Alleging harassment of crew by health officials at Delhi airport, Air India's Indian Commercial Pilots Association has warned that its members wouldn't operate any non-essential flight if such "distasteful" treatment is repeated. This comes after a Delhi-Moscow flight returned midway after its pilot was found COVID-19 positive. "The crew were made to wait entire day without food," the union said.
The Centre has urged the states to avoid hoarding COVID vaccines for the second jab as the country has begun vaccinating all people aged above 45 from April 1. Assuring states for the replenishing of the vaccine stock reguarly, the central… read-more
TAGS: Vaccination, Covid-19, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Coronavirus Vaccines
Velu P, an Indian Army athlete, on April 1 commenced a 4,000-Km running expedition from Srinagar to Kanyakumari. With "green India" and "one nation one spirit" mottos, Velu eyes to reach his destination in maximum 50 days to enter the Guinness… read-more
TAGS: Indian Army, Velu P, Srinagar, Kanyakumari, Guinness World Records, Running, Limca Book Of Records
In a humanitarian move, the Border Security Force (BSF) handed over an eight-year-old boy to the Pakistani rangers, who accidentally entered India on April 2. The boy identified as Karim, a citizen of Pakistan’s Nagarparkar district entered India… read-more
TAGS: Pakistan, BSF, India Pakistan relations, Pakistani Ranger, Barmer District
Mizoram is on an alert after 87 pigs died in Lunglei’s Lungsen village in the last two weeks. The exact reason is still unclear, experts suspect African Swine Fever behind the deaths. Since the affected area lies on the India-Bangladesh border,… read-more
TAGS: Mizoram, Lunglei, Lungsen Village, African Swine Fever
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake jolted the Sikkim-Nepal border on April 5 night. While the tremors were felt at several parts of West Bengal, Assam, and Bihar, the National Center for Seismology stated of no aftershocks as the magnitude was below 6.… read-more
TAGS: Earthquake, Sikkim, National Center for Seismology, West Bengal
The Centre has decided to allow COVID-19 vaccination at public and private workplaces from April 11. However, the workplaces should have about 100 "eligible and willing beneficiaries" in order to conduct the inoculation at the premises. The… read-more
TAGS: Covid-19, Covid Vaccine, Covid-19 Vaccine, safe workplaces, Health Ministry