India eases lockdown, opening restaurants and malls

Move comes amid worries it could cause coronavirus infections to jump further

MOYURU BABA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- India on Monday began a gradual lifting of its nationwide coronavirus lockdown by first allowing restaurants, hotels and shopping malls to reopen in a bid to boost an economy hard hit by deep declines in spending.

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