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Indonesia had one doctor for every 10,000 people at the onset of the spread of the coronavirus. Now, there are even fewer, as doctors are dying on the front lines of the pandemic without adequate ... ( read original story ...)

Paramedics respond to a house call at the Vladivostok medical emergency service during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on April 23 in Vladivostok, Russia. A woman wears a face mask and plastic gloves ... ( read original story ...)

Millions are not allowed to leave Jakarta to travel back to hometowns before Eid holiday and now many say they can no longer afford to stay in Indonesia’s big cities. Every year during Ramadan more ... ( read original story ...)

Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi urged India on Friday to help rescue child labourers caught in the country's coronavirus lockdown after a young girl died of exhaustion while walking back to her ... ( read original story ...)

A local artist in the city of Chennai in southern India has converted a rickshaw into a creation resembling the novel coronavirus using mostly recycled trash. ( read original story ...)

A couple have returned home after almost a month on lockdown in India where they were treated for coronavirus. Nairn and Elizabeth Lawson were on holiday in Kerala when travel restrictions were put in ... ( read original story ...)

Facebook's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance promises to be the biggest headache yet for Paytm, a SoftBank-backed pioneer in India's digital payments market but which has been losing ground to ... ( read original story ...)

Franklin Templeton said it would freeze a number of its fixed income mutual funds in India after the coronavirus pandemic wrought havoc on the country’s bond markets, trapping over $3bn of investor ... ( read original story ...)

The Indian aviation industry is in crisis mode as the country's extended lockdown measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus has left all passenger planes grounded till at least May 3. ( read original story ...)