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Hindu devotees perform prayers observing Navaratri festival at a temple in Amritsar, India

India sees record surges in cases due to coronavirus variants

13 April 2021

India's daily coronavirus cases are currently the highest in the world, with modelling suggesting the country's total tally could be close to 450 million
Covid-19 lockdown means 115 million Indian children risk malnutrition

Covid-19 lockdown means 115 million Indian children risk malnutrition

12 August 2020

India operates the world's largest free school lunch programme in an effort to combat childhood malnutrition, but the lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus has left many without a meal

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