Uttarakhand issues advisory to adhere to Covid prevention guidelinesThe advisory issued on Tuesday asked district medical authorities to monitor influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illn...
20 Dec, 2023, 11.09 AM IST
As new Covid cases, hospitalisations rise, Singapore issues advisory for travellers, citizensThe Singapore Health Ministry has issued a new advisory to citizens and travelers in light of the rising number of COVID-19 infections in t...
19 Dec, 2023, 04.31 PM IST
Singapore issues advisory as Covid cases, hospitalisations rise ahead of year-endSingapore is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 infections, with 32,035 cases reported from November 26 to December 2, 2023, compared to 22,0...
14 Dec, 2023, 03.31 PM IST
Government exempts G20 delegates, participants arriving in India from 2% random Covid testing at airportsThe Government of India has decided to exempt the delegates and participants arriving to attend the G20 meetings in the country till Novemb...
13 Jan, 2023, 11.07 AM IST
Singapore's gig workers to get work injury, pension coverageThe new rules will affect about 73,000 workers who deliver food or drive passengers for companies such as Grab , Gojek, Deliveroo and Deliv...
24 Nov, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Covid-19: XBB unlikely to cause severe illness in India, say experts"It's a sub-variant of Omicron that gets around pre-existing immunity rather well," said Virologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxfo...
02 Nov, 2022, 12.06 AM IST
Omicron likely to be dominant strain globally in 2022: Singapore expertsThe new and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the deadly coronavirus has increased immune escape compared with the Delta variant and ...
24 Dec, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
Concerned by new variant, Asian countries move to tighten COVID-19 measuresScientists are still finding out more about the new variant, first identified at the start of this week, but the news pummeled financial ma...
26 Nov, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
As Covid ravages India, HNIs navigate tax structures to take business and family abroadInsiders say that the second Covid wave exposed many businessmen and their families to the deadly virus and many of them are looking to mov...
09 Jun, 2021, 05.23 PM IST
IMF MD ropes in Raghuram Rajan, 11 others to key external advisory groupGeorgieva said that even before the spread of COVID-19 and the dramatic health, economic and financial disruptions it has brought, Internat...
10 Apr, 2020, 10.46 PM IST
ICMR approves antibody tests in hotspotsICMR said in an interim advisory that antibody tests can be carried out in hotspots – zones suspected to have widespread prevalence of the ...
03 Apr, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
Ask the travel expert: Is it okay to travel to Singapore amidst coronavirus fears?Don't postpone your travel plans but exercise precautions like sanitising with an alcohol based rub.
12 Mar, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
COVID-19: Govt calls for invoking provisions of Epidemic Act; GOM reviews preparationsThe identification of additional quarantine facilities, development of isolation wards, training of health workers and doctors are also bei...
11 Mar, 2020, 10.25 PM IST
How coronavirus will affect your travel plans nowWith fears of coronavirus increasing in India, many airlines have put in place emergency measures to counter the threat of in-flight infect...
05 Mar, 2020, 03.30 PM IST
Allow employees with flu-like symptoms to work from home: Karnataka govt advises companies"Those employees having flu like symptoms may be allowed to work from home with advice of standard hand hygiene and cough etiquette," the H...
05 Mar, 2020, 11.19 AM IST
Leisure travellers give Southeast Asia a skip, enquiries dip 37%Enquiries for Southeast Asian destinations are down by about 37% while fares to them have dropped 15-20%, according to the portals. Indian ...
27 Feb, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
Coronavirus: Govt asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel to SingaporeThe decision was taken during a review meeting chaired by the Cabinet Secretary to take a stock of the status, actions taken and preparedne...
22 Feb, 2020, 04.09 PM IST