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Topic: International airport

Test flight successful, Noida International Airport expected to be operational by April next year

The greenfield airport at Jewar will be Uttar Pradesh's 5th international airport, joining Lucknow, Varanasi, Ayodhya, and Kushinagar.

Cabinet approves Rs 2,870 cr for Varanasi airport’s development, to get new terminal, expanded runway

Expansion of the international airport, which will be funded by Airports Authority of India’s internal resources, will more than double airport's capacity to 99 lakh passengers per yr.

Highway, rail & airport expansions to continue but no big-ticket infra announcements in BJP manifesto

2024 manifesto also promises feasibility studies for new bullet train corridors and overall transformation of the railways sector.

Tests on at international airports, says Health Minister, with ‘eye on global Covid situation’

Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says states have been advised to enforce Covid protocols, increase genome-sequencing to catch the new variant on time.

2% international travellers to be randomly tested for Covid-19, says health minister Mandaviya

The Centre earlier this week asked states to keep a sharp lookout for any new variants of the coronavirus & urged people to wear masks in crowded areas.

Airlines are going to need big data to recover from Covid

Airlines’ debts have grown to unimaginable levels over the pandemic, and must ultimately be paid down. Reducing that leverage will require growing revenues faster than ever before.

US to lift travel ban on vaccinated foreign travellers from 8 November

Under new rules, vaccinated travellers will need a negative Covid test 72 hours prior to boarding a flight to US and will also have to share contact tracing information.

After two decades of painful planning, Mumbai’s second airport is ready for takeoff

PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for the project Sunday. New airport likely to be completed by 2021, three years after existing airport gets saturated.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.