Singer Guru Randhawa and cricketer Suresh Raina, among other celebrities, were booked Monday night for violating COVID regulations. According to Mirror Now, Sussanne Khan was also hired with other celebrities at the party when the raid took place at 2:30 a.m. The raids followed a raid on a pub to …
Read More »Maharashtra’s overnight curfew in cities will start today – all you need to know
Maharashtra has announced that a seven-hour nightly curfew will be established in all cities and municipal corporate areas of the state. The curfew from 23:00 to 6:00 a.m. is imposed from Tuesday, December 22, 2020 for 15 days until January 5, 2021. What caused the curfew? A high-level meeting called …
Read More »5 UK brochures test positive for Covid; Samples to be tested for a new strain of coronavirus
Amid the discovery of a new, more infectious coronavirus strain in the UK, five people out of 266 passengers and flight crew members tested positive for the new coronavirus in India. The flight arrived at Delhi airport from London on Monday evening, according to reports. Talking to the news agency …
Read More »19,556 new COVID-19 cases in India, the lowest daily increase since early July; 1,00,75,116 total cases, 1,46,111 deaths
The variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is not out of control, the WHO said. New Delhi: India added just 19,556 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the lowest since early July, according to data from the Health Ministry released this morning. The total number for the …
Read More »New variant of Covid-19 is not out of control, WHO says as countries close borders, alert intensifies
Meanwhile, the United States said it is not yet certain whether the new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is more contagious, but it is conducting studies to learn more. Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, added that he hoped laboratory experiments would show …
Read More »Are you going to Mumbai? Check out the new quarantine guidelines for passengers arriving from the UK.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an order reiterating the travel guidelines and mandatory quarantine protocol for all passengers arriving from the UK in Bombay. In its circular dated December 21, the BMC said: “It has been reported that a distinct phylogenetic group of SARs-CoV-2 (called lineage 8.1.1.7) has …
Read More »Coronavirus: strain in Italy, Holland, Denmark … to Australia
Several European Union nations moved to ban flights from the UK on Sunday and others were considering similar action, in a bid to prevent a new strain of the coronavirus spreading across southern England from laying a solid foundation in the continent. France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Italy …
Read More »The Covid-19 vaccine will be equally effective against the new mutant of the coronavirus: CSIR DG
Coronavirus vaccines will be just as effective against the new mutant of the virus and there is no reason to panic, the director general of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Shekhar Mande, said on Monday. He said the transmissibility of the new strain N501Y is “a little higher”, …
Read More »CBSE 12th exam date 2021: Uncertainty about exam dates, practicals; stressed students seek counseling
JAIPUR: Class XII CBSE Board students appear to be under stress, visiting psychologists and counselors as there is no clarity on exam dates, exam patterns, practical exams and the way forward to date. Until last year in December, most of the students were exposed to pre-boards, they were prepared for …
Read More »What we know about the new strain of coronavirus discovered in the UK
An emergency lockdown in London and the south-east of the UK following the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus has caused concern around the world, and many countries, including India, have suspended all flights to and from the UK. What is the new mutation of the virus? The new …
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