Earlier, when asked if India would be added to the travel red list, Johnson said that was \"very much a matter for the independent UK Health Security Agency they will have to take that decision\"

The Serum Institute of India has been saying that the Biden administration is blocking exports of raw materials that it needs to make COVID vaccines, and the Serum Institute has also urged President Biden to lift that embargo

A two-judge bench comprising justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar passed the lockdown order on a Public Interest Litigation on the condition of quarantine centres in the state and treatment of coronavirus patients

Although the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme expires on April 24, the Union Health Ministry is holding talks with an insurance company to come up with a new dispensation

These places will be considered as the places of sensitive origin from the date of this order till the time it is retracted or till COVID-19 stays notified as a disaster, according to the official order

Several industry majors have also pitched in by diverting oxygen supply to hospitals. The country's largest steel-maker SAIL, Tata Steel, and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNS India) said they were supplying oxygen to hospitals

The need of the hour is to have a stable tax system so that governments do not lack revenue and there is no obstacle in providing necessary social services and infrastructure

Several market associations also supported the decision to keep shops closed to break the chain of COVID-19 infections as Delhi recorded its highest ever single-day spike and positivity rate

Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General, CAIT said that Delhi's trade organisations are fully geared to supply essential commodities to people living in Delhi and are ready to assist the government in every possible way if a lockdown is announced

The government is planning to restart the facility soon. Officials are likely to conduct a survey on Saturday evening and finalise the modalities, told Vikas Sethi, the secretary of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre

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Once implemented, AIS officers in Ladakh will receive an additional special allowance and special duty allowance. This will be payable at 20 per cent and 10 per cent of AIS officer's basic salary respectively

The department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT)  said that mere assembly of finished goods would not be incentivised and companies investing in basic/core components would get a higher priority

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said around 90,000 pregnant women had been vaccinated in the United States, mainly with the two American vaccines, without any safety concerns being raised

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\"I have requested that since two shahi snans (royal baths) have already taken place, Kumbh should now be symbolic in view of the corona pandemic,\" said PM Modi

Niranjani Akhada, one of the 13 akhadas of seers participating in the Kumbh, had announced in Haridwar on Thursday that the Kumbh Mela was over for them

The cryogenic tankers will be transported via roll on-roll off (Ro-Ro) service to various destinations in the states.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India are expected to hold a meeting next week on the issue

Union Home Secretary AK Bhalla said no curb should be imposed on manufacturers and suppliers of oxygen to limit the supplies only to the hospitals of the state in which they are located, and there shall be free movement of oxygen-carrying vehicles into the cities without any time restriction