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Biden to sign order keeping travel restrictions on Europe, says White House

Prior to this, he had mandated wearing face masks and observing social distancing on government property, urging "every American to mask up for the next 100 days"

Meghalaya bars entry of travellers from UK amid concerns of virus mutation

"Tourists coming from the UK are prohibited from entering the state with immediate effect in view of the (detection of) a new highly infectious COVID-19 strain

London stocks suffer worst in 3 months on fears over new coronavirus strain

The domestically focused FTSE 250 .FTMC fell 2% as the latest development in the pandemic added to investors' worries

Gulf travel ban imposed for 7-8 days, to hit Indian and West Asian airlines

While India has suspended all flights from UK till December 31, the three West Asian states have stopped air travel from countries around the world for next 7-9 days

Covid-19 crisis: US considers lifting travel restrictions on Europe

The Trump administration imposed the bans in a bid to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Pakistan removes names of over 5,000 individuals from travel blacklist

Interior Minister Ijaz Shah, in a meeting held recently, directed the review committee of the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports to meet biannually to review cases of blacklisted individ

Travel ban, border closures directly affected trade in goods, services: WTO

It added that travel restrictions are likely to account for a substantial increase in trade costs for as long as they remain in place

World Dispatch: China's vulnerability to 'second wave' of Covid infections

Trump's change in tone to Tokyo cases, and other pandemic-related news from across the globe

Visa, travel restrictions eased for some categories of foreign nationals

Foreign businessmen, healthcare professionals, health researchers, engineers and technicians among those allowed to travel, subject to certain conditions

Flight curbs to be lifted when coronavirus is under control, says minister

Hardeep Singh Puri also said a directive was issued on Sunday to airlines, restraining them from doing open bookings since they did not heed to government's advice in the matter

US Senate offers $58 bn aid to airlines as they struggle to stay afloat

The US Senate passed an industry aid package, half in the form of grants to cover some 750,000 employees' paychecks

Coronavirus: Aviation sector stares at $3.6 bn loss in Q1 on lockdown

The CAPA also sought "urgent" government intervention and coordinated industry response to address all the requirement of the aviation industry

How joy of over 100 Indians in Amsterdam turned to horror over flight ban

Stranded passengers petitioned external affairs ministry for help and allow them to return to India

Passenger travel ban from EU, UK: Delhi HC seeks Centre, DGCA's response

A bench of Justices J R Midha and I S Mehta issued notice to ministries of health and home affairs and Directorate General of Civil Aviation seeking their stand on the plea

Amid coronavirus outbreak, Trump to hold G7 summit via video conference

The decision comes as countries around the world seal their borders and ban travel to stop the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed over 9,000 lives so far.

Coronavirus impact: Everything you need to know about visa restrictions

No airline will bring any passenger from Philippines, Malaysia, and Afghanistan effective

Coronavirus: Indians in UK race against time ahead of travel ban deadline

India on Monday banned the entry of passengers from Europe, Turkey and the UK from March 18 till March 31 to contain the spread of the deadly virus

Air India pilots seek urgent financial aid from govt amid coronavirus fears

With global travel bans due to the pandemic, many airlines across the world are staring at massive losses and fear going bust.

Coronavirus outbreak: India bans air travel from UK, Europe till March 31

The order applies to both Indian and European airlines and also those from West Asia which carry traffic via Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha

India's coronavirus plan: EU and UK, passengers barred, schools may close

With the cases of the coronavirus swelling in the country, the government on Monday prohibited entry of passengers from EU countries, Turkey and the UK from March 18 till March 31. The Union health ministry also said four new coronavirus cases -- one each from Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh and Kerala, have been reported, taking the total number of cases to 114 on Monday. These cases, include 10 discharged, three cured and two reported deaths. After the Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting, the government has proposed social distancing measures to be in force till March 31, the ministry officials told reporters. The 'contact tracing activity' of these positive cases has led to identification of more than 5,200 contacts, who are kept under surveillance, they added. "Travel of passengers from member countries of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association, Turkey and United Kingdom to India is prohibited with effect from 18th March 2020," said Lav Aggarwal, the Joint ...