To hold NEET amid pandemic, NTA to double test centresĪdministering the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for 15 lakh candidates amid a pandemic is set to become the largest and most challenging exam management exercise for the Union government.

After two weeks, they will be sent to their hometowns. Passengers will first be screened, then sent to quarantine centres. Out of the 14 flights, three are connecting flights - they will land in Delhi and proceed to Bengaluru/ Hyderabad.Īs per the flight plan prepared by the External Affairs Ministry, the Delhi Airport won’t see more than three evacuation flights a day. Airport authorities have stated that the flights will land at Terminal 3. The first flight is from Malaysia with over 250 passengers. Starting Thursday, the evacuation process will continue for a week with over 14 flights coming in from Malaysia, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, USA, Philippines and Singapore. The GMR-led Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) issued guidelines for passengers and staff to follow to ensure their safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the Delhi International Airport will see over 3,600 Indian nationals stranded in other countries being flown in over the coming week. The demonstrations were held as per the protocol, and they were given PPE kits,” he said. They were also trained in infection control practices. Medical college Resident Medical Officer Dr Ganesh Mohan said, “We trained them in using PPE suits and wearing face shield on board and handling health emergencies on flight. Twelve Air India personnel, including four pilots, were trained by Kochi government medical college. Pilots and cabin crew of Air India’s first batch of flights have been given training in infection control practices, apart from undergoing RT-PCR test. With Indians stranded in the Middle East to be evacuated from Thursday, elaborate safety measures have been put in place at Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), where the first flight from Abu Dhabi is expected that night. Foreign nationals flown out from Pune airport in a special flight (File Photo)

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