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  Scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May and under bilateral "air bubble" arrangements with selected countries since July. India has formed air bubble pacts with around 27 countries including Kenya, Bhutan and France. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by...

Highlights US has told Americans to leave India as soon as possible The US advisory said it is unsafe to stay in India due to sharp rise in COVID-19 cases Washington: The United States has advised its citizens not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is safe to do so and authorised the voluntary departure of family members of its employees in the Indian missions, saying the access to all types of medical care is becoming severely limited in the country amid a massive surge in The US h...

Asserting that this reflects Americas solidarity with India as it battles a new wave of COVID-19, the White House said that the immediate emergency assistance includes oxygen support, oxygen concentrators, oxygen generation units, personal protective equipment, vaccine manufacturing supplies and rapid diagnostic tests. According to the White House, an initial delivery of 1,100 cylinders will remain in India and can be repeatedly refilled at local supply centres, with planeloads more to come. T...

Highlights Goa government announced that the state will be going under lockdown from Thursday. “The four day lockdown is to break the chain of the rising number of COVID-19 infections," Goa CM said. New Delhi: Amid the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 infections in the country, the Goa government announced that the state will be going under lockdown from Thursday (April 29).  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday (April 28) made the announcement which stated that the state government ...

Highlights Maharashtra COVID-19 lockdown may be extended till May 15 Health Minister Rajesh Tope has given indications that the Maharashtra govt has decided to extend the full lockdown till May 15 Mumbai: The existing lockdown-like restrictions in Maharashtra, imposed to stem the COVID-19 spread, are most likely to be extended by 15 days beyond April 30. States Health Minister Rajesh Tope has given indications that the Maharashtra government has decided to extend the full lockdown, likely to ...

Since coronavirus cases are rising exponentially, speculations are rife that the Narendra Modi-led NDA government may again impose a nationwide lockdown to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission. 

Highlights Nearly 1.33 crore Indians registered on the CoWin portal for 3rd phase of vaccination starting on May 1 Health Ministry said that it witnessed more than 80 lakh people registered themselves on the portal, with 3 hours from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Wednesday. It added that the portal received 383 million API hits, initially as high as 2.7 million hits per minute and a total of 1.45 crore SMSs have been successfully delivered New Delhi: More than 1.33 crore Indians registered themselves ...

Highlights However, many have struggled to find a slot for scheduling a jab NEW DELHI: Nearly 1.3 crore Indians registered themselves online on the government’s dedicated portal CoWin on Wednesday for the mass vaccination drive that is set to begin on May 1. However, a lot of them literally struggled to get themselves registered and complained about the technical problems they faced while trying to register themselves on the CoWin portal. Some of them even complained that the portal was not ...

Highlights The curbs will remain in place until further order Chennai Metro Rail has been permitted to operate on Sundays Chennai: After recording 16,665, the highest ever single-day cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, the Tamil Nadu government has extended the existing set of lockdown restrictions, besides the night (10 pm to 4 am) and Sunday curfew. The curbs will remain in place until further order from the state government. According to the new guidelines, there will be no re...

COVID-19 cases daily that has put extreme pressure on the healthcare infrastructure of the country. The massive rise in infections in the second wave of the pandemic has led to hospitals in several states reeling under a severe shortage of medical oxygen and beds. Social media timelines are filled with SOS calls with people looking for oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, plasma donors and ventilators. Organisations across the spectrum have come forward to support the fight against the COVID pandem...