Planning To Celebrate New Year? Check For Partying Rules In Your State States in India have also enacted measures to prevent large gatherings, as efforts to trace passengers who returned from the UK in recent days and their contacts, continue. Representational Image Outlook Web Bureau 2020-12-30T07:16:17+05:30 Planning To Celebrate New Year? Check For Partying Rules In Your State outlookindia.com 2020-12-30T12:46:55+05:30 Six cases of a mutant strain of coronavirus that first surfaced in the UK, have been detected in India. The new strain is believed to be 70 per cent more infectious. All six patients have recently returned from the UK, where cases have spiralled within days.