Flight ban

MUMBAI - India said on Monday it would suspend flights from the United Kingdom until the end of the year over fears of a new strain of the coronavirus. Separately local media reported the government was readying its first deal to buy 50 million COVID-19 shots, while India’s worst-affected state of Maharashtra said it would impose an 11pm-6am curfew in major cities until early January. India’s flight ban will come into effect today and all passengers arriving from Britain before then will be tested on arrival at airports, the aviation ministry said on Twitter.