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New Delhi: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne has claimed that India sent a private jet to Dominica carrying documents related to the deportation of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. The Antigua PM claimed that the private jet sighted at a Dominican airport was sent by the Indian government. However, there was no immediate official confirmation from Indian authorities about it. Antigua News Room reported that a Qatar Airways private jet landed at the Douglas-Charles airport in Dominica. This led to speculations about deportation of Choksi who was detained in the Caribbean island nation after his mysterious disappearance from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua PM told a radio show that the jet came from India carrying necessary documentation needed for deportation of the businessman, the media outlet reported. Publicly available data of Qatar Executive flight A7CEE shows that it left the Delhi airport at 3.44 pm on May 28 and reached Dominica at 13.16 local ...

New Delhi: The World Test Championship final will take place at Southampton between India and New Zealand starting June 18. Given the times we are living in, it becomes all the more important to stage events of such magnitude in a bio-secure environment. Here we have a look at all the measures ICC is taking to make the bio-secure bubble as safe as possible for the players and the support staff. The event has now been granted an exemption by the UK government as outlined in The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) Regulations 2021, released on 17 May 2021. As per the bio-safety protocols established for the event, in line with UK government and Public Health England requirements, the Indian Men’s team will arrive in the UK on 3 June 2021 via a charter flight and carrying evidence of a negative PCR Test. Prior to travelling, the party will have spent 14 days in a bio-secure environment in India during which regular testing will have ta...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Sunday in the 77th edition of Mann Ki Baat and talked about a range of current issues that India is dealing with including the second wave of coronavirus and cyclones. Referring to the recent cyclones, PM Modi said more lives saved compared to the past, adding that the Centre and states are working together. On the devastation caused by cyclones: “Just recently, in the past ten days, the country faced two major cyclones – Cyclone Tauktae on the west coast and Cyclone Yaas on the east coast. Both these cyclones affected a number of states,” PM Modi said. “The country and her people fought them with all their strength, ensuring minimum loss of life. We experience now that compared to earlier times, we are being able to save the lives of maximum people.” He added, “Under these trying and extraordinary calamitous circumstances, people of all these cyclone affected states have displayed courage they’ve faced this moment o...

New Delhi: Air passengers travelling via domestic flights may soon be exempted from producing a negative RT-PCR test report, which is currently mandatory for arriving flyers in most states, if they are vaccinated COVID-19. Punjab is currently the only state that is exempting vaccinated flyers from COVID tests. According to a report in The Economic Times, a senior government official said that the Aviation Ministry is considering the proposal for the same discussed at a meeting last week between airlines and the ministry. “It was proposed by one airline and is currently being discussed,” the official told ET. If the proposal is cleared, the exemption for vaccinated flyers would encourage passengers to return to flights and help the aviation sector rebound faster. Before the final order, the proposal has to be cleared by the Health Ministry as well. As India reels under the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, air traffic in April-May this year has fallen to the levels of May-June...

New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter on Sunday announced an extension of the Covid-induced lockdown till June 7. However, some economic activities will be allowed in the state as the number of Covid-19 infections and case positivity rate in the state are declining. However, the weekend lockdown will continue to be in force across the state from 10 PM to 5 AM. “We have decided to extend COVID lockdown till June 7. Shops can now operate from 9 am to 3 pm”, asserted Khattar, asking shopkeepers to follow odd-even formula. Moreover, educational institutions in the state will remain closed till June 15. Notably, this is the fourth time when the Khattar-led Haryana government has decided to extend the lockdown, which was imposed on May 3. Meanwhile, Haryana has been witnessing a continuous decline in coronavirus cases for the past few days. In the last 24 hours, Haryana recorded 97 COVID-19 related fatalities, which took the death toll to 8,132, while 1,868 new cases push...

New Delhi: The Centre has given a warning to private hospitals that are giving packages for COVID-19 vaccination in collaboration with hotels, saying the move is against the guidelines issued for the National COVID vaccination programme and must be stopped immediately or legal action will be initiated. The Centre said this in a letter written to states/ Union Territories (UTs). “It has come to the notice of Union Health Ministry that some private hospitals are giving package for COVID vaccination in collaboration with some hotels. This is against the guidelines issued for the National COVID vaccination programme. Vaccinations carried out in star hotels is in contrary to the guidelines and must be stopped immediately,” Union Health Ministry Additional Secretary Dr Manohar Agnani stated in the letter. “Necessary legal and administrative actions should be initiated against such institutions,” the letter added. As per the COVID vaccination guidelines, four options are available for car...

New Delhi: After attending a wedding ceremony in the Khammam district of Telangana, nearly 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus. Of the total 100, 4 people, including the bridegroom’s father succumbed to the infection. If reports are to be believed, over 250 people attended the ceremony, flouting COVID norms. Earlier this month, the Telangana government had restricted the number of people at weddings and funerals. As per the orders, a maximum of 100 people can attend marriage-related gatherings and all these congregations will have to ensure physical distancing, use of masks, and other COVID-19 protocol. According to the reports of Times of India, social distancing went for a toss at the wedding in Khammam. Besides, people were also spotted without protective masks. The issue came to light after one of the attendees developed COVID symptoms and got himself tested. Reports have said that all those who tested positive, including the bride and bridegroom, are in isolation. ...