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Covid’s Puzzling Decline in India Sparks a Shopping Spree

  • Coronavirus infections have plummeted since a September peak
  • Some of India’s biggest retailers have reported bumper sales
Customers browse fabrics inside Mangaldas Market in Mumbai, on Feb 6.Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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For the home to the world’s second-largest Covid-19 outbreak, life in India is almost back to normal.