1,761 loco pilots failed breathalyser tests in 5 years: Railways Minister Vaishnaw

Dec 15, 2023

A total of 1,761 loco pilots have failed the Breathalyser (BA) test in the last five years, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw informed...

DGCA suspends 9 pilots, 32 cabin crew members for failing pre-flight breath analyser test

May 10, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 10 : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended nine pilots and 32 cabin crew members who failed...

COVID-19: Sub variant of Omicron confirmed in Nepal

Jul 03, 2022

Kathmandu [Nepal], July 3 : As COVID-19 cases have been increasing in Nepal, a sub-variant of Omicron "BA.5" has been detected after a genetic...

New COVID-19 test lab opens at Davanagere's SS Hospital

May 09, 2020

Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], May 9 : The newly built COVID-19 test laboratory at SS Hospital in Davanagere city was declared open by the Minister...

INSACOG finds COVID-19's Omicron sub-lineages BA.2, BA.2.38 have caused spike in cases: Sources

Jun 18, 2022

New Delhi [India], June 18 : India's COVID genome sequencing facility, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) on Friday has reviewed the genomic surveillance...

Contact tracing intensified after Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 detected, says expert

May 25, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 25 : After the detection of Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 in India, the government has intensified contact tracing said...