti-Malaria Drug After Trump Warns Of Retaliation

India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, said on Tuesday it will allow limited exports of the anti-malaria drug…

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Trump Talks “Retaliation” If India Rejects Export Of Key Drug

US President Donald Trump has said "there may be retaliation" if India does not agree to export hydroxychloroquine, a key…

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India Lifts Restrictions On 24 Drug Exports

India, the world’s main supplier of generic drugs, has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines…

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Testing Times For India In Race To Stop Coronavirus Epidemic

India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the…

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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…

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Curbs On Diagnostic Testing Kit Exports As Virus Spreads

India is restricting the export of most diagnostic testing kits, as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation topped 3,350…

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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,…

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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…

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Covid-19 Lockdown Hits Poor, Tests Modi’s Support

Ravi Prasad Gupta, a worker at a pipe plant in Gujarat, for years proudly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi and…

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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…

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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…

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Infection Spikes With Search On For 9,000 Exposed To Delhi Cluster

India reported its biggest single day increase in coronavirus cases as officials on Thursday raced to track down some 9,000…

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Racing To Stop Covid-19, India Scours Mosques

As coronavirus cases rose across densely-populated South Asia, authorities scoured mosques in northern India on Wednesday trying to trace people…

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Doctors Fight Covid-19 With Raincoats, Helmets

Shortages of protective health gear in India are forcing some doctors to use raincoats and motorbike helmets while fighting the…

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Tear Gas Fired At Workers Defying Covid-19 Lockdown

Police in western India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against…

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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…

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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…

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India Needs Atleast 38mn Masks To Fight Covid-19

India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread…

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Coronavirus Call Centres Set Up To Stop Stampede To Hospitals

Health authorities set up coronavirus call centres in urban centres across India on Friday, scrambling to stop people flooding hospitals…

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‘Stigmatised’: Covid-19 ‘Heroes’ Come Under Attack

Doctors, nurses and other frontline workers in the fight against coronavirus in India, who have been hailed as "heroes", have…

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Bruised Economy To Be Battered Further By Covid-19: Poll

India’s already-slowing economy weakened to at least an eight-year low this quarter and will slow even more sharply in the…

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$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…

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Coronavirus Cases Up Despite Immense Lockdown

Three more people infected with coronavirus died overnight in India as the government sought on Thursday to improve basic services…

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