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Australian government ban on citizens returning from India claims lives An anti-democratic and racist ban imposed by the Australian government, blocking its own citizens seeking to return from the coronavirus catastrophe in India, is claiming victims with a Sydney man dying in a Delhi hospital last Sunday. The tragic news came as Prime Minister Scott Morrison admitted this week, for the first time, that there are more than 11,000 Australian citizens stranded in India who want to leave. His Liberal-National Coalition government had previously given hazy estimates of around 9,000 in that dire p...

A Sydney father and businessman has died in India after contracting COVID-19, his employer says.  Govind Kant, an assistant director for energy company Trina Solar in Australia, had returned to India for family reasons, the company said in a statement.  He died on 16 May at a hospital in Delhi after contracting the virus at the end of April. "Our deepest condolences go to his wife, two daughters and other family members," the company said. "This is a significant loss to Trina Solar and mere words cannot express the heartfelt sorrow we all feel upon Govind's passing and we will provide neces...

The country's treasurer says the 'tragic' scenes in India are a reminder of the threat Covid-19 still poses.

First published on Fri 7 May 2021 23.33 EDT An Australian permanent resident has died of Covid-19 while stranded in India, days after the government’s strict ban on arrivals from the country began. The family of the 59-year-old claim their father was “disowned” by the Australian government before he died. Now, they are pleading for help so their mother, who is also stuck in India, can return to Australia so they can grieve together. The foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, has acknowledged the man’s death, and Australia’s high commissioner to India, Barry O’Fa...

An Australian permanent resident, 59, has died in Covid-ravaged India  The High Commissioner to India said on Friday he was aware of the case   His daughter, Sonali Ralhan, said her family were 'abandoned' by government  The federal government said on Friday flights from India to resume next week  India's nightly reported infection rate is in the hundreds of thousands of cases