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Fear of COVID-19 reaches Rohingya refugees camps

Fear has gripped the lives of Rohingya refugees living in camps on Bangladesh-Mynamar border. Over a million people living in cramped and unhygienic conditions are being told about COVID-19 by the

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India converts train carriages into hospital wards

An Indian Railways employee works to convert a train coach into an isolation ward for COVID-19 patients, April 2, 2020. /AP Indian Railways has taken up a new task of converting its train carr

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For India's migrant workers, a torturous coronavirus journey home

Migrant workers and their families line up at New Delhi's Anand Vihar bus terminal to return to their villages during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against COVI

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Economic stimulus for Indians as COVID-19 spreads

02:05 As COVID-19 spreads across India, the worst hit is the poorest of the poor. Worst hit are daily wage earners who have lost their jobs. As a result there is an exodus of migrant w

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Myanmar to strengthen ties with India by signing 10 new agreements

With 10 agreements signed, India and Myanmar have given a new impetus to their bilateral ties.The focus of these agreements is on development projects in the conflict-ridden Rakhine state in Myanmar.