A Kashmiri man reacts as a health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, October 6, 2020. India is the second worst-nation in terms of confirmed coronavirus caseload. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)





A worker cleans a cinema hall as part of preparations for a possible reopening after the government eased lockdown restrictions previously imposed due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on October 3, 2020. Deaths from the novel coronavirus in India passed 100,000 on October 3, official data showed as the pandemic continued to rage across the world's second most populous country. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A worker cleans the screen of a cinema hall as part of preparations for a possible reopening after the government eased the lockdown restrictions previously imposed due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on October 8, 2020. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





Advance light helicopters (ALH) from the Indian Air Force's Sarang acrobatic team performs during a full dress rehearsal ahead of the Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force station in Ghaziabad on October 6, 2020. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)





Farmers block a train track while demonstrating against central government on the twelfth day of their ongoing “Rail Roko” or “Stop the Trains” protest targeting the government's newly introduced agriculture-related bills, at Devi Dass Pura village, Punjab state, India, 05 October 2020. Farmers across the state are demanding a rollback in three agri-bills of the central government and against the new Electricity Bill 2020, stating that these are against the interests of the farmers. (Photo by Raminder Pal Singh/EPA/EFE)





Calcutta University students arranging torch lights on October 5, 2020 before the start of the rally for justice to Manisha Valmiki, a 19 years old Dalit girl from Hathras, Uttar Pradesh who was gang-raped and murdered on 14th September. She died on 29th September, two weeks after battling with numerous fractures, spinal cord injuries and a mutilated tongue. (Photo by Suraranjan Nandi/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Activists of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) try to breakthrough a police barricade during a protest march towards West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's office to protest against the “worsening” law and order situation in the state, in Kolkata on October 8, 2020. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)





A supporter of India's main opposition Congress party is detained by police during a protest after the death of a rape victim, in Ahmedabad, India, October 7, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A waiter wearing a protective mask and face shield carries food on trays at a restaurant after it reopened amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, October, 5, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





Members of the Valmiki caste react as they are detained by police during a protest after the death of a rape victim, in Ahmedabad, India, October 6, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Women hold placards during a protest after the death of a rape victim, on a street in Mumbai, India, October, 6, 2020. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)





A woman sitting in an autorickshaw reacts as a healthcare worker takes a swab from her for a rapid antigen test in a street, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, October 5, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





Children hang their face masks in the nets and play a game of soccer during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Tuesday, October 6, 2020. India is the second worst-nation in terms of confirmed coronavirus caseload. (Photo by R.S. Iyer/AP Photo)





Indians wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk in a market in Jammu, India, Friday, October 9, 2020. India is the world's second most coronavirus affected country after the United States. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





Laborers hang colored yarn to dry in Santipur, about 120 kilometers north of Kolkata, India, Saturday, October 3, 2020. Many of the skilled weavers from this small town in West Bengal's Nadia district are from weaver families that arrived from Bangladesh during the partition years. Jamdani, the traditional weaving art practiced here, was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2013. Weavers here say that despite the approach of Durga Puja festival, the biggest festival of the region, there have been minimal orders because of the pandemic and this has affected the economy of the village. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





An Indian vegetable vendor wearing a face mask around her neck interacts with a customer in front of a hoarding informing people about proper use of masks in Bengaluru, India, Sunday, October 11, 2020. India's confirmed coronavirus toll crossed 7 million on Sunday with a number of new cases dipping in recent weeks, even as health experts warn of mask and distancing fatigue setting in. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)





An Indian villager wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus sells his ware at market in Jammu, India, Friday, October 9, 2020. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A man pushes a disabled man on wheelchair, both wearing face masks to prevent spreading coronavirus in Kolkata, India, Monday, October 5, 2020. India, the second worst-affected nation in the world after the United States, is witnessing a sustained decline in new coronavirus infections and active virus cases have remained below the million mark for 14 consecutive days. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





People wait to test for COVID-19 at a government hospital in Jammu, India, Monday, October 5, 2020. India, the second worst-affected nation in the world after the United States, is witnessing a sustained decline in new coronavirus infections and active virus cases have remained below the million mark for 14 consecutive days. (Photo by Channi Anand/AP Photo)





A worker cleans a swimming pool before it is reopened for athletes, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Ahmedabad, India, October 8, 2020. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)