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01 Jun

Middle seats in flights to be kept vacant as much as possible.

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Airlines will allot seats in a way that middle seats in flights are vacant as much as possible, the country's aviation regulator DGCA has said. The government had earlier said it would not be viable to do so as fares would shoot up.Passengers who do end up with middle seats on a flight should be provided a "additional protective equipment like a wraparound gown of the Textile Ministry approved standards" in addition to a face mask and shield, citing a DGCA or Director General of Civil Aviation order.Domestic passenger flights restarted on May 25 after a gap of two months…

31 May

An Air India flight with 154 stranded Indians on board departed from Qatar.

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An Air India flight under Vande Bharat Mission with 154 stranded Indians on board departed from Qatar on Sunday.This is the 14th flight from Doha under Vande Bharat's mission which was launched early this month to bring back Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus lockdown.So far, 2322 people and 64 infants have been evacuated from Qatar under the mission, according to the Indian Embassy in Qatar.

29 May

Mark Zuckerberg Distances Facebook From Twitter.

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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg took pains to distance his company from Twitter and its fight with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the White House moved to scrap a law protecting social media companies.Republican Trump, who accuses social media firms of bias against conservatives, without evidence, stepped up his attacks on Twitter after the company put a fact-checking label on two of his tweets about mail-in ballots on Tuesday for the first time.“We have a different policy I think than Twitter on this,” Zuckerberg told Fox News, Trump’s preferred broadcaster.Both sites take down content that violates their terms…

28 May

Trains From 5 States Will Not Be Allowed In Karnataka.

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Karnataka has again suspended incoming transport from neighbouring states to contain the swift spreading coronavirus infection in the state.This time the list has five states instead of earlier four.No flights, trains or other vehicles will allowed to come to the state from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the state said today.

27 May

IndiGo To Help A Man Fly Home After An Earlier Flight He Paid For By Selling Livestock Was Canceled.

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IndiGo, India's biggest airline, has agreed to help a migrant laborer and two others fly home from Mumbai after an earlier flight he paid for by selling family livestock was canceled. The workers, from West Bengal, haven't earned any income since the end of March when Prime Minister Narendra Modi abruptly imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus. They'd managed to raise 30,600 rupees ($405) for the air tickets, only to be told their flight was canceled and there wouldn't be any refunds, according to the newspaper. The family of at least one of them raised…

20 May

Domestic Flights To Resume From May 25.

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Fewer than eight people per lakh of population in India have been infected by the novel coronavirus, the Union Health Ministry said this evening, pointing out that this was significantly better than the global average of 62 people per lakh. The government also said India's per lakh mortality rate was only 0.24, compared to the global average of 4.2.Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said 42,298 people have recovered from the illness so far and that the recovery rate (recoveries as a percentage of total cases) had improved steadily through the four phases of lockdown - from 7.1 per cent…

20 May

The Haryana Government On Wednesday Took Back Its Decision Of Plying Inter-State Buses.

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The Haryana government on Wednesday took back its decision of plying inter-state buses, but said its buses will continue to run within the state.The decision came after state Home Minister Anil Vij apprised Chief Minister M L Khattar that it would be difficult to prevent the spread of COVID-19 once people start travelling freely from one state to the other."I met the chief minister in Chandigarh and I also wrote to him on Tuesday stating that we are not prepared for running inter-state buses," Mr Vij, who is also the state's Health Minister, told the media in Chandigarh.

19 May

The man with the humane touch: Ek Mulakat

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Prabha Khaitan Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the socio-cultural welfare and humanitarian cause has through a virtual session of their initiative Ek Mulakat brought together Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi and renowned poet & National Film Award recipient Shri Yatindra Mishra to discuss about Shri Satyarthi’s contribution towards society and humanity at large. The Prabha Khaitan Foundation is devoted towards the promotion of performing arts, culture and literature, and collaborates with caregivers, committed individuals and like-minded institutions to implement cultural, educational, literary and social welfare projects in India. Ek Mulakat provides a platform to eminent personalities from the various segments of the society to share their stories.…

18 May

The National Commission For Women Asked Tik-Tok India To Immediately Remove A Video.

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The National Commission for Women has asked Tik-Tok India to immediately remove a video showing a man committing violence against women and directed the Maharashtra police to take action against the person responsible for making the clip.The NCW in a letter to Grievance Officer of Tik-Tok India Anuj Bhatia, said it has come across a Twitter post in which a Tik-Tok video shows a man committing violence against women.It also asked the Maharashtra police, in a letter, to immediately take action against the person responsible for making the video.

18 May

The Uttar Pradesh Government Will Send 12,000 Buses To Ferry Stranded Migrants To Their States.

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The Uttar Pradesh government will send 12,000 buses to ferry stranded migrants to their states. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked state governments to provide lists of the migrants who need rides home, sources said.District magistrates will be provided 200 buses each to arrange for their travel. This will add up to 15,000 additional buses in 75 districts.The state government has ordered district authorities to provide food and water as soon as they enter Uttar Pradesh.