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Tuesday, 7 April, 2020

Indian politics & policy
Ventilator shortage threatens to cripple India’s coronavirus response
Experts warn that New Delhi is vastly underestimating scale of outbreak
Monday, 6 April, 2020

Robin Wigglesworth
The liquidity ‘collapse’ is a modern-day cobra effect
Crash in trading conditions reflects shift of risks from banks into financial markets
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

AnalysisCoronavirus2 min
Coronavirus: why the world should care about India
How the pandemic in India could have global consequences
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Trump calls on India to release potential Covid-19 drug
New Delhi is tightening export restrictions to combat rising coronavirus caseload
Sunday, 5 April, 2020

Banks
Indian lenders face debt reckoning due to coronavirus lockdown
Concerns over financial system during pandemic have already prompted run at one bank
Friday, 3 April, 2020

Coronavirus: free to read
Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’
The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should do next
Friday, 3 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Indian corporates hit by coronavirus lockdown declare force majeure
Companies in energy, manufacturing and ports stop payments
Friday, 3 April, 2020

Coronavirus
Indian and SE Asian fintechs braced for coronavirus storm
Digital lenders across region reduce loan sizes and flee to higher-quality borrowers
Thursday, 2 April, 2020

The FT ViewThe editorial board
Urgent action is needed to help world’s poorest
Coronavirus pandemic threatens a human and economic catastrophe
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Thursday, 2 April, 2020

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Muslims fear backlash of India’s coronavirus fury
Modi government is accused of stoking religious tension to cover up its own errors
Wednesday, 1 April, 2020

David Pilling
Lockdown could be worse than disease in poor countries
Instructing people to stay at home is to confine millions to cramped housing
Wednesday, 1 April, 2020

Emerging markets
Foreigners sell record haul of Indian assets due to coronavirus Premium
Outbreak prompts overseas investors to sell $16bn of stocks and bonds in March
Tuesday, 31 March, 2020

LexCoronavirus
Indian outsourcers: victims of deglobalisation Premium
Revenue will drop sharply following the hiatus in contract signings
Monday, 30 March, 2020

#techFT
How China would rewire the internet
Ventilator challenge, start-up runway fund appeal, Samsung AirDresser
Monday, 30 March, 2020

Amy Kazmin
Staying home is a luxury many Indians cannot afford
Narendra Modi failed to say how millions of employees — mainly rural migrants — were to get by
Monday, 30 March, 2020

Global outsourcing
India coronavirus shutdown hits outsourcing groups
Companies are racing to maintain services for global clients
Sunday, 29 March, 2020

AnalysisIndian politics & policy
Indian coronavirus lockdown triggers exodus to rural areas
Migrant workers head home in battle to survive after losing jobs
Friday, 27 March, 2020

Indian business & finance
India’s sudden lockdown threatens food supply chains
Curfew on nation’s 1.4bn people leads to severe disruptions, hardship and widespread confusion
Friday, 27 March, 2020

Coronavirus
India cuts benchmark rate to lowest level on record
Central bank governor calls for ‘war effort’ as coronavirus shuts down country
Thursday, 26 March, 2020

Markets InsightBenjamin Parkin
Coronavirus threatens Indian banks’ nascent recovery
Work to reduce bad corporate loans at risk of setback as fears grow for consumers
Wednesday, 25 March, 2020

Drugs research
Global rush for coronavirus drug sees India stop exports
Supplies of chloroquine hoarded despite lack of concrete evidence about its effectiveness
Wednesday, 25 March, 2020

Indian business & finance
Amazon and Flipkart suspend all services in India amid lockdown confusion
New stay-at-home rule results in panicked grocery orders and restrictions on couriers
Wednesday, 25 March, 2020

The FT ViewThe editorial board
India’s virus battle shows struggle of global south
Developing states cannot rely on measures used in Europe and the US
Wednesday, 25 March, 2020

Coronavirus
India’s migrant workers flee cities and threaten countryside
Slow response could turn coronavirus outbreak into humanitarian crisis
Tuesday, 24 March, 2020

Indian business & finance
Facebook eyes multibillion-dollar stake in Reliance Jio
Deal seeking to expand social media giant’s presence in India stalled by coronavirus travel ban