India Looks To Ease Coronavirus Lockdown
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with the chief ministers of the country’s 28 states to decide on what...
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COVID-19: India Debates An Easing Of Restrictions
In India, calls for an easing of the nationwide lockdown which has caused deep economic pain are growing. While a...
PM Urges Citizens To Follow Lockdown As Covid-19 Spreads
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to comply with a nationwide lockdown and social distancing measures on Sunday, a day...
Govt. Brushes Off Proposal For Covid-19 Tax On Super Rich
A group of Indian Revenue Service officers have recommended taxing the super rich, and foreign companies, to help pay for...
Truckers In Crisis: Police Checks, No Food, Covid-19 Fears
Truck driver Arju Yadav says he was on a 30-40 km (20-25 mile) journey earlier this month to deliver a...
Covid-19 Mortality Rates Drop Sharply In India
Parts of India have recorded dramatic falls in the number of deaths at a time when funeral parlours were bracing...
No Salary Rises For Over 11mn To Combat Covid-19
India on Thursday froze inflation-linked increases in salaries and pensions for more than 11 million Central government employees and pensioners...
India Restarts Factories, Farming In Rural Areas
Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown...
DGCA Tells Airlines Not To Take Bookings
India’s aviation regulator has told airlines not to take bookings as the government has not yet decided when to recommence...
Covid-19: Maharashtra To Allow Some Economic Activity
Maharashtra, India’s largest regional economy, will allow a limited number of sectors to resume business on Monday, after a weeks-long...
Covid-19: UN Chief Salutes India for Helping Others
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres salutes countries helping others in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, his spokesman has said,...
Covid-19: Fishermen Dock After Weeks At Sea
Hundreds of exhausted Indian fishermen, who said they were refused entry at two ports after a nationwide lockdown was imposed...
Virus Fallout Inflames Divisions Among Communities
The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under...
Covid-19: Culpable Homicide Charges On TJ Leader
India has brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the chief of a Muslim seminary for holding...
Covid-19: 12,380 Cases In India, 414 Deaths
On Day 2 of Lockdown 2.0, the total number of coronavrius cases in India has gone up to 12380 as...
Govt To Lift Some Curbs To Help People Hit By Lockdown
India will allow industries located in the countryside to reopen next week, as well as resuming farm activities to reduce...
Some Industries In Rural Areas To Resume Work From April 20
India will allow opening up of some industries in rural areas after April 20 to reduce the distress caused to...
India Extends Lockdown To May 3 As Cases Cross 10,000
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended a nationwide lockdown until May 3 as the number of coronavirus cases crossed...
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...
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...
Amid Lockdown, Some Manufacturing To Resume
India is planning to restart some manufacturing after April 15 to help offset the economic damage of a nationwide coronavirus...
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 Ramps Up Covid-19 Tests As Cases Top 6,700
India said on Friday it ramped up coronavirus testing as documented cases rose above 6,700 and topped 12,000 across South...
Covid-19 Relief Plan Could Leave Millions Sans Food Aid
Tens of millions of Indians stand to see few benefits from a coronavirus relief package worth $22.6 billion, economists and...
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...
