State had said Centre should re-examine its decision and the operation and management of the airport should be handed over to the Special Purpose Vehicle in which state also has a stake

Assam-Mizoram border tension: On October 17, at least 20 houses and shops along the Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar district were set ablaze following a dispute over Mizo checkpoint set up the previous night

Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic

The Government of India plans to allow important businesses, especially large ones, to strike a deal with coronavirus vaccine manufacturers; CNG and piped cooking gas prices in the national capital and adjoining cities have been reduced in sync with a cut in natural gas prices; Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that domestic passenger traffic could reach the pre COVID-19 level by the end of current year. Watch this and more on News Blast.

As part of several measures taken up by the Aviation Ministry to control the spread of COVID-19, passengers arriving at airports are stamped using indelible ink as per quarantine rules

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Hardeep Singh Puri said the daily domestic traffic has reached 1.76 lakh passengers from 30,000 passengers when the civil aviation operations resumed on May 25

The government has further extended suspension on scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India till 2359 hrs IST of 31 October, 2020

The domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 25 to May 24 in the country due to coronavirus-triggered lockdown

He said 700-800 commercial pilot licences (CPLs) are issued by the aviation regulator DGCA in a year

According to a statement, Adityanath while presiding over a meeting of high level Empowered Committee of 'Invest UP', said Noida will be developed as the biggest hub in north India

Prior to the nationwide lockdown, which resulted in the suspension of scheduled domestic as well as international flights, Vistara was operating over 200 flights to 34 destinations daily

The aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the coronavirus pandemic

The new terminal at the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has 57 parking bays and will allow movement of 150 private jet flights daily, over 50 passengers an hour

Even as SpiceJet is struggling in the passenger segment, it claims to have emerged as the largest air cargo airline in the country, ahead of carriers like IndiGo and Air India who have bigger fleets

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that he will be the first person to take COVID-19 vaccine so as to dispel the \"trust deficit\" around the same; Logistics solutions provider Ecom Express is planning to create 30,000 seasonal roles across its operations over the next few weeks; The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Sunday clarified that passengers can take photos and videos inside flights. Watch this and more on News Blast. Also Read: Chinese investment in India falls 28.5% YoY to $163.77 million in FY20

'Will volunteer to take COVID-19 vaccine first to end trust deficit': Harsh VardhanUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that he will be the first person to take COVID-19 vaccine so as to dispel the \"trust deficit\" around the same. In an interaction on social media, Vardhan said that even as no date has been fixed for the launch of the coronavirus vaccine, it may be ready by the first quarter of 2021. He also said that the vaccine will be given first to the people who need it ...

While four states were adjudged as the top performers last year, only Kerala and Karnataka have been selected this year

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says states have embraced the true spirit behind the State Business Reforms Action Plan, showing extraordinary energy in putting together action plans and making sure that reforms happen

The Civil Aviation Ministry said that international passengers who have domestic connecting flights will have the option of getting themselves tested for coronavirus at the entry points of airports