The government on Wednesday granted relaxations in visa and travel restrictions to permit certain categories of foreign nationals to come to India. Among those permitted are foreign businessmen coming to India on a business visa [other than on B-3 visa for sports] in non-scheduled/chartered flights.
Majority of Indians surveyed are skeptical about travelling in the next 30 days despite the government opening flight services as the number of coronavirus cases now averaging at around 7,000 per day in the country.
President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry to foreigners coming from Brazil, which is second to the U.S. in the number of confirmed cases.
The majority of the world's population remains susceptible to COVID-19 and there is a long road to travel as the risk remains high, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Several Indians in the US, either on the H-1B work visa or Green Card having children who are American citizens by birth, are being prevented from travelling to India aboard the special repatriation flights being run by Air India amidst the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions.
The Mumbai police on Thursday intercepted three trucks carrying 160 migrant labourers from the city to Utttar Pradesh, an official said. Drivers of the three trucks and another person were boooked for violation of lockdown, said an official of the RAK Marg police station.
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Six Indians have been camping at the Dubai airport for the past five days after they were not allowed to board their connecting flight back home due to travel restrictions placed by India to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he has also mentioned in the letter to PM Modi the Rajasthan government’s announcement of SGST reimbursement for the state’s tourism and hospitality industry.
The services have been issued by the Bureau of Immigration, under the Union Home Ministry, and will be available round the clock.
Amid coronavirus threat in the country as the number of confirmed cases continues to surge, the government on Tuesday banned the entry of passengers from Afghanistan, Philippines and Malaysia to India with immediate effect, according to an additional travel advisory.
Mumbai Police on Sunday issued an order prohibiting the conduct of any kind of tour involving a group of people traveling together to a foreign or domestic destination. The moves come as a precautionary measure to prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Period between February to April is the best time of the year when tourism flourishes all over the world, however, the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has hit it badly.
The United States has expanded its travel ban imposed on European countries in view of the coronavirus pandemic to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Fearing apprehensions of travel ban on Indian devotees visiting Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara in Pakistan as a precaution against coronavirus, Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of the Sikhs, on Friday asked the government of India not to impose the ban.
Airline stocks plunged into deep red on Friday due to the ongoing travel restrictions in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
India's travel and hospitality industry is headed for its worst crisis with an at least Rs 8,500-crore hit in revenues due to suspension of most visas over fears of spread of coronavirus that would result in lower footfalls and drop in business for tour operators, hotels and aviation industry.
Coronavirus: India on Wednesday decided to suspend all travel visas in light of the coronavirus outbreak. In a press release, Press Information Bureau (PIB) said that all visas except diplomatic, official, UN/International Organizations, employment, project visas stand suspended. The suspension will come into effect at 12 pm (GMT) on March 13.
The federal government of Australia on Tuesday said it could activate the rarely used biosecurity laws that will give power to the authorities to detain people having the Coronavirus and prevent its spread.
US President Donald Trump has announced additional travel restrictions affecting Iran, Italy, South Korea after first death due to the noval coronavirus has been reported in the country. Trump announced restrictions on travel from Iran and advised fellow citizens not to travel to certain areas of South Korea and Italy.
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