Новости за 20.05.2020

Domestic flights will resume in a gradual manner from May 25, that is next Monday, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has finalised its standard operating procedure for restoring schedule commercial flights as soon as the go-ahead for the game comes from the government.

Domestic flights will resume in a gradual manner from May 25, that is next Monday, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has finalised its standard operating procedure for restoring schedule commercial flights as soon as the go-ahead for the game comes from the government.

Fast bowling great Michael Holding has alleged misuse of half a million US dollars that BCCI donated to Cricket West Indies besides raising questions on the financial management of the game's governing body in the island nations. On a YouTube show, Holding displayed the audit report of Pannell Kerr Foster on cricket governance in the Caribbean & raised several red flags.

The Union home ministry has granted exemptions from lockdown measures for the conduct of board examinations for classes 10 and 12, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The home ministry has already written to all state governments informing them about the exemptions given for holding the examinations across the country with certain conditions.

An Indian Air Force fighter aircraft, which was on a routine sortie, triggered off many theories in Bengaluru after a loud noise it made travelling at a speed faster than that of sound. Sources told TOI that it was most likely the SU-30 fighters which are being tested by IAF’s Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment pilots for a few days now.

Was it a plane going supersonic, an earthquake, or just cold and warm air colliding that created a loud noise that many parts of southeast Bengaluru heard at around 1.25pm on Wednesday? It could have been any of the 3, but authorities so far have ruled out an earthquake officially. However, the event saw a lot of drama in Bengaluru, both on the ground and on social media.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved additional funding of up to Rs 3 lakh crore at a concessional rate of 9.25 per cent through the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for the MSME sector hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.

India's ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap thinks the future of live sports looks very confusing at the moment and he personally believes no big tournament can happen before a vaccine is found. "Traffic and quarantine restrictions will be there. I don't know how it is going to work out," the shuttler said.

Takeme Sarkar came to Spain with enough money for two months, since it was a personal tour, but with apartment rent, food costs etc, the 27-year-old has been steadily running out of money. A day after Timesofindia.com published the story, detailing the torrid time Takeme has been having, two people came forward to help the Indian paddler.

Television actor Arjun Bijlani is celebrating his seventh wedding anniversary with wife Neha Swami. The actor took to his Instagram account to share a romantic video of himself with Neha. He created a collage of several of their photos from younger days and their wedding day.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday urged the UP government to use the buses that the party has arranged for the migrants instead of doing politics over the issue. In a video statement, she said: "We'll have to understand our responsibilities. They (migrant labourers walking to their states) aren't just Indians but India's spinal cord. It's not time for politics."

Nepal has approved a new political map showing border areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as its territory, amidst a border dispute with India.

Patients found in the northern provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang appear to carry the virus for a longer period of time and take longer to recover, as defined by a negative nucleic acid test, Qiu Haibo, one of China’s top critical care doctors, told state television on Tuesday.

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) on Tuesday wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, seeking permission to restart the post-production activities of film, shows and other entertainment projects nearing completion.

Quoting a team sources, a report on a Pakistani cricket website said it was not unusual for the players to voluntarily leave the group -- set up by PCB for issues and recommendations related to fitness -- after they are dropped from the central contract list.

Punjabi actress and Bigg Boss 13 fame, Himanshi Khurana surely knows how to keep herself entertained during this lockdown period. The actress wore different and stylish outfits at home, walked from one room to another and called it the 'Quarantine Fashion Show 2020'.

Cab aggregator Ola is laying off 1,400 staff from rides, financial services and food business as revenues declined by 95 per cent in the last two months due to coronavirus pandemic, a note by CEO Bhavish Aggarwal said.

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan has been elected as the chairman of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Executive Board. He will take over the charge on May 22, succeeding Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan, currently the Chairman of the 34-member WHO Executive Board.

Cyclone Amphan will make landfall close to Sundarbans between Digha (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) as an "extremely severe cyclonic storm" on Wednesday afternoon or evening, with a wind speed of 155-165 mph, gusting to 185 mph. In the wake of the cyclone, flight operations have been suspended at Kolkata airport till 5 am, May 21.

Formula One could cope with up to 10 positive tests for COVID-19 when the sport starts the season in July, according to the chairman of the governing FIA's medical commission.