Curbs
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'No voice and bare faces': Taliban's new 'vice' laws impose tighter restrictions on women
World | Aug 22, 2024, 11:32 PM ISTAfghanistan's new laws issued by the ministry for the “propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice” impose fresh curbs on women, such as their voices and bare faces. Women are banned from singing or reading aloud in public and looking at men they are not related to by blood or marriage.
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International flights unlikely to reopen soon, says official as demand doesn't meet pre-Covid level
India | Oct 21, 2021, 09:36 PM ISTScheduled international passenger flights to and from India remain suspended since March last year amid the coronavirus pandemic. India has air bubble arrangements with more than 25 countries for operating international flights.
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Mumbai to remain in level 3 of COVID-19 curbs
India | Jun 26, 2021, 08:25 AM ISTMumbai will continue to be in category 3 of the Maharashtra government's five-level unlock plan that seeks to ease coronavirus-induced curbs as per infection positivity rate and oxygen bed occupancy numbers.
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China re-imposes travel curbs on province after virus cases
World | May 31, 2021, 11:55 AM ISTChina on Monday re-imposed anti-coronavirus travel controls on its southern province of Guangdong, announcing anyone leaving the populous region must be tested for the virus following a spike in infections that has alarmed authorities.
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Rating agency Care wants curbs on iron ore fines export
Mar 03, 2014, 07:45 PM ISTMumbai: Advocating curbs on exports of iron ore fines, the rating agency Care today said the domestic reserves are likely to last only 28 years if export continues. “Assuming the ongoing expansion in steel capacity,