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INTERN A TION AL
1.5 years on: Scheduled Hurricane Ida: One

international flight suspension million people in

extended till September-end Louisiana without power

NEW DELHI: The government has extended Louisiana residents may be in the dark for days as
suspension of scheduled international flights officials take stock of the damage from Hurricane Ida,

till September 30, 2021. However, Vande Bharat which has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
Mission and other flights under air bubbles will Ida made landfall on Sunday with 150mph (240km/h)
continue and people eligible as per government winds, the fifth strongest to ever hit the US mainland.

norms can fly to and from India on them. About one million locals remain without power.

Scheduled international flights were suspended "It's going to be a difficult life for quite some time," said
on March 23, 2020, and the severity of the one local leader in the Greater New Orleans area.
pandemic has meant that even after 18 months About 5,000 National Guard members have been

there is no sign of the same resuming anytime in deployed to aid search and rescue.
a hurry.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) In addition, more than 25,000 workers from around the

issued an order Sunday extending the suspension country have mobilised to support power restoration in
of scheduled international commercial passenger the state, according to CNN.
services to/from India till 11.59 pm (India time) At least one person is dead after a tree fell on their home
of September 30, 2021. in Ascension Parish, in Louisiana's Baton Rouge area.
“This restriction shall not apply to international

all-cargo operations and flights specifically
approved by DGCA,” the order says. It adds that
“international scheduled flights may be allowed

on selected routes by the competent authority on
case to case basis.”

TWITTER : WORLD : Coronavirus Booster Shots Can Help Vulnerable, WHO Europe Head Says
A coronavirus booster shot is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and not a luxury robbing people

who have yet to have even a single jab, a senior World Health Organization official said on Monday. The
comments from WHO Europe head Hans Kluge appeared to be more positive than the U.N. health body’s past assessments of the third
vaccinations being administered by a growing number of countries. “A third dose of vaccine is not a luxury booster (that is) taken away from
someone who is still waiting for a first jab. It’s basically a way to keep the most vulnerable safe,”

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of the passing on of

former International
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sadness.