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India's Manufacturing Expected to Re-Open After COVID Shutdown

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   Anonymous government sources say India is planning to allow some
   industries, closed during the nationwide coronavirus shutdown, to
   resume their manufacturing activities this week, according to a Reuters
   report.

   The move is designed to offset the economic beating the country has
   taken during the shutdown, the sources told the news agency.

   India's 21-day lockdown, scheduled to end Tuesday, is expected to be
   extended.

   The news agency says it saw a letter from India's industries ministry
   recommending that manufacturing begin again in the auto, textile,
   defense, electronic and other industries.

   The government is expected to make a decision later this week.

   India, a country with over a billion people, has 9,240 confirmed cases
   of the coronavirus and 331 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins
   Coronavirus Resource Center.

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