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The lockdowns and curtailed airline operations due to Covid could be the reason behind the increasing number of technical malfunctions being reported by Indian airlines, DGCA chief Arun Kumar told The Indian Express, adding that the aviation safety regulator is enhancing its surveillance to minimise such events. “The reasons ...

Candidates undergo thermal screening to check their temperatures before they write the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), which selects students for India’s state-run medical colleges, at an examination centre in Delhi. Coronavirus live updates: India recorded 28,591 new cases of Covid-19 and 338 deaths from the disease in ...

Here’s what you need to know:A drive-through coronavirus testing site in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday.Credit...Darren England/EPA, via ShutterstockCountries across the Asia-Pacific region are scrambling to slow the spread of the more infectious Delta variant, reimposing restrictions and stay-at-home orders in a jarring reminder — for societies that had just ...

PARISFrance’s much-awaited third stage of deconfinement took effect Wednesday with the reopening of borders to foreign tourists, indoor restaurant dining and sports centers to the public.“Here we are,” President Emmanuel Macron said in a tweet. “We had missed this life so much. For this recovery to be sustainable, let ...

When it seemed like there was no stopping India’s ravaging second wave, hope floated in the form of a dip in daily Covid-19​ numbers. India reported 3,29,942 cases on Tuesday and a dip in active cases for the first time in two months. New cases in epicentre Delhi on ...

India registered 4,187 deaths linked to COVID and 401,078 new cases in the past 24 hours, the government said on Saturday.    This is the fourth time the country recorded over 400,000 daily new infections in a week, taking its caseload to nearly 21.9 million. India currently has over 3.7 ...

As India continues to battle against the second wave of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, several state governments have tightened restrictions and announced lockdown rules to curb the spread of infections. For the past few days, India continues to record over three lakh cases, making it one of the worst-hit ...

Pakistan recorded more than two hundred COVID-19 deaths in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday, as the government said it was considering stricter lockdowns.A total of 201 new deaths were recorded on Tuesday, bringing the country’s overall death toll from the ...

A summary of today's developments: Live map: Global spread of coronavirus Source: Johns Hopkins University Virus lockdowns around the world Fresh lockdowns and curfews were imposed on tens of millions of people from India to Argentina on Saturday, as Covid-19 infections surged again and vaccine roll-outs were hampered by ...

NEW DELHI — As a new wave of coronavirus infections grips the densely populated region of South Asia, home to a quarter of the world’s population, Bangladesh on Saturday announced a second lockdown and officials in Mumbai, India’s largest city, said they were on the verge of declaring one.The ...