June 2021: Now you can add passport details on COVID vaccination certificate via CoWin app: here’s how to do it

If your personal details on the certificate and the passport don’t match, you can request for correction as well on the website. With international travellers facing difficulty, the Union Health Ministry’s CoWin portal has started enabling users to link their COVID-19 vaccination certificates to passports. The Aarogya Setu app also shared the process for updating…

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June 2021: EU excludes anti-COVID-19 vaccine Covishield from ‘Green Pass’ list

The Covishield version of AstraZeneca, produced by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), has not been included in the list. Domestically-manufactured Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine, has been excluded from the list of anti-COVID-19 jabs that are eligible to avail the European Union (EU)’s ‘Green Pass’. Green Pass, which would be available from…

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TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant to slash 3 million jobs by 2022 due to automation : report

Based on average fully-loaded employee costs of USD 25,000 per annum for India-based resources and USD 50,000 for US resources, this will release around USD 100 billion in annual salaries and associated expenses for corporates, the report says. With automation taking place at a much faster pace across industries especially in the tech space, domestic…

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17 June 2021: Israel ends its indoor mask mandate after a robust vaccination campaign.

Israel will no longer require people to wear masks indoors, removing one of the country’s last remaining coronavirus restrictions as infections continue to decline there, Israel’s health ministry announced on Tuesday. Hezi Levi, the ministry’s director general, delivered the news as he removed his mask on a morning television show. Masks will still be required in some…

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Pandemic brings times of uncertainty for NRIs

Thousands of expatriates waiting to return to their host countries Uncertainty has prevailed over the return of thousands of non-resident Indians to their host countries, especially in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, following the COVID-19 induced travel restrictions. The suspension of outgoing passenger traffic from India to the UAE that began on April 24 has…

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