Europe

Stop vaccine nationalism, encourage internationalism: India at UNSC meeting on COVID-19

11:25 pm February 17, 2021

United Nations: India, which has shipped ‘Made In India’ COVID-19 vaccines to 25 countries, on Wednesday appealed the international community to stop ”vaccine nationalism” and actively encourage ”internationalism”, underlining that hoarding superfluous doses will defeat global efforts to attain collective health security and combat the deadly pandemic. Addressing the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar outlined nine points […]

Govt issues new guidelines for international arrivals

10:26 pm February 17, 2021

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday issued new guidelines for international arrivals amid the spread of mutant variants of coronavirus in many countries. The new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will come into effect from 23.59 hours on February 22 till further orders. In the context of spread of mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, […]

Dubai airport sees passenger traffic drop 70 per cent amid pandemic

12:09 pm February 15, 2021

Dubai: Dubai International Airport saw the coronavirus pandemic push passenger traffic down by an unprecedented 70 per cent in 2020 compared to the previous year, its CEO announced Monday, even as the airport held onto its prized title as the world’s busiest for international travel. While the key east-west transit point started to see an […]

Rishi Sunak sees ‘signs of resilience’ as UK economy suffers biggest drop since 1709

11:10 pm February 12, 2021

London: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Friday pointed to signs of resilience and indicated further support measures in his Budget statement next month as latest statistics showed the British economy, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, suffered its biggest decline in more than 300 years in 2020. As most businesses, shops and restaurants continue to struggle through the coronavirus-induced […]

Lufthansa terminates services of 103 India-based flight attendants

4:34 pm February 12, 2021

Mumbai: Lufthansa has terminated the services of 103 India-based flight attendants after they allegedly sought ”job assurance” from the management while the German airlines group had offered them leave without pay option for two years,sources close to the developments said. These employees had been working on a fixed-term contract with the airline and some of them were […]