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India allows rural poor to work in virus lockdown

Millions of people in rural India will be allowed back to work next week despite a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the government said Wednesday, as...

India to allow farmers back to work amid lockdown

A day after extending a nationwide lockdown, India has relaxed restrictions on farming, banking and public works, but transport services and most businesses remain...

India extends coronavirus lockdown until May 3

In a live televised address early on Tuesday morning, India's prime minister extended the nationwide lockdown until May 3 to contain Novel Coronavirus pandemic. Narendra Modi assured...

India’s Christians to celebrate Good Friday online

India's 28 million Christians are just waking up to Good Friday under lockdown. Like in many other countries around the world, there will be no...

Pakistan shoots down Indian drone as Kashmir tensions rise

Pakistan's army said Thursday it had shot down a small Indian surveillance drone in Kashmir, as tensions rose over continued cross-border shelling in the...

Elephants, dogs reclaim India’s streets in virus lockdown

Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India's presidential palace, leading an animal offensive taking advantage of deserted streets as the country...

Hydroxychloroquine: Can India help Trump with unproven ‘corona drug’?

India is reportedly "considering" a request by Donald Trump to release stocks of a drug the US president has called a "game-changer" in the...

India reports more than 600 new coronavirus cases in a day, many linked to a religious gathering

India has reported its biggest single-day jump in new coronavirus cases, with 601 in the past day representing a 26% rise, according to the...

Coronavirus: India ‘super spreader’ quarantines 40,000 people

Indian authorities in the northern state of Punjab have quarantined around 40,000 residents from 20 villages following a Covid-19 outbreak linked to just one...

India’s coronavirus heroes come under attack

They have been hailed as India's coronavirus "heroes", but doctors, nurses, delivery drivers and other frontline workers have been attacked and in some cases...

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