Maria Abi-Habib, Sameer Yasir and Rebecca Conway, NYT

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COVID-19 or hunger? Tough choice for India’s labourers

Social distancing to fight coronavirus means hunger to many of India’s labourers

Fruit vendors on a street corner during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s lockdown order for India’s 1.3 billion citizens to fight the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi, India, March 26, 2020. Although selling food is deemed necessary and permissible during the lockdown, vendors are finding fewer customers.

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