India

Ukraine crisis: IndiGo to operate 6 additional evacuation flights on March 2 0
- India
- March 2, 2022
Private carrier IndiGo, which is assisting the government in its efforts to rescue the Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine, will operate six additional evacuation flights on March 2. The airline, in a statement, said two flights each will be operated via Istanbul, from Delhi to the Hungarian city of Budapest and Poland’s Rzeszow. Two more
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Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Air India Express flight to bring back about 182 Indian nationals on March 1 0
- India
- March 1, 2022
Air India Express, the low-cost international budget arm of Air India, has said it is operating a flight to Bucharest in Romania to fly back the Indian evacuees from war-torn Ukraine. Air India Express flight, IX-1201, which departed from the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 1.50 pm on Monday, is expected to arrive
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India to host 2023 International Olympic Committee session in Mumbai 0
- India
- February 19, 2022
India has won the bid to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in Mumbai, in an unopposed race on February 19. The Indian delegation made its presentation to IOC members during the 139th IOC Session, being held alongside the ongoing Winter Olympics in Beijing. This will be the first time in four decades
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Antibiotic Azithral beats top-selling anti-diabetic drug amid Omicron surge 0
- India
- February 16, 2022
Antibiotic medicine Azithral became the largest-selling pharma brand in January 2022 for the first time ever, overtaking the market leader anti-diabetic therapy – Human Mixtard. During the third wave in India, when Omicron cases rose exponentially, the widely-prescribed antibiotic registered a growth of 100% in January over December to net Rs 73 crore sales in the organised
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IIT Delhi launches new website to help students prepare for JEE, NEET 0
- India
- February 15, 2022
The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has launched a website to help students of classes 11 and 12 prepare for competitive examinations. The website, called IIT-PAL (Professor Assisted Learning), will allow students to watch video lectures and interact with IIT professors live. “IIT-PAL was started with an aim to make their (students’) understanding of the
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Govt bans import of drones; provides certain exceptions 0
- India
- February 10, 2022
The government on Wednesday banned import of foreign drones with certain exceptions as part of efforts to promote domestic manufacturing of drones in the country. Import of drones for R&D, defence and security purposes have been exempted from the ban but such imports will require due clearances. “Import of drone components, however, shall not require
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