The two-week ban until 20 January will also apply to flights from Australia, Canada, France, Pakistan and the Philippines, Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam says.
Delhi Health Minister Jain said that many international passengers, who test negative at the airport, end up testing positive a few days later at home and infect their family members.
The DGCA on 1 December had decided not to resume international flights from 15 December, less than a week after announcing that it would restart the services.
Aviation watchdog DGCA said the effective date for resumption will be notified in due course. Scheduled international flights have been suspended since 23 March last year.
According to Geo News, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) suspended the operations due to 'lack of facilities' & 'garbage' at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport tarmac.
According to Transport Canada, passengers travelling from India via indirect routes must obtain negative Covid test reports from a third country before entering Canada.
The aviation regulator also said that the suspension will not affect the operation of international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by it.
Several other countries in the region, including the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait, also have banned flights to and from India over the rise in coronavirus cases there.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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