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Vistara starts operating flights on Mumbai-Male route

Vistara likely to start flights from India to UK, Germany, France

3:50 pm August 16, 2020

New Delhi: Private carrier Vistara is likely to start flight operations between India and the UK, Germany and France under the bilateral air bubble arrangements that have been signed with these countries, sources in the aviation industry said on Sunday. Earlier this month, India and the UK signed a bilateral air pact, under which the airlines of both the countries can operate international flights with certain restrictions. India had signed […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

COVID-19: Will not open schools in Delhi unless fully convinced, says Kejriwal

9:32 pm August 15, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the Delhi government will not open schools unless it is “fully convinced” about the improved COVID-19 situation in the city. Delivering his Independence Day speech at the Delhi Secretariat, Kejriwal said the COVID-19 situation in the city is “quite under control” as compared to what it was two months back and […]

US group opposes Biden admin's steps on H1B visas

UK suspends digital visa processing tool amid allegations of racism

11:07 pm August 4, 2020

London: The UK government on Tuesday said that it will be suspending the use of a digital tool to process visas amid a legal challenge that claimed it amounted to “racism” as the computer algorithm discriminated against applicants on the basis of nationality by design. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and digital rights […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM halts lockdown easing in England as COVID-19 cases rise

7:15 pm July 31, 2020

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday applied brakes on further easing of lockdown measures, due from this weekend, in England, fearing a spike in the COVID-19 cases. Addressing a briefing at Downing Street in London, Johnson said, “we must squeeze the brake pedal” to keep the virus under control and also announced that face coverings will become mandatory across […]

UK government wins appeal bid in ISIS bride Shamima Begum case

6:51 pm July 31, 2020

London: The UK government on Friday won permission to appeal against a court ruling allowing London-born ISIS bride Shamima Begum to return to Britain to challenge stripping of her British citizenship. Bangladeshi-origin Begum, now 20, was one of three schoolgirls who fled London to join ISIS in Syria in 2015. The UK Court of Appeal ruled that the case must go ahead to the Supreme Court before she is allowed back into […]