The economic toll that the coronavirus pandemic has wrought on Indians, especially the middle class and the poor, is as bad as the deaths and the sickness. And there’s uncertainty around a post-pandemic recovery.
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Incomes slump, spending drops and inequalities widen in India and elsewhere across the globe
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