New Delhi: Etihad Airways has extended the ban on flights from India to the UAE until July 31. Etihad added that there would be no services from India to Pakistan and Bangladesh until July 31. The official was responding to queries raised by passengers on Twitter regarding the launch of the services.
Etihad had earlier announced that there would be no services from India till July 21. Emirates Airlines has also announced that it will not operate flights to the UAE from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka until July 21.
Air India has also suspended services from India till July 21. The UAE has imposed a travel ban on travelers from India from April 25 in the wake of the covid outbreak.
Chennai: The lockdown has been extended in Tamil Nadu against the backdrop of covid. The regulation was extended to July 31. All teachers in the school can come to the office for work. At the same time classes should continue online. Up to 50 people can attend the wedding and 20 people can attend the funeral.
Imphal: Manipur government-imposed curfew as part of controlling the covid spread. The regulation will take effect from Sunday to July 27. The matter was reported by Chief Secretary Rajesh Kumar.
At the same time hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and vaccination centers, medical services, water distribution, Electricity, Police, Telecom, Internet, Aviation, Agriculture, Horticulture, Pollution Control, Petrol Pumps, ALP G, to work on essential services such as trucks has been permitted to work in the state.
Kandahar: Indian photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Danish Siddiqui has been killed in Afghanistan. He was killed while reporting clashes in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar. Siddiqui’s death was reported by the Afghan media TOLOnews. Danish Siddiqui is a photojournalist for the Reuters news agency. Siddiqui arrived in Spin Boldak to take pictures of a confrontation between the Afghan army and the Taliban. His report, which includes graphic images of Taliban rockets targeting military vehicles, was released three days ago.
Siddiqui received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for his portrayal of the plight of Rohingya refugees. Siddiqui’s films on the Nepal tragedy, the protest against the Delhi Citizenship Amendment Act, and the covid tragedy in India have garnered world attention. Siddiqui’s image of mass cremation of the bodies of men killed in the second wave of covid was widely seen in Delhi cemeteries.
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said that schools will not be reopened soon due to concerns over the third wave of covid. He added that the government does not want to take any risks until the covid vaccination is completed. In Delhi, where the disease was at its peak at the start of the second wave, only one person died of the disease in the last 24 hours. 671 people are in treatment. For more than two weeks, the number of patients in Delhi has been below 100 per day.
Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants have been killed in a clash with security forces in the Danmar region of Jammu and Kashmir. Two CRPF jawans were injured. The encounter took place during a search operation conducted by the security forces in the morning following a tip-off. Kashmir IG Vijay Kumar said 78 militants have been killed so far this year.
Meanwhile, the presence of drones was again detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The drones were spotted at four locations in the Jammu and Samba region. The drone was first spotted in the Ramgarh area around 8 pm last night. The drone was later spotted in Samba, Hiranagar, and Miran Sahib. Following this, the security forces launched an investigation.
Thiruvananthapuram: Climate studies say Kerala is not safe from the flood. The floods in Kerala in 2018 and 2019 were caused by light cloudbursts and changes in monsoon structure.
The study was published in the leading scientific journal Weather and Climate Extreme. The study was conducted by comparing the two floods based on satellite data collected from various sources.
The study found that the rainfall in 2018 and 2019, when the floods occurred, was very similar. But the cause of the flood was that the rainfall pattern was different overall. 2018 received relatively more summer rainfall. The monsoon started on May 28. This led to a flood-like situation in Kerala in July itself. But in 2019, the monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 8, a week late. The monsoon continued to be generally weak in June and July. At the end of July 2019 recorded below-average rainfall for the season. However, in August, some parts of Kerala were hit by floods 2019.
In August, it rained uncontrollably. Both years of flooding occurred in August. The floods were caused by torrential rains from August 15 to 18, 2018, and torrential rains from August 7 to 10, 2019. Of these, the August 8, 2019 rain was specifically observed by researchers.
On August 8, 2019, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Ernakulam, and Idukki districts received similar rainfall as in northern India. Upon further analysis, the research team concluded that it was a low-intensity but unusually large cloudburst and named it the Mini Cloud Burst in Missoula.
Thiruvananthapuram: There is a possibility of heavy rain in North Kerala today. A yellow alert has been declared in Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kasaragod districts today. The Central Meteorological Department has forecast showers in North and Central Kerala for the next three days due to low pressure from the Karnataka coast to the Kerala coast. Fishing has been banned off the coasts of Kerala, Karnataka, and Lakshadweep.
Meanwhile, the water level in the Kakkayam dam was alerted. But the water level has not risen to the level where the Red Alert should have been declared. Shutters have been warned to open at the Peringalkuthu Dam.
The water from the Peringalkuthu dam will flow into the Chalakudy river from 11 am to 200 cubics this morning. Coastal dwellers are urged to be vigilant as the water level in the river will rise. The water level in the Chalakudy river will rise up to one meter. Meanwhile, a house collapsed at Kavilumpara in Kozhikode due to heavy rain. The house of Kalaipuzhakkal Kalyani in Kallumpuram Kunnathadam in Kavilumpara panchayath was destroyed. Two children, Vismaya and Fatima, were also injured. The incident took place yesterday evening.
Patna: At least 16 people have been killed in a hooch tragedy in Bihar. The incident took place in West Champaran. The tragedy took place in the village of Diorva Dioraj within the limits of the Lauria police station.
Authorities said the death toll could rise further. Locals say 20 to 25 people may have been killed. Champaran Range DIG Lallan Mohan Prasad said the hooch tragedy was noticed and an investigation was launched. Alcohol was banned in Bihar in 2015.
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the persistent discrimination and inequality in vaccine distribution. Tedros Athanom Gebrias, head of the World Health Organization, said the current segregation in vaccine distribution was shocking. Gebrias said the same distinction exists not only in vaccines but also in life-saving drugs. His response came at the covid 19 Emergency Committee meeting.
Gebrias said the inequality in drug supply has cut two different paths in dealing with the epidemic. The first way is for countries where the vaccine is available to lift restrictions and open all public spaces. He said the second method was to leave countries where the vaccine was not available “at the mercy of the virus.”
He pointed out that covid had reached the first phase of the third wave in the world. Gebrias said the Covid virus is constantly being modified and the discovery of new variants each week is making the situation worse. Gebrias was speaking to an emergency committee of the International Health Regulations. The covid delta virus has already wreaked havoc in most parts of the world.
But Gebrias said this was just the beginning and more serious problems were coming. He commented that what the world is seeing now is only the beginning of the third wave of covid and it will only get worse. He said it was wrong to assume that covid had been conquered by vaccines and that the increase in covid cases in Europe and North America is an example of this, even though vaccination was well done.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that all countries vaccinate at least 10 percent of their population by September. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that all countries take steps to ensure that 40 percent of the population is vaccinated by the end of 2021 and 70 percent by 2022.
