Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday, 20 May announced that domestic passenger flight operations will resume in calibrated manner from 25 May. He took to Twitter to say that SOP for passenger movement will be issued to airlines and airports by the ministry.
India recorded highest ever spike of 5,611 COVID-19 cases and 140 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total number of cases in the country now at 1,06,750, including 61,149 active cases and 3,303 deaths.
- Globally, COVID-19 has infected over 48 lakh people, and killed more than 3.23 lakh as of Wednesday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker
- Delhi, Maharashtra, and Kerala were among states that announced Lockdown 4.0 guidelines on Monday
- FM Sitharaman gave a break-up of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package in the last tranche on Sunday
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249 New Cases in UP
249 new positive COVID-19 cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh today, taking the total number of positive cases to 5175, of which 1982 are active cases.
5 New Cases in Manipur
At least 5 more COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Manipur today, taking the total number of positive cases to 25.
170 New Cases in Rajasthan
A total of 170 COVID-19 positive cases reported in Rajasthan today. 4 deaths reported and 67 people recovered today. The total number of positive cases in the state rises to 6015, including 147 deaths and 3000 discharged.
MHA Removes 'Domestic Air Travel' from List of Lockdown Guidelines
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) deletes 'domestic air travel of passengers' from the list of prohibited activities in lockdown guidelines.