Narendra Modi

General

14 April, 2020

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 ......

General

13 April, 2020

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 ......

Markets

13 April, 2020

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 ......

Manufacturing

13 April, 2020

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 ......

Markets

08 April, 2020

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 ......

General

08 April, 2020

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 ......

General

08 April, 2020

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 ......

General

07 April, 2020

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 ......

General

06 April, 2020

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 ......

General

06 April, 2020

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 ......