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COLOMBO/RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide weekend curfew on Friday as South Asian countries escalated efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region of 1.9 billion people. South Asia appears to have been less hard hit than elsewhere in the world but the…

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to the 1.3 billion population to follow a one-day curfew alongside a ban on international flight arrivals to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Modi said in an address to the nation that the curfew on Sunday from 7am to 9pm would test the…

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation should create a fund to fight the threat of COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday. Addressing the first ever video conference among the heads of governments of the SAARC member countries, Mr. Modi  extednded $10 million as India's contribution for the…

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Disney-owned streaming video service Hotstar came under fire from the popular host of the eponymous late-night show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” last night, for censoring supposedly controversial content from the program in India. While Hotstar didn’t air Oliver’s critical episode on India’s Prime Minister Narendra…

Prakash Javadekar. File   Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the Narendra Modi-government has taken “strong measures” to prevent it. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that not a single bomb blast had taken place in the country in the last six years thanks to the strong security measures…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked people to stay away from rumours regarding coronavirus and emphasised on the need to follow the advice of doctors in this regard. He also asked people to avoid handshakes and start greeting others with 'namaste' once again. "In such times rumours…

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Tim Cook said during an interview with Fox Business that the Trump administration enabled Apple to enter the Indian retail market.Previously Apple was only permitted to sell its devices in India via third parties, as local laws meant the firm would have to partner a local company to fully enter…

Reuters / Brendan McDermid Here's what you need to know before the markets open. 1. 'The worst is yet to come': Global stocks plummet as fears mount of a coronavirus pandemic. "Markets have finally woken up to the threats being presented by COVID-19," Michael Every, a senior Asia-Pacific strategist at…

U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will buy defense equipment worth more than $3 billion from the United States, President Donald Trump said on…