"In the context of recent developments in Canada and in India, there are calls for protests and some negative sentiment towards Canada on social media. Please remain vigilant and exercise caution," read the latest advisory.
"In view of growing anti-India activities and politically-condoned hate crimes and criminal violence in Canada, all Indian nationals there and those contemplating travel are urged to exercise utmost caution," read the message.
"Exercise a high degree of caution while travelling to India. Exercise a high degree of caution in India due to the threat of terrorist attacks throughout the country," reads the message published on the Canadian website.
"In light of the prevailing situation, Indian nationals whose presence is not essential are advised to leave the country as soon as possible," said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
The risk of wrongful detention was listed as a justification for US voyagers to "exercise increased caution" in that warning, which was given in March.
US travel advisory: Yellow-coloured Level 2 which advises Americans to exercise increased caution has been the travel advisory for India since March 28 of this year, when the State Department lowered it from Level 3 travel advisory of January 24.
Canada travel advisory: It also asked the citizens to exercise a high degree of caution in India due to the "threat of terrorist attacks throughout the country."
"Before planning any international travel, please review the CDC's specific recommendations for vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers," the statement said.
The CDC currently lists about 75 destinations worldwide at Level Four, which have more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the past 28 days.
From 4 am on November 1, the remaining seven destinations on the UK’s COVID-19 travel ban red list – Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela – will be removed, the British government said in an update on Thursday.
The British High Commissioner Alex Ellis informed this in a video message on Twitter and thanked the Indian government for close cooperation over last month.
The updated travel advisory by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) noted an additional COVID-19 test on day eight and a 10-day mandatory quarantine for all travellers going to India from Britain from Monday.
International charter flights account for a bulk of the foreign tourist footfalls to Goa.
India, earlier today, stated that all British nationals arriving in India from the UK will have to undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine from Monday irrespective of their vaccination status as part of India's reciprocal action against the UK's new international travel rules with similar measures for Indians.
Referring to the latest guidelines issued by the UK government that will come into effect on October 4, another UK officials had said that London does not have any problem with the Covishield vaccine but there are certain issues related to vaccine certification in India.
Travellers who are not fully vaccinated, or vaccinated in a country such as India currently not on the UK government’s recognised list, must take a pre-departure test, pay for day two and day eight PCR tests after arrival in England and self-isolate for 10 days, with an option to "test to release" after five days following a negative PCR test.
From October 4, travelers from 17 additional countries with eligible vaccines, including Australia, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia, will fall under the UK’s list of recognized jabs of Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna, or Janssen vaccines.
Passengers who aren't recognized as being fully vaccinated with authorized vaccines and certificates under England's international travel rules, including Indians, will still have to take a pre-departure test, a day 2 and day 8 PCR test, and self-isolate at their given address for 10 days upon entry, according to the rules.
Indians, who are already in the UAE en route to Saudi Arabia or Kuwait, have been advised to consider returning to India and to make their further travel plan only after the restrictions in the final destinations countries are lifted.
Updating its travel advisory for three South Asian countries, the US has urged its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan and Bangladesh and not to visit Afghanistan.
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