Indonesia expanded a partial lockdown to more areas near Jakarta, the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus cases, as authorities stepped up efforts to restrict movement of people ahead of the nation ... ( read original story ...)
India’s monsoon rains seen average in 2020: weather office
Monsoon rains are expected to be 100% of a long-term average, M. Rajeevan, secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences told a news conference. India’s weather office defines ave ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus lockdown guidelines: What has India changed under new rules?
A day after extending a nationwide lockdown, India has relaxed restrictions on farming, banking and public works, but transport services and most businesses remain closed. The rules which come into ... ( read original story ...)
Mumbai: Frantic migrants throng Bandra station as India extends lockdown
Police in the Indian city of Mumbai had to use force to disperse thousands of migrants who gathered at the city's Bandra station hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of a ... ( read original story ...)
India’s Police Galvanize Public to Follow Lockdowns
Rap songs, dances and appearances by the ‘corona-horse’ are among the ways police in the country are teaching about the coronavirus. ( read original story ...)
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 it conceded the hardships of shutting its vital ... ( read original story ...)
India permits resumption of some industries in rural areas next week
The government will allow farm activities, construction of roads and buildings in the hinterland which has so far been less affected by the coronavirus contagion. ( read original story ...)
IPL ‘postponed indefinitely’ as India extends lockdown
The Indian Premier League, the world's richest cricket tournament, has been indefinitely postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, a team official told AFP Wednesday. In line with other sports ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia to help fight COVID-19
India has agreed to sell tablets to Malaysia for use in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, a Malaysian minister told Reuters on Wednesday, with New Delhi partially lifting its bar on exports of the ... ( read original story ...)
China held off warning of likely coronavirus pandemic for nearly a week, AP investigation finds
In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for ... ( read original story ...)