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Unseemly haste risks jeopardising India's good reputation: Shashi Tharoor
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): A day after Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri called Shashi Tharoor a cynic for criticising the Drugs Controller General of India's (DCGI) approval of COVAXIN for "restricted use in an emergency situation" without this COVID-19 vaccine havin
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Masks probably may never even go, says ICMR chief Balram Bhargava
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Hours after two vaccines were approved under restricted use and emergency use authorisation by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Sunday said masks may never g
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India-UK flights to resume from January 6
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday announced that flights between the United Kingdom and India will restart from January 6 with a limit of 30 carriers operational between the countries every week.
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Passengers who booked Dec 23 flight to UK will be accommodated in first fl
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): In light of the announcement made by Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri that flights between India and UK will resume from January 8, Air India on Friday said that the passengers who had booked their flight on December 23 will be accommodated
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New Covid strain: India-UK flights to resume from January 8 in restricted
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): The flight operations between India and the United Kingdom, which have been banned due to the emergence of new strain of coronavirus, will be resumed from January 8 till 23, said Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday.
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New COVID-19 strain: India extends ban on UK flights till Jan 7
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom till 7 January 2021, informed Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday.
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Civil Ministry taking steps to maintain the integrity of cold chain during
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): With the country expecting COVID-19 vaccination drive in January, the Union Civil Ministry is making all arrangements to maintain the "integrity of cold chain" during the transportation of vaccine, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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Union Aviation Minister says 'foresee short extension' of temporary suspen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that he foresees a "short extension" of the suspension of flights from the United Kingdom to contain the spread of the new variant of coronavirus that was first detected in that country.
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Kozhikode Crash: Air India Express completes disbursement of compensation
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Air India Express has completed the disbursement of interim compensation to all the passengers and family members of passengers who died in the Kozhikode plane crash, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
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Passenger footfall touches 4,55,809 on Saturday: Hardeep Singh Puri
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI) : A total of 2,27,821 domestic passengers flew on 2,129 flights on Saturday, while there were 4,253 across movements across the country and 4,55,809 footfalls on the day, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed on Sunday.
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EU extends ban on Pakistan national carrier by 3 months
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 27 (ANI): The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended a ban on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for three months, despite the Pakistani officials' expectations that ban would be lifted.
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11 of 950 passengers from UK test positive for COVID-19 at Delhi airport:
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): Eleven out of 950 passengers who came in four flights from the UK at Indira Gandhi International airport have tested positive for coronavirus, Dr Gauri Agarwal, Director, of Genestrings Diagnostic Centre, said on Wednesday.
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