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DIAL rolled out its modified online facility for international arriving passengers, following new government norms in view of the emergence of COVID-19 variants.
The revamped Air Suvidha portal includes a new RT-PCR testing package and provision for declaring domestic connection.
The Centre has announced new guidelines for India-bound international passengers effective from Monday midnight, due to the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus, which have shown increased transmissibility.
Under the new norms, submission of a self-declaration form (SDF) online for all arriving international passengers prior to their scheduled travel and uploading a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report have been made mandatory. This test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey, as per the norms.
| UPDATED: 09:34, Fri, Jan 15, 2021
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India media reports, published in November, claimed both sides had agreed to withdraw troops and artillery from the Line of Actual Control where the standoff has been ongoing since May. But these talks ceased the same month and analysts believe it could be a strategic move by Beijing, aimed at Washington.