Tag: social distancing

Four cases of the SARS-CoV-2 variant strain from South Africa and one case of the Brazil variant have been detected in India, the Health Ministry confirmed on February 16, 2021.Stating that India should continue its vigil to contain the COVID virus despite the fall in number of active COVID ...

The major news headlines of the day, and more. The first cyclonic storm of 2020’s northeast monsoon is expected to make a landfall between Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district in the Puducherry region.The right to live with a person of his or her choice irrespective of religion ...

The major news headlines of the day, and more. “Punjab farmers to completely lift their rail blockade from Monday to allow all goods and passenger trains, in response to impassioned appeal by the Chief Minister at a meeting with Kisan Unions,” tweeted Raveen Thukral, media advisor to ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended the issuance of new visas to visitors for Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice. Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Wednesday confirmed the news saying that the decision by the UAE authorities is “believed to be related to the second wave ...

A Kashmiri woman, Irfana Zargar, is placing sanitary kits in public washrooms of Srinagar as part of a menstrual hygiene campaign to provide napkins free of cost to local women. Irfana installed a home-made Eva Safety Door sanitary napkin kit for women and young girls in the public washrooms ...

The trackers note the location as well as the movement of each player along with support staff and all those who are involved in the game. Image: IEHaving cricket matches amid the COVID-19 outbreak can be quite tricky as there is a risk of players contracting Coronavirus infection. In ...

In ‘trami’, four guests join in simultaneously to have their portion of food from around a circular 2X2 ft decorated copper plate. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, which is wreaking havoc the world over, has hit the Kashmir Valley’s centuries-old culinary tradition of ‘trami’ — eating together from one plate ...

As India’s surging coronavirus caseload becomes an increasing worry for the globe, another health disaster is silently unfolding. The world’s strictest lockdown crippled both routine and critical health services. More than a million children have missed crucial immunizations and hospital births have shown a sharp decline, indicating many women ...

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has asked for a report from IndiGo Airlines on the alleged violation of safety and physical distancing protocols by media persons on its Chandigarh to Mumbai flight, carrying actor Kangana Ranaut, PTI reported on Friday. “We have seen some videos wherein media ...

The wearing of face masks is causing a cacophony of human argument around the world. Here, a selection of voices from the global debate.“To the best of my knowledge, the face mask has spread faster and wider than any other item in the history of dress.” — Valerie Steele, ...