The restrictions will not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA, according to the official circular

The Kingdom's interior ministry has announced temporary suspension of flights effective from 1800 GMT Wednesday. The country has also received first vaccine shipment delivery from Pfizer-BioNTech

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights till 11.59 pm on February 28, 2021

Operations till January 23 will be restricted to 15 flights per week each for carriers of the two countries to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Hyderabad only, the Civil Aviation Minister said

Issuing a modified order in this regard, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated that international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the \"competent authority on a case-to-case basis.\"

The Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has requested the government to put the entire country under the 'Tier 4' category of lockdown

The mutant coronavirus which had Britain reimposing strict lockdown has made its way to India. Out of 33,000 passengers who came from the UK ,between November 25 and December 22, 114 passengers tested positive for coronavirus out of which six of them have the new strain. Those positive for new coronavirus have been kept in single room isolation pods at special health care facilities by state governments and their close ones have also been quarantined. Watch the video for more details.

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This development comes amid reports of 14 new cases of the new COVID-19 strain in India, taking the number to 20

Italy has so far banned entry of people from high-coronavirus risk countries like the USA, India and Russia

Earlier, the European Union had released guidelines which had said that only those holding essential visas would be allowed to travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus lockdown live updates: India's 216 districts have reported no positive cases of COVID-19; 42 districts have reported no new case in the last 28 days, says Lav Agrawal, Health Ministry Joint Secretary

Lockdown in india latest updates: The task force, comprising of doctors from both private and government hospitals, will guide doctors who are treating COVID-19 patients and help them handle the issue better

Live updates on India coronavirus: Essentials will be delivered door-to-door in sealed coronavirus hotspots in Delhi; list of sealed areas to be released tomorrow

India coronavirus updates: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Infosys, has committed Rs 100 crore towards fighting coronavirus in India. Earlier, Reliance Industries donated Rs 500 crore to PM CARES Fund

Coronavirus Crisis Live Updates: Trump said that US has \"purchased many Ventilators from some wonderful companies. Names and numbers will be announced later today!\"

Coronavirus outbreak news updates: The passenger train services already on run at 0700 hours on the day will be allowed to run to the destinations

Coronavirus outbreak news: All ASI-protected monuments and central museums across India will be shut till March 31 in view of coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. president had met with a Brazilian delegation last week, at least one member of which has since tested positive

Expressing happiness over release of IAF pilot Abhinandan, all three wings of the Indian defence forces said that they are in a heightened state of readiness to counter advances from Pakistan.