Indonesia’s central bank has kept its benchmark interest rate steady Tuesday as it seeks to safeguard the rupiah amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Indonesia reports its biggest daily jump in coronavirus deaths
Indonesia on Tuesday reported its biggest daily jump ineaths with 60 new fatalities, taking the total to 459, health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said. Yurianto confirmed 282 new coronavirus …
COVID-19 Report: Indonesia declares outbreak a national disaster; Malaysia sets price controls
Hong Kong opera star, Myanmar rock icon among new coronavirus patients. This article, COVID-19 Report: Indonesia declares outbreak a national disaster; Malaysia sets price controls, originally …
‘Ghosts’ try to spook people off streets during coronavirus in Indonesia
Ghosts” wrapped in white sheets are roaming the streets of a neighborhood in Indonesia’s central Java province trying to spook people into staying home during the coronavirus outbreak.
India’s poor hit hardest as coronavirus spreads and lockdown is extended
New Delhi — Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that India’s nationwide lockdown would be extended until May 3 to fight the spread of the coronavirus. The lockdown that began on March 25 …
India Extends Nationwide Lockdown Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
In a televised address Tuesday, the prime minister said his “request to all my countrymen is that coronavirus will not be allowed to spread across new areas at any cost,” CNN reported. “We have to be …
India lockdown sends grey-market booze prices soaring
Alcohol prices in India’s grey market have more than quadrupled and online searches for how to make homemade alcohol have soared during India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, with bars and liquor …
Modi extends India’s lockdown until May 3
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the country’s lockdown on Tuesday until May 3 in order to clamp down on the spread of the coronavirus.
Anand Teltumbde: India activist surrenders over Bhima Koregaon violence charges
Police accuse of instigating violence at Bhima Koregaon village in Maharashtra state in 2018. Prof Teltumbde has said the charges are fabricated. The violence broke out at the 200th anniversary …
Asian countries fear coronavirus resurgence as cases in China hit 6-week high
With domestic cases in China and other countries mostly tamped down, imported infections are now the biggest danger.