Happy New Year 2021 Celebrations Live Updates: This is How the World is Welcoming New Year

Happy New Year 2021 Celebrations Live Updates: Though 2020 has been a year full of hardships for most of us, now it is the time to begin the countdown for 2021 and be ready to welcome the New Year with joy and happiness.

The year 2020 taught us many things like - learning without going to school, working without going office, shopping without stepping out and much more. This year brought pandemic, fear, deaths, lockdowns, unemployment, loss and anxiety, but we still moved on. And now we are all set for a new beginning in 2021. We keep our fingers crossed and all set to bid adieu to 2020 and welcome the New Year with open arms of hopes, happiness, health and prosperity.

Delhi has announced a night curfew on New Year's eve confining more than five people to assemble at any public place. As per the order, no celebratory events, congregations and gatherings at public places are allowed from 11 pm of December 31, 2020, to 6 am of January 1, 2021.

In Hyderabad, authorities have imposed a ban on the New Year parties. The Telangana High Court further directed the state government to execute tight security in the view of the celebrations and asked to try imposing section 144 tonight. It also asked the public to follow social distancing and use face masks. The High Court ordered the government to submit a detailed report on the New Year celebrations in the state on January 7, 2021.

Bengaluru state also imposed Section 144 from December 31, 2020 - 6 pm to January 1, 2021 – 6 am. Wherein Maharashtra, hotels, pubs and bars will close at 11 pm, and large gatherings are prohibited in public places. Families can organise parties in residential places as long as it is a small group, and social distancing norms are followed.