"That means until May 3, each and every one of us will have to remain in the lockdown," Modi said in a televised address to the nation. India's neighbour, Pakistan, is also due to take a decision on its lockdown ending on Wednesday. Modi spoke as latest government data showed the number of people infected with coronavirus in India had reached 10,363, with 339 deaths. Although the numbers are small compared with hard-hit Western nations, health experts fear that is because of India's low levels of testing, and actual infection levels could be far higher. But, the number of jobless is only going to get worse as India needs annual economic growth over 8% to absorb the millions of young people entering the work force each month.

Source: bd News24 April 14, 2020 05:48 UTC