Mumbai dabbawalas and staff from foreign consulates and high commissions can travel on local trains that currently operate only for essential services personnel, authorities said Wednesday. Dabbawalas, the famous lunch box carriers in Mumbai, said last month that there was never a six-month hiatus in the “130-year history of tiffin …
Read More »Mumbai restaurants to open from Monday
There are more than 1 lakh of restaurants in Mumbai alone (Representative) Mumbai: More than 4 lakh of restaurants, bars and hotels in Maharashtra will reopen on Monday after a lapse of six months as part of the fifth phase of easing of COVID-19 restrictions called Unlocking 5. They were …
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Written by Abhishek De, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 2, 2020 8:57:04 pm At Khadi bhandar on the Raopura road in Vadodara (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) With October marking the start of the festive season, the Union Ministry of the Interior, in your Unlock …
Read More »Manipur Unlock 2: Reopening of schools, universities, cinemas and entertainment parks allowed
The Manipur government issued Unlock 2 guidelines that allow the reopening of educational institutions, including schools and universities, along with cinemas and entertainment parks, and said that various interested government departments will publish separate, detailed guidelines containing standard operating procedures for the reopening. The state authority released the Unblocking 2 …
Read More »Odisha 5 unlocking: schools, movie theaters, religious places to stay closed until October 31
The Odisha government has decided to keep all schools, colleges, universities and Anganwadis as well as religious venues and movie theaters in the state closed until October 31, despite the latest Center Unlock 5 guidelines stipulating the reopening of these and more if the states so wish. The latest unlocking …
Read More »Punjab calls for more relaxations; Increase night curfew and Sunday closure as COVID cases decline
Punjab Blockade News: With coronavirus cases declining, Punjab Prime Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday ordered more relaxations in the states and lifted the night curfew. Also Read – Unlock 5.0: Movie Theaters, Swimming Pools in Delhi yet to receive orders to reopen Issuing the guidelines, the chief minister’s office …
Read More »Unlock 5: Status Quo in Delhi, More Relaxation for Weekly Markets
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued an order for the status quo to be maintained in all activities allowed in the national capital so far, even as it allowed for two weekly markets per day per zone to be held instead of one from Thursday. The order issued …
Read More »India’s Covid-19 count surpasses 6.3 million mark with 86,821 new cases, 1,181 deaths
India reported 86,821 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, bringing the case count to 6,312,584, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The country also reported 1,181 new deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 98,678. India has 9,40,705 active …
Read More »Superprocessors led to 60% of Covid-19 cases, study finds
One-tenth of all patients infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) become “super-spreaders” and account for 60% of new infections, while 70% of infected patients do not transmit the disease to anyone else , shows a study on transmission patterns of Sars-CoV-2 published in the journal Science: it is the first …
Read More »Unlock 5.0 Explained: What are the rules for movies, schools, and social gatherings?
Written by Dipankar Ghose, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 30, 2020 10:55:48 pm Volunteers distribute face masks, monitor people’s temperature at Mumbai Deonar on Wednesday. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty) Wednesday of the Ministry of the Interior of the Union came out with his latest set …
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