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    • Trump expands US travel ban, adds Syrians and Palestinian passport holders

      The Trump administration expanded its US travel ban, adding five countries and restricting Palestinian Authority passport holders, citing security risks, weak vetting systems and visa overstays following a recent shooting case.

    • US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries

      The pause applies to people from 19 countries that were already subjected to a partial travel ban in June

    • Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi to visit India following UN travel ban exemption

      Muttaqi has been under UN sanctions since January 25, 2001, which placed him on the list subjecting him to a travel ban, an assets freeze, and an arms embargo.

    • Russia declares travel ban on 963 Americans including Biden and Blinken

      The travel bans have only symbolic impact but form part of a constant downward spiral in Russia's relations with the United States and its allies since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.

    • Israel imposing travel ban for Britain, Denmark, Belgium over Omicron spread: Official

      Israel has already banned the entry of foreigners to try to stem COVID-19 infection rates and imposed 3-7 day self-isolation orders for Israelis returning from abroad.

    • India has not imposed travel curbs like some other countries: MEA on Omicron

      The 'at-risk' nations (as updated on November 30) are countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.

    • New Covid variant may decrease vaccine’s ability to neutralise the virus: Dr Gagandeep Kang

      A new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, was identified in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong. What is the Omicron variant? Is it more serious than the other variants? Is international travel ban required to stop the variant to enter into the country? Dr Gagandeep Kang shares her insights.

    • South Africa to remain on lowest lockdown level; calls for immediate end to travel ban

      Ramaphosa also called on more than 20 countries that have imposed travel bans to and from South Africa and its neighbours to immediately end the ban to avoid further harm to the economies of these countries, which have already been battered by the pandemic.

    • UK investigates new COVID-19 variant, 6 African countries on travel ban red list

      The UK has applied travel restrictions on arrivals from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia starting Friday, as the government reiterated that no cases of the new mutation had been detected in the UK so far.

    • WHO cautions against imposing travel restrictions due to new variant

      "At this point, implementing travel measures is being cautioned against," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a UN briefing in Geneva. "The WHO recommends that countries continue to apply a risk-based and scientific approach when implementing travel measures."

    • UAE lifts ban on transit flights from India, Pakistan, other countries from August 5

      The UAE, a major international travel hub, has banned passengers from many South Asian and African countries for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    • Travel ban a classic case of UK’s and Canada’s double standards against India

      Singling out travellers from India when the country is witnessing steady dwindling of cases cannot be a decision born out of any objective criteria, but a highly objectionable selection process that unabashedly favours travellers from the ‘developed West’ 

    • UK briefed on COVID-19 situation in India to review 'red list' travel ban

      Under the current rules, India remains on the travel “red list” – which effectively bans visitors from India, with returning citizens required to undergo a compulsory 10-day hotel quarantine on entry to Britain.

    • COVID-19 crisis | Saudi Arabia bars foreign travellers from Haj

      Only people aged between 18 and 65 who have been vaccinated or immunised from the COVID-19 virus, and are free of chronic diseases, will be able to take part, the ministry that manages the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca

    • International flights update: QR code on COVID RT-PCR report a must for flyers from India starting May 22

      The countries that have banned passengers from India include United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, UAE, Kuwait, Indonesia, Netherlands and Australia.

    • Air India to operate flights connecting London to Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru from May 16

      Though Air India flights connecting Mumbai to London Heathrow will operate from May 16 to May 30, flights on this route will not be available on May 17, 19, 24, and 26. Similarly, Air India flights from London Heathrow to Mumbai will operate from May 17 to May 31, except on May 18, 23, 25, and 30.

    • US exempts categories of students, academics, journalists from India travel ban

      The US State Department said these exemptions are in line with a similar exemption that the US has granted to some categories of travellers from Brazil, China, Iran and or South Africa.

    • India’s rich paid at least 100,000 pounds to book private jets in race to meet UK flight curbs deadline

      The rush of private jets seemed like a desperate step by people in India as the London's largest commercial airport, Heathrow declined airlines to allow eight extra flights from India

    • Covid 'red list' travel ban begins as UK tracks 55 more Indian variant cases

      The ban comes in as Public Health England (PHE) confirmed 55 more cases of the so-called double mutant Indian variant, B.1.617, from all coronavirus cases tracked until April 14, taking the total for the Variant Under Investigation (VUI) in the UK to 132.

    • Travellers scramble for clarity after India added to UK 'red list'

      The red list status, which is effective from 4 am local time on Friday, came amid a spike in coronavirus infections in India and also resulted in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelling his planned visit to New Delhi next week.

    • COVID-19 impact: US to ban travel to nearly 130 countries, no timeline for ease of restrictions

      The State Department already listed 34 out of about 200 countries as "Level 4: Do Not Travel," including places like Chad, Kosovo, Kenya, Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Mozambique, Russia and Tanzania.

    • COVID-19 Update | IATO seeks timeline from govt on resuming tourist visas, international flights

      IATO has also requested the government to immediately announce Service Export Incentive Scheme (SEIS) for the financial year 2019-20 and abolishment of levy of Tax Collection at Source (TCS) on foreign tourists.

    • Hope New Zealand's temporary travel ban from India will be lifted after April 28: MEA

      This is the first time that New Zealand has imposed a temporary ban on the entry of travellers coming from India, including its citizens. The ban, from April 11 to 28, was announced by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

    • Italy, Belgium, and Austria also ban flights from UK over new COVID-19 strain worry

      Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo also announced on December 20 that flights from the UK and Eurostar trains will be banned for a minimum of 24 hours starting midnight as a precautionary measure.

    • Coronavirus lockdown | No ban on flights from 5 states, only sought reduction in number: Karnataka govt clarifies

      Meanwhile, in a tweet, CM Yediyurappa said while entry by road will remain prohibited, trains that are already running will continue to do so.

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