The restrictions will not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA, according to the official circular

The Kingdom's interior ministry has announced temporary suspension of flights effective from 1800 GMT Wednesday. The country has also received first vaccine shipment delivery from Pfizer-BioNTech

IndiGo CEO said on an earnings call on Thursday that short-haul international flights might start during April-June period. He said that the government is working on reopening international flights gradually

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights till 11.59 pm on February 28, 2021

The Dutch arm of Air France-KLM said earlier in the week it would cancel all its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands as a result of new COVID-19 rules

An FIR has been registered at Lucknow's Hazratganj Kotwali against Amazon Prime's India head of original content Aparna Purohit, Tandav's director Ali Abbas Zafar, producer Himanshu Krishna Mehra, and writer Gaurav Solanki and others

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Pope Francis condemned on Sunday people who had gone abroad on holiday to escape coronavirus lockdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others

Ireland banned passenger flights and ferries on December 21. Some 30,000 people had travelled to Ireland from Britain in the previous two weeks, during which time the new variant was spreading rapidly in parts of Britain

Operations till January 23 will be restricted to 15 flights per week each for carriers of the two countries to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Hyderabad only, the Civil Aviation Minister said

Issuing a modified order in this regard, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated that international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the \"competent authority on a case-to-case basis.\"

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Omar al-Hammadi, an official spokesman of the UAE government, said at a press briefing on Tuesday that those affected had travelled from abroad, without specifying from where or the number of the cases

This development comes amid reports of 14 new cases of the new COVID-19 strain in India, taking the number to 20

The woman managed to board a Vishakhapatnam-bound special train along with her son from New Delhi after having tested COVID-19 positive on December 22

Covaxin can protect against COVID-19 mutant: Bharat Biotech Covaxin, a vaccine candidate being developed by Bharat Biotech for COVID-19, can offer protection against mutations of coronavirus, Chairman and Managing Director of the city-based vaccine maker, Krishna Ella, said on Tuesday. He also said the company has approached regulatory authorities seeking approval for an emergency license to use the vaccine, developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and t...

It is important from the scientific community perspective that we do not put too much immune pressure on the virus, said Bhargava

A letter by Air India pilot noted that the airline has been at the forefront of relief missions, ferrying essentials, and conducting evacuation and repatriation flights around the world

In almost a week long suspension, thirty-seven single-trip flights to the UK across carriers of Air India, Vistara, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic have been cancelled

Some airlines have asked the authorities to provide them with a written document or notification so that they can give a valid reason for denying boarding to Chinese nationals booked on flights to India as per the present norms