India to provide scholarships, counselling to those orphaned by COVID-19

India's federal government will provide educational scholarships, mental health counselling and health insurance to children who have been orphaned by the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. 'For those who have lost a loved one to coronavirus, the change it has brought to their lives is so difficult,' Modi said during an online event as he announced government benefits for minor children who have lost both parents to COVID-19.