作者： bharat.cn

The mayor of Agra has urged the Indian government to temporarily shut down the country’s national monuments – including Agra’s iconic Taj Mahal – to limit the spread of the lethal coronavirus, as the number of cases climbed to 31.
“Foreign tourists in large numbers visit Agra, this increases the chances of spread of coronavirus in the city,” Mayor Naveen Jain told ANI, adding that until the outbreak is brought under control, historical sites nationwide should be closed to visitors.
I urge the government of India to close all historical monuments in the country, including the Taj Mahal.

India has seen a spike in cases of the illness over the last week, jumping from six to 31 in a matter of days, including 16 Italian tourists and one resident of New Delhi, the capital city. By tracing the Delhi resident’s contacts, the government determined that the man also infected six family members in Agra, each of them testing positive for the virus.
Health authorities in Uttar Pradesh, where Agra is located, recently boosted efforts to screen for the virus in the hope of preventing it from spreading further, noting that, to date, “2,915 travelers from corona-affected countries have been identified and tracked by District Surveillance Units” and placed under observation, with more than 700 now in home isolation. Three individuals showing symptoms were also admitted for treatment at hospitals around the state, though their condition is stable.

印度中行（RBI）周四（5日）晚间宣布，接管该国第4大私人银行Yes Bank，理由是该行的财务状况剧烈恶化；受此消息冲击，印度股市开盘暴跌，印度卢比更重摔至16个月新低。

印度股汇市暴跌

印度中行接管Yes Bank的做法，说明印度影子银行的危机正在扩大，造成市场恐慌；周五上午Yes Bank股价在印度暴跌25%，由银行股组成的Bankex指数亦重挫5%，而印度股市也一度大跌3.8%至37011.09点，印度卢比兑美元更惨摔1%，为2018年10月以来新低。

印度中行下令Yes Bank暂停营运，并接管Yes Bank董事会30天，且在重新制定新的重整计划的同时，将Yes Bank的提款限制在每户5万卢比（约682美元）以内，并下令该行不得发放新贷款。

《Business Insider》报导，就在中行设下提款限制后，大量存户急着到ATM提领现金，但遇到很多问题，例如ATM机器关闭、钱被领光，也可见到人们大排长龙等着领钱的景象。

印度中行则在声明中强调，由于Yes Bank筹集新资金的计划迟迟未能实现，以及该行“面临经常性的流动性外流”，因此监管机构被迫介入。

报导指出，印度当局持续努力控制影子银行之间的危机，这场危机导致印度消费者和小型企业的信贷紧缩，也使得印度经济增长放缓至11年来的最低水准；Yes Bank先前多次试图募集资金，但均以失败告终。

消息来源也向彭博表示，根据1项印度政府支持的提案，已经选定由印度最大的银行印度国家银行（State Bank of India）来领导一个财团，向Yes Bank挹注新资金。

Indian exporters could push supplies on the global market to fill gaps left by neighboring China due to the coronavirus outbreak, said the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India (Assocham).
According to Assocham, Indian exporters of electronics, pharmaceuticals, specialty chemicals and automobile parts depend on China for raw material. They are currently facing supply constraints due to the Chinese economy being hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

However, there are several areas with increased opportunities for domestic traders, it said.
“Barring a few [products], a large number of engineering exports from India can fill up the market vacated by China; so is the case with products like leather and leather goods,” Assocham Secretary General Deepak Sood said, as quoted by the Financial Express.

According to Sood, India could also take advantage of opportunities in areas like agriculture and carpets. “We also need to scale up several of our sectors to compete effectively with China even when the Chinese exporters are able to normalize their global supply chain,” Sood said.
Assocham cited the latest China PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index) data, which shows that the country’s factory output level plummeted in February to its lowest in almost two decades, with the consequences bound to be felt in the global market.

“While India’s merchandise exports have contracted by 1.93 percent [during the] April-January period of the current fiscal, the coming few months can provide our exporters greater market access in the absence of usually aggressive and competitive Chinese suppliers,” the industry body said.