India extends world's biggest virus lockdown to May 3

'From the economic angle, we have paid a big price,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a nationwide address. 'But the lives of the people of India are far more valuable.'

Millions of daily wage labourers suddenly lost their jobs, forcing hundreds of thousands to travel hundreds of kilometres back to their home villages, often on foot.

Farms, still the bedrock of the Indian economy, are heading into their most important harvest time of the year, earning money to finance many villages for months. The commerce ministry has also reportedly urged the government to consider opening more activities"with reasonable safeguards" even if the lockdown is extended.

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