Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to Indians to switch off lights Sunday evening for nine minutes and instead use candles to “challenge the darkness” of the coronavirus outbreak will mean Continue Reading
Prime minister Narendra Modi warned that if India did not get the next 21 days right it would risk wiping out the gains of 21 years. In South Africa, Cyril Continue Reading
Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country’s biggest refiner and fuel retailer, has declared a force majeure on oil imports from some of its top oil suppliers, including Saudi Arabia, which Continue Reading
State-run Coal India Ltd. is considering cutting output at some mines, aligning it with a steep drop in demand from power generators amid a countrywide lockdown, according to people with knowledge Continue Reading
India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Monday, as it struggled to keep essential supplies flowing and Continue Reading
India scrambled to squelch an exodus of desperate migrant workers from its cities, warning they could be sent to quarantine camps and assuring that food and other staples would be Continue Reading
The supply of thermal coal in India has been declared as an essential service and officials are to maintain its critical dispatch during the country’s lockdown period, Union Minister of Continue Reading
The global COVID-19 outbreak has taken hold in India slower than in other areas, though the number of cases in the country has spiked in recent weeks. The central government Continue Reading
India’s economy was sputtering even before its leader announced the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown. Now the state-ordered paralysis of virtually all commerce in the country has put millions of people Continue Reading
Significant losses expected for India airlines Traders eye higher exports as domestic demand suffers The lockdown in India has affected India’s aviation sector further amid the coronavirus pandemic as air Continue Reading
