A teacher wearing face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus checks the note books of children at the Sangharsh Vidya Kendra school at a slum area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The school provides free education to underprivileged children two days a week. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) checks the temperature of a passenger at a railway station, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India on November 27, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Indian motorist drives through flood waters following heavy rain in Chennai, India, 25 November 2020. Cyclone Nivar to make landfall in Tamil Nadu and in Puducherry on 25 November and 1,200 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel are on alert for any rescue work as India Meteorological Department also predicted heavy to very heavy rain in the affected area. (Photo by Babu/EPA/EFE)





A civil defence volunteer wearing a Covid-19 coronavirus-themed helmet holds a placard as he takes part in an awareness campaign at a market in New Delhi on November 25, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain/AFP Photo)





Policemen stand guard next to markings made to ensure physical distancing outside the Kochi Special Economic Zone during a nation wide strike by various trade unions in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Thursday, November 26, 2020. India has more than 9 million cases of coronavirus, second behind the United States. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A teacher wearing face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus checks the note books of children at the Sangharsh Vidya Kendra school at a slum area on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, November 25, 2020. The school provides free education to underprivileged children two days a week. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A child is administered polio vaccine at a booth in Kolkata, India, Sunday, November 22, 2020. India's total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began has crossed 9 million. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a woman during a testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a clinic in Mumbai, India, November 24, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is seen during a testing campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India on November 24, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A woman wearing a protective mask waits for a train at a railway station, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, November 27, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Protesting farmers shout slogans and face security officers at the border between Delhi and Haryana state, Friday, November 27, 2020. Thousands of agitating farmers in India faced tear gas and baton charge from police on Friday after they resumed their march to the capital against new farming laws that they fear will give more power to corporations and reduce their earnings. While trying to march towards New Delhi, the farmers, using their tractors, cleared concrete blockades, walls of shipping containers and horizontally parked trucks after police had set them up as barricades and dug trenches on highways to block roads leading to the capital. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Police officers use water cannon to disperse farmers protesting against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, November 27, 2020. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)





Policemen beat a protesting farmer, at the border between Delhi and Haryana state, Friday, November 27, 2020. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Protesting farmers cook an evening meal by their tractor trolley parked on a highway, refusing to move ahead unless they're allowed to proceed to their place of choice to protest, at the Delhi-Haryana state border, India, Friday, November 27, 2020. Thousands of angry Indian farmers protesting against new agricultural laws were allowed to enter the national capital late Friday after they clashed with police who had blocked them at the outskirts of the city. The farmers, who fear the new laws will reduce their earnings and give more power to corporations, will be escorted to a protest site in New Delhi, police in a statement. It was not immediately clear where the protests would be held. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)





Passengers wait in line to get their temperature checked at a railway station, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India on November 26, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A deserted Marina beach is seen during rains before Cyclone Nivar's landfall, in Chennai, India, November 25, 2020. (Photo by P. Ravikumar/Reuters)





A police vehicle patrols as migrant workers wait for work in Mumbai, India, Monday, November 23, 2020. India has more than 9 million cases of coronavirus, second behind the United States. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





Firefighters and excavators try to douse fire as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Ghazipur landfill site in New Delhi, India, November 25, 2020. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A man wearing mask as a precaution against COVID-19 pedals past flags of a Communist party trade union during a nation wide strike by various trade unions in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Thursday, November 26, 2020. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





A Kashmiri farmer extracts lotus stems from the polluted waters of Anchar lake on a cold day in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir,Saturday, November 21, 2020. Kashmiri Lotus stem farmers extract lotus stems from November to March every year. Lotus stems are popularly consumed as vegetables in Kashmir. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)