Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scinda tests positive for Covid-19; asks close contacts to get checked
India | April 18, 2023 6:14 ISTCovid-19: This was the 2nd time the Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia contracted the virus.
Covid-19: This was the 2nd time the Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia contracted the virus.
Clearly, you are now reduced to a troll. Instead of making baseless allegations against me, and diverting attention from the main issues, why don't you answer these three questions, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asked.
The UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) scheme is "giving birth to new airlines in a country that over the last 20 years has only seen closing of airlines," Scindia said.
Delhi airport rush: In recent weeks, air passengers have been complaining about long waiting hours at airports, especially at Terminal 3 (T3) of Delhi airport, and authorities have been taking steps to reduce the congestion.
Even though the Delhi airport is handling passenger traffic of 71.1 million persons per year, the deployment of security personnel has not been large.
Jyotiraditya Scindia surprisingly made a ‘welcome remark’ for Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra when it entered Madhya Pradesh triggering speculations over his 'gharwapasi'
Aviation Minister Scindia noted that the DGCA has completed as many as 202 surveillance inspections in this fiscal so far.
Helipads on the national highways will help in immediate evacuations during emergencies, Jyotiraditya Scindia noted during the Civil Aviation Ministers' Conference in Delhi.
Aviation safety issues: A MoCA official said that the Union Minister made it clear in the meeting that there should be no compromises when it comes to the safety of the people.
As advised by Prime Minister Modi, the President directed that Smriti Irani, Cabinet Minister, be assigned the charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, in addition to her existing portfolio and Ministry of Steel to Jyotiraditya Scindia.
A social media post on Sunday alleged the staff of IndiGo airlines barred an adolescent with special needs from boarding a plane along with his parents at the Ranchi airport on Saturday.
The Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen VK Singh (Rtd) inaugurated the mega 'Yog Prabha' event at Safdarjung airport on Monday in New Delhi. The event is led by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M Scindia and Minister of State for MoCA General VK Singh witnessing the participation of over 600 officials and employees of MoCA and affiliate organizations.
Under the Modi government's UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik) scheme, as many as 91 lakh citizens of the country were provided air connectivity at reasonable rates through 1.75 lakh flights, the Union minister said.
Referring to the hardships faced by the aviation sector in the last two years due to Covid-19, Scindia said that this sector was badly affected on the economic front and in the third Covid wave, the passenger traffic went down to almost about 1.60 lakh passengers per day.
Due to the outbreak of COVID -19, scheduled international flight services were suspended on March 23, 2020. However, special international flights have been operating between India and about 35 other countries since July 2020 under air bubble.
After Russia's forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24, the Government of India launched 'Operation Ganga' to bring back stranded Indian nationals from the conflict-torn Ukraine. As part of the 'Operation Ganga' mission, special flights are being operated free of cost.
India on Saturday began the evacuation of its stranded citizens amid the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, with the first evacuation flight, AI1944, bringing back 219 people from Bucharest to Mumbai in the evening.
This came after Chowdhury addressed the Civil Aviation Minister as 'maharaj' twice in the Lok Sabha while asking a question pertaining to some airport projects in West Bengal during the Question Hour.
Scindia had resigned from Congress and joined the BJP in March 2020. His move resulted in the collapse of the Kamal Nath government just 15 months after its formation.
The airport is a key infrastructure project of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state, where the next assembly elections are expected in early 2022.
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