Air India Delhi-Moscow flight return back as pilot found corona positive

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Flight from Delhi to Moscow was cancelled under the Vande Bharat Mission because the team found out that the pilot of the flight

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New Delhi: Flight from Delhi to Moscow was cancelled under the Vande Bharat Mission because the team found out that the pilot of the flight was infected with the corona virus.

It may be mentioned here that the government has launched the Vande Bharat Mission to bring back the Indians stranded abroad.

He tweeted that 164 of the more than 10,000 people had left India. Another 49,000 will be repatriated by mid-June.

It may be recalled that India had launched the largest ever evacuation campaign to bring back Indians stranded abroad due to the ongoing lockdown in the world due to the corona virus.

On the other hand, cases of corona virus are increasing rapidly in the country. According to the Union Ministry of Health, the number of corona virus infections in the country has now crossed 1.7 lakh.