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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Topic: Travel ban

European Union to ease international travel ban from 1 July

Europe is trying to revive domestic economies as the summer tourist season gets underway while guarding against a second wave of infections.

Not Japanese and travelling abroad? You may not be able to re-enter Japan again

In view of the coronavirus pandemic, Japan has upheld a law that bars re-entry of foreign workers after overseas travel to control the spread of the virus.

India asks airlines to take bookings after final decision on lockdown and flight restrictions

Most airlines have been offering credit instead of refunds if flights are canceled due to the travel curbs as ticket sales generated much-needed cash flow.

Coronavirus shock can be contained and reversed

Government, corporate and household leaders should help draw the path ahead that acknowledges the inconvenient reality of further economic damage before the bottom is reached.

Quarantines and travel bans may not stop coronavirus now

Scientists believe the current coronavirus looks less deadly, but may be more contagious. The decisions on quarantine should be based on science, not politics or fear.

US bans travel by Chinese officials tied to Muslim abuses

Mike Pompeo imposed visa ban on Chinese govt leaders & Communist Party officials found involved in abuse of Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs & other minority Muslims.

Global Pulse: Xi is creating an alternative to the West, Trump’s hollowed-out bureaucracy 

Xi Jinping’s goal is not only to reform China, but create a global alternative to the West.

Global Pulse: Warehousing refugees to make Italy great again, Trump’s effort to polarise

Italy is off shoring its Mediterranean migration problem to a former colony, Libya, with the intention of preventing mostly sub-Saharan African migrants from leaving Libya’s shores for Europe.

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.