PM Modi to inaugurate IISF 2020
India
Published: Monday, December 21, 2020, 16:16 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate the sixth edition of the India International Science Festival, a four-day science carnival, Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will also address the IISF on December 25, the last day of the festival, Vardhan said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the IISF on December 22 at 4.30 pm and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on December 25, Vardhan said.
The theme of the IISF 2020 is Science for Self-Reliant India and Global Welfare .
India suspends all flights from UK till Dec 31, makes RT-PCR mandatory for transit flights
This comes as Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan reassured people that the government is alert and there is no need to panic. Representative image
Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 04:19 PM IST
As several European countries shut down travel to the United Kingdom due to fears about a new strain of the coronavirus, India has followed the suit and suspended all flights originating from UK till December 31. It has also made it mandatory for travellers arriving from UK in transit flights to undergo RT-PCR test.
Through Twitter, the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed that passengers arriving from UK in all transit flights should be subject to mandatory COVID-19 testing.
NEW DELHI: The sixth edition of the India International Science Festival (IISF 2020) will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The four-day festival will be held on digital platforms till December 25.
RSS-linked science body Vigyan Bharati is the knowledge partner of the department of science and technology for IISF. The DST, in collaboration with other central ministries, has been organising this annual event since 2015. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘Science for Self-Reliant India and Global Welfare’.
“This year, the IISF will begin on the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan (December 22), world-renowned Indian mathematician, and culminate on the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee (December 25),” Union minister Harsh Vardhan said. The concluding session of IISF will be addressed by V-P Venkaiah Naidu.
India bans flights from UK till December 31 amid fears of new COVID-19 variant spread
India bans flights from UK till December 31 amid fears of new COVID-19 variant spread
Ria SharmaRia Sharma / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 15:59 IST
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday announced that the government has decided that all flights originating from the UK to India will be suspended considering the emergence of a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus in Britain.
On its official Twitter account, the Civil Aviation Ministry said that the flights will be suspended from December 22 (23.59 hours) till December 31, 2020.
In a follow-up tweet, it said, “As a measure of abundant precaution, passengers arriving from the UK in all transit flights (flights that have taken off or flights which are reaching India before 22nd Dec at 23.59 hrs) should be subject to mandatory RT-PCR test on arrival at the airports concerned.”
No need to panic , says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on emergence of mutant coronavirus strain in UK No need to panic , says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on emergence of mutant coronavirus strain in UK
IANS / Updated: Dec 21, 2020, 13:56 IST
Alluding to the emergence of a mutated variant of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, Union
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday clarified that there is no need to panic as the government is alert on the issue.
On December 19,
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had announced that the newly-identified strain of the virus may be up to 70 per cent more transmissible. According to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, the new variant was out of control .