Govt announces steps to arrest slowdown; more on way

Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram is being taken to court by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials in the INX Media money laundering case, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug 22, 2019. (PTI Photo)

Kashmiri men sit in front of the closed shops painted with graffiti during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 20, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)

Govind Makthappa Karajol takes oath as a member of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s cabinet at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Governor Vajubhai Vala and B S Yediyurappa are also seen. (DH Photo/Janardhan B K)

Demonstrators carry umbrellas as they march along a street in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of umbrella-ready protesters Sunday as they started marching from a packed park in central Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity. AP/PTI

Kashmiri child looks from behind a fence at a protest site after Friday prayers in Srinagar, on August 16, 2019. (REUTERS/Danish Ismail)