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PM Modi extends lockdown to May 3 as coronavirus cases cross 10,000
India on Tuesday extended until May 3 a nationwide lockdown for its 1.3 billion people as the number of coronavirus ......
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India's 2019-20 fuel demand growth worst in over two decades
India's annual fuel demand grew 0.2% in 2019/20, its worst growth rate in over two decades, dragged down by a ......
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Sensex, Nifty slide on lockdown extension worries
Indian shares fell on Monday, dragged down by financial stocks, as Asia's third-biggest economy looked set to extend a lockdown ......
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Govt plans to resume some manufacturing amid lockdown
India is planning to restart some manufacturing after April 15 to help offset the economic damage of a nationwide coronavirus ......
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Sensex, Nifty decline on fears of lockdown extension
Indian stocks closed lower on Wednesday as investors locked in some recent gains amid fears of an extension of the ......
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Donations pour in but PM CARES coronavirus fund faces criticism
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing criticism for creating a new coronavirus relief fund when about $500 million was ......
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Govt considers narrowing lockdown to coronavirus hotspots
India is considering plans to seal off coronavirus hotspots in Delhi, Mumbai and parts of the south while easing restrictions ......
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Indian leaders hesitate 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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Coronavirus upends global food supply chains in latest economic shock
In the fertile Satara district in western India, farmers are putting their cattle on an unorthodox diet: Some feed iceberg ......
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Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic
India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the ......