India Extends Nationwide Lockdown Through May 3, Modi Says.

(Bloomberg) -- India has extended its nationwide virus lockdown of 1.3 billion citizens until May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an address to the nation on Tuesday. "Social distancing and the lockdown has had a great benefit for the nation", Modi said in his fourth speech since infections began ticking up sharply in mid-March. [Extracted from the article]