Coronavirus live updates: Govt allows domestic passenger airlines to fly with 60% capacity

Over five months after the bus services were stalled across Maharashtra to control the Covid-19 pandemic, the state government has allowed the private buses to operate with 50% capacity. The government has already allowed Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation run buses to ferry passengers within the state last month.

26 new positive cases reported in Andaman and Nicobar Islands today, taking the total number of positive cases in the Union Territory to 3,186 including 381 active cases, 2,758 recoveries and 47 deaths: UT Administration

Metro rail services to resume from Sept 7. Trains will operate between 8am-11am and 4.30pm-7.30pm with a frequency of 5 minutes. From 11th Sept, trains will operate on both lines from 7am to 9pm: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation

IGIB scientists develop rapid and sensitive test for coronavirus detection

Scientists at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology have developed a rapid and sensitive method to detect coronavirus infection in 30 minutes using a mass spectrometer.In the study by the scientists of IGIB, an institute under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the rapid test method can detect two peptides, QIAPGQTGK and AIVSTIQRKYK, from structural spike glycoprotein and replicase polyprotein with a sensitivity of 90 per cent and specificity of 100 per cent.

DMK president M K Stalin urges PM Narendra Modi to reverse decision of not having Question Hour in both Houses of Parliament during Monsoon Session, says proceeding more pertinent than ever during coronavirus pandemic.

Noida-Greater Noida Metro to resume services from September 7 with curtailed timings; only passengers with face masks, body temperature not more than 37.7 degrees Celsius will be allowed entry: Officials

16 AAP workers, protesting against 'failure of law and order' in UP, briefly detained in Noida for allegedly violating curbs imposed due to Covid-19 outbreak: Policece

Another Covid-19 death raises toll to 42 in Himachal Pradesh, 161 new cases push infection tally to 6,417; number of active cases in state stands at 1,613: Officials

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel instructs officials to increase number of beds in designated hospitals and care centres in four badly-hit districts, including Raipur, amid rising number of Covid-19 cases: Official

Three Paris St Germain players have tested positive for Covid-19: Reuters

Int’l passengers to get option of Covid test on arrival; those negative to be allowed to take connecting domestic flight

Air travellers will soon not have to worry about the most nagging question in this pandemic: “Can I take a connecting domestic flight after reaching India on a Vande Bharat Mission flight or after flying in from an air bubble country without being being quarantined at the port of arrival?” The government Wednesday allowed RT-PCR testing for Covid at the first port of arrival in India on a pilot basis so that people testing negative can take connecting flights. This will benefit those passengers who could not get a Covid test done 96 hours before taking their flight to India.Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and some AAI airports are going to have this facility up and running soon. Aviation ministry joint secretary Usha Padhee Wednesday issued an order titled “RT-PCR testing at the entry airport for the arriving international transfer passengers” which lays down guidelines for conducting these tests. Those testing negative will be allowed to take connecting domestic flights without being quarantined at the airport of arrival in India.

Only centers outside containment zones can conduct examinations: Health ministry

The health ministry has issued specific preventive measures which have to be strictly followed by the students and staff of the examination centre. All staff and students to be allowed entry only if using face cover or masks. The face cover/mask has to be worn at all time inside the examination centre by all.

Covid-19 positive patients who have been clinically assigned as very mild/pre-symptomatic/asymptomatic case by the treating medical officer can opt for home isolation: Government of Punjab