2021

The India-UK tussle over vaccine recognition has been going on after the UK government raised a few issues with India’s inoculation authentications. India too made 10-day quarantine obligatory for travelers coming from the UK. Indian travelers completely vaccinated with the two portions of Covishield won’t need to be quarantined in the United Kingdom, beginning from October 11, British high magistrate to India Alex Ellis tweeted on Thursday, stopping the continuous India-UK tussle over acknowledgment of immunization against Covid-19 in the two the nations. “Good evening! From Monday, 11th October, travellers from India to the UK, double jabbed by Covishield or any other vaccine recognised by the UK regulator does not have to quarantine. So it will easier and cheaper to enter the UK. This is great news,” Alex Ellis said in a video message, saying thanks to the Indian government for the nonstop collaboration with the UK government. The UK is open for Indian travelers for quite a long time and handled a large number of visas to understudies, business travelers, and vacationers, the British high official said in his message. “Some of the noise about this issue in the last few weeks just shows how keen people are to travel to the UK and I am delighted by that… Let’s open up more flights between the countries…” he said. The issue began after the UK changed its movement rules from October 4 and didn’t at first notice Covishield in the rundown of its acknowledged immunizations against Covid-19. Then, at that point, the UK government acknowledged the Covishield antibody as it is a definition of the Oxford-Astrazeneca immunization, currently perceived by the UK administrative position, yet didn’t acknowledge India’s immunization endorsements, produced by Cowin. A few rounds of talks were held among India and the UK government to end this impasse as not perceiving India’s antibody testament implies travelers vaccinated with the two portions of Covishield need to go through the required quarantine in the UK. While the discussions went on, India likewise forced a comparable limitation on individuals coming to India from the UK. It said independent of the immunization status, all UK travelers in India should be quarantined for 10 days. Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla had communicated his mistake with the UK’s Covishield check. The public authority emphasized that there was no issue with either Covishield or the immunization testament. While the endorsement holds fast to the worldwide principles, India exported Covishield to the UK, the government said. Source: thehindustantimes.com

In a joint meeting on Wednesday held between the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) Engineers and Green Marshals and Delhi’s Environment Minister Gopal Rai, it was concluded with the decision of starting the anti-dust campaign from 7th October 2021. The campaign initiated by the Delhi Government will start effectively from today and will continue till October 29. In a recent move, Rai had launched the ‘Advanced Green War Room’ and ‘Green Delhi App’ for people in Delhi to send their complaints and concerns regarding 10 different kinds of pollution during the winter season. Rai told India TV, “Last year the anti-dust campaign showed good results. This time it will be run in a more systematic manner. We had a meeting with all government construction agencies on September 14 and with private agencies on September 17. In the meeting, we discussed the 14-point agenda.” This notice will be given on any irregularity because no explanation comes in two days, then a penalty will be imposed as per the National Green Tribunal (NGT) guidelines of 2016. During the campaign, thirty-one teams consisting of 17 DPCC and 14 Green Marshals will go to the ground from today to monitor the areas with their respective vans. Source: India Today.

After the continued friction between Chirag Paswan and Pashupati Paras regarding using the name Lok Janshakti Party, the Election Commission (EC) allocated separate party names and symbols to these two leaders. Days after barring Chirag Paswan and Pashupati Paras from using the name of Lok Janshakti Party or its symbol, the ‘bungalow’. While issuing separate letters to Paswan and Paras, the poll panel announced the name ‘Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)’ and election symbol ‘Helicopter’ to the Chirag Paswan Group. On the other hand, the commission allotted ‘Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party’ as party name for Paras group and election symbol as ‘Sewing Machine’. In the coming by-election, these two parties are asked to use the newly allotted symbol and party names only if any candidate from these parties will participate in the election. In an Interim order on October 2, the election commission barred both factions from using the name of Lok Janshakti Party or its symbol until the dispute between them did not settle down. The interim order was signed by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and fellow Election Commissioners Rajiv Kumar and Anup Chandra Pandey. Source: thewire.in