It’s the biggest decline of any major economy. Economists say once the impact on the country’s vast “informal” work force is taken into account, the damage might be even worse.
Author: SAMEER YASIR and JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
India Debates Skin-Tone Bias as Beauty Companies Alter Ads
America’s intense conversation on race has focused attention on a type of discrimination that has long vexed India.
Cyclone Amphan Bears Down on India and Bangladesh
Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as Cyclone Amphan approaches, one of the region’s most powerful storms in decades.
Anxious and Cooped Up, 1.5 Million Kashmiri Children Are Still Out of School
With soldiers and militants claiming the streets, and most schools simply shuttered, education has been on hold through months of crisis in Kashmir.
As Militants Kill in Kashmir, People Are Afraid to Go to Work
Separatists are waging violence against civilians in the Kashmir Valley, in a bid to bring the region to a halt.
In a Race Against Death, No Way to Call a Doctor
Medical personnel in Kashmir say preventable deaths are happening because of blocked streets, medicine shortages, and a phone and internet blockade by India.
With Pens, Paper and Motorcycles, Journalists Chronicle Kashmir Crackdown
Kashmir’s newspapers, cut off from technology by the Indian government, are rising to the occasion to serve readers desperate for information in the war-torn region.
‘Everything Went Black’: Attack Rattles a Tense Jammu and Kashmir
A grenade blew up at a crowded bus stand, killing one person and wounding many, on the same day that a video spread of two Indian men beating Kashmiri street vendors.
‘We Will Always Live in Fear’: What Life Is Like for Civilians in Kashmir
Diplomats were optimistic on Friday that Pakistan and India were stepping back from the brink. But thousands of troops remain dug in at the border, and gunfire is a regular occurrence.
Militant Leader Known for Daring Escape Is Gunned Down in Kashmir
Indian forces said they had killed Naveed Jatt, a charismatic fighter who escaped police custody and is accused of assassinating a newspaper editor.