Indian airlines to avoid Afghan airspace; flight duration to go up by up to 40 minutesWhile Air India’s flights coming from Chicago this morning was diverted and now flying in with a refuel halt at an airport in the Middle Ea...
16 Aug, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Reliance submits proposal for potential Covid drugNiclosamide, a drug on the World Health Organisation's list of essential medicines, has been used to treat tapeworm infestation for more th...
03 Jun, 2021, 05.01 PM IST
Kamala Harris vows more help to fight COVID-19, says welfare of India critically important to US"At the beginning of the pandemic, when our hospital beds were stretched, India sent assistance. And today, we are determined to help India...
08 May, 2021, 03.07 PM IST
Cathay Pacific airlifts over 100 tonnes of humanitarian, medical supplies for IndiaIn addition, there has been a sharp increase in volumes for shipments of oxygen, surgical masks, sanitisers, personal protective equipment,...
07 May, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
UN agencies delivered nearly 10,000 oxygen concentrators, 10 million medical masks to IndiaIn India, the UN team on the ground "continues to support the authorities - both nationally and locally - to tackle the pandemic," Stephane...
07 May, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
SIIC team launches challenge to develop indigenous solutions to tackle oxygen crisis"When the first wave of COVID-19 hit India, SIIC-incubated companies stepped up to deliver world-class healthcare products. The products, d...
06 May, 2021, 12.30 AM IST
US dispatches third set of Coronavirus aid to IndiaThe US carrier has onboard oxygen cylinders, test kits and other supplies and is expected to land in New Delhi after a brief haul in Munich...
01 May, 2021, 10.59 AM IST
India receives more medical supplies from international community"Two urgent flights operated by the Russian EMERCOM arrived today which brought a cargo with a total weight of 20 tonnes. These are oxygen ...
29 Apr, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
DPIIT, Startup India seek innovative solutions from startups to fight Covid-19 crisisIt said that the challenge is open to all startups, companies, and innovators - whose innovation can plug the gap between the demand and su...
30 Mar, 2020, 03.44 PM IST
Covid-19: Task force to map technologies to fund nearly market-ready solutionsNodal officers of ministries and departments concerned have been requested to personally expedite the process of obtaining information on s...
27 Mar, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Flight returns as oxygen masks fail to operate mid-airThe scare happened on Ethiopian Airlines' flight ET-687 on September 15, which took off with 223 passengers for Addis Ababa at 6.40am.
22 Sep, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
Why air crew need to mind the pressureWith an increase in altitude, temperature and pressure witness sharp declines. Because of the reduced atmospheric pressure, the availabilit...
23 Sep, 2018, 12.00 PM IST
Jet Airways passengers recount terrifying experienceThere were screaming and cries as the crew "forgot" to turn on a switch that controls cabin air pressure.
20 Sep, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
IndiGo plane makes emergency landing after 'fumes' onboardIndiGo's 6E719 flight to Vishakhapatnam took off from Delhi at 5.20 am yesterday but returned 10 minutes later because of "fumes" inside th...
23 Nov, 2017, 08.27 PM IST
Sudden deployment of oxygen masks forces Jet Airways flight to return to Chennai airportAviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has initiated a probe into the incident, which happened this morning.
28 Aug, 2015, 04.23 PM IST
Cabin pressure in Jet Airways flight drops as pilots fail to switch on APUAs many as 111 passengers onboard a Jet Airways flight from Leh to Delhi had to face breathing problem momentarily as the pilots allegedly ...
10 Jul, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
Delhi-Kuala Lumpur flight makes emergency landing in BangkokNew Delhi-Kuala Lumpur bound Malindo Air plane with 129 people on board made an emergency landing at Thailand's Don Mueng Airport here afte...
03 Nov, 2014, 04.00 PM IST