Taj Mahal to reopen even as virus rages in India

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ NEW DELHI: India’s top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is set to reopen more than six months after it was shut, officials said on Tuesday, even as the vast nation battles soaring coronavirus infections. India, home to 1.3 billion people, on Monday overtook Brazil to become the world’s second most-infected nation with more than 4.2 million cases, behind only the United States. “The Taj Mahal will reopen on Sept 21. All Covid-19 protocols, like physical distancing, masks will be followed,” northern Uttar Pradesh state’s Tourism Department deputy…

Over 150,000 Indians in UAE register to return home

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About 10 per cent of the applicants are visit and tourist visa holders who got stranded here due to the ongoing lockdown in India.(ANI file photo. Representative image ) COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Over 150,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have applied through the online registration process to the Indian missions here, according to media reports. The Indian missions in the country last week opened online registration for the expatriates who wish to fly back home after getting stuck in the country amidst…