Bloomberg PM Narendra Modi’s call to Indians to switch off lights on Sunday evening for nine minutes and instead use candles to “challenge the darkness” of the coronavirus outbreak would mean blackouts for some citizens as utilities take steps to safeguard their equipment. Modi asked people to switch off lights at 9 pm. That may result in a sudden drop ...

Bloomberg Police in Australia’s New South Wales state will start a criminal investigation into a cruise ship that allowed people on board to disembark in Sydney last month after some passengers had reported flu-like symptoms, Commissioner Mick Fuller said. Detectives will be involved in the probe into the circumstances surrounding the docking of the vessel, Fuller said. Ten of the ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s economy could contract this year as the country struggles with a month-long coronavirus lockdown and a steep fall in commodity prices. Gross domestic product could shrink as much as 2% this year or grow as much as 0.5%, Malaysia’s central bank said in its annual Economic and Monetary Review. The global pandemic has hit the country’s tourism sector ...