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DGCA bars 90 SpiceJet pilots from flying 737 Max planes after finding them improperly trained 0
- Business
- April 13, 2022
Indian aviation regulator DGCA has barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Boeing 737 Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained. “For the moment, we have barred these pilots from flying the Max and they have to retrain successfully for flying the aircraft,” DGCA chief Arun Kumar said in a statement. He also said that the
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After initial hiccup, many private hospitals start offering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses; demand rises on day 2 0
- health
- April 12, 2022
With both Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech asking private hospitals to start offering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots at the revised rates, promising that the price differential would be compensated through free doses later, healthcare providers have now decided to join the drive. Their decision to join the expansion of the nationwide vaccination drive
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Oil falls, pressured by China lockdowns, reserves release 0
- Commodity
- April 11, 2022
Oil prices slipped $2 a barrel in early Asian trading on Monday, following a second straight weekly decline after world consumers announced plans to release a record volume of crude and oil products from strategic stocks and as China lockdowns continued. Brent crude fell $2.04, or 2%, to $100.74 a barrel at 0139 GMT, while
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency 0

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect in his island nation. In a gazette notification no 2274/10 issued on Tuesday night, the president said he has withdrawn the emergency rule ordinance which gave security forces sweeping powers to curb any

India’s exports rise to record high of $418 billion in FY22 0

Economy

April 4, 2022

India’s merchandise exports spurt to a record high of USD 418 billion in 2021-22 fiscal on higher shipments of petroleum products, engineering goods, gem and jewellery and chemicals, according to official data released on Sunday. India’s goods trade (exports and imports) crossed USD 1 trillion during 2021-22 as the country’s imports to have touched an

Wheat export at 70.30 lakh tonnes till Mar 21 this fiscal 0

Economy

April 1, 2022

The total wheat export stood at 70.30 lakh tonnes till March 21 this fiscal, with maximum shipments to Bangladesh followed by Sri Lanka and UAE, Parliament was informed on Friday. As both Ukraine and Russia are major exporters of wheat with more than 25 percent total share in the global wheat trade, there is scope for India to increase exports