Page 6 - Weekend Lockdown News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

India’s Covid Crisis Saps Fuel Demand in Warning to Oil Recovery Bloomberg 1 hr ago Debjit Chakraborty and Saket Sundria (Bloomberg) -- India’s deadly second Covid-19 wave has brought an abrupt halt to its nascent recovery from the pandemic, with the resurgence expected to drag on fuel demand for weeks in a setback for the global oil market. The combined consumption of diesel and gasoline in April is poised to plunge by as much as 20% from a month earlier due to renewed restrictions, including a week-long lockdown in the capital New Delhi, according to officials from top...

SC grants stay on Allahabad HC order imposing restrictions in 5 UP citie Appearing for the UP government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta stated the blanket lockdown in UP's five cities Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, and Gorakhpur will create immense administrative difficulties BusinessToday.In | April 20, 2021 | Updated 14:32 IST Family members carry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 for cremation in Kanpur The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Allahabad High Court order which directed the Uttar Pradesh government to impose lockdown in the state's five cities till April 26 i...

URL copied Image Source : PTI Varanasi: Deserted view of Godowlia Crossing during the weekend lockdown in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. (File) The Uttar Pradesh government has imposed a weekend lockdown in the state to tackle soaring Covid-19 cases. Besides, the government has also ordered that night curfew will continue in all the 75 districts from 8 PM to 7 AM daily.  Awanish K Awasthi, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, told ANI that all essential services will be exempted during the lockdown period and night restrictions. "Weekend lockdown to b...

Highlights Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday (April 20) imposed weekend lockdown in the state. New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday (April 20) imposed weekend lockdown in the state.  Other than this the night curfew will continue from 8 PM to 7 AM every day, as earlier, in all areas reporting 500 plus cases.  “Restraint and patience are our greatest weapons in the midst of this horror of Covid-19. Weekly ban (corona curfew) will be effective in the state every Saturday and Sunday. In addition, in districts where there are more than 500 a...

There’s a New Virus Variant in India. How Worried Should We Be? Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Bhuma Shrivastava, Corinne Gretler and Bibhudatta Pradhan (Bloomberg) -- With India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surging by records, public health experts worry that a new -- possibly more virulent -- coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people. The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the world’s second worst-hit country, surpassing Br...