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

UK PM delays COVID lockdown end by 4 weeks to July 19

12:01 am June 15, 2021

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed a four-week delay to an end to all legal lockdown restrictions, which was previously set for June 21, as he said the link between coronavirus infections and hospitalisations remains at concerning levels due to the Delta variant. The last and fourth stage of the lockdown roadmap, dubbed “Freedom Day”, will now […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Yajat Sharma: The teenage trilogy author

10:11 pm March 21, 2021

New Delhi: In the times of ‘Insta fame’ and social media stardom, penning a fiction trilogy at the age of 14 may be a distant aspiration for many teenager, but Yajat Sharma plunged into the magical world of four friends to come up with a series which has become a hit on the online marketplace. […]

Tougher travel rules to contain spread of COVID-19 come into force in UK

11:45 pm February 15, 2021

London: The UK’s tougher new travel rules to contain the spread of COVID-19 variants came into effect from Monday, involving compulsory hotel quarantines for anyone returning to England from one of the 33 high-risk ”red list” countries, which excludes India. Those arriving will have to pre-book and pay 1,750 pounds to spend 10 days quarantining in government-sanctioned […]