A man drives an auto-rickshaw depicting the coronavirus to create awareness about staying at home during a nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Chennai, India, April 23, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: India allowed shops in residential areas to reopen from on Saturday, more than a month after the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, federal and state officials said.