No Packed Meals In Domestic Flights Lasting Less Than 2 Hours; Check SOPs Here

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> To reduce the risk of Covid-19 spread, the Civil Aviation Ministry on Monday announced that there no meals will be given for domestic flight with a duration of less than two hours.</p> <p>This comes a day after when the country kicked off a 4-day-long &ldquo;Tika Utsav&rdquo; or vaccine festival to inoculate a maximum number of eligible people against the coronavirus. It is being held following Prime Minister Narendra Modi&rsquo;s appeal to the chief ministers of all states and union territories.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/3dTTk2y To Impose 14-Day Complete Lockdown, Uddhav Thackeray To Decide Today: Sources</a></span></strong></p> <p>"Airlines may serve pre-packed snacks/meals/beverages as per the policy of the airlines, where in the flight duration is two hours or more," the fresh order reads.</p> <p>Here is the detailed notice:<br /><img src="https://ift.tt/3mDouPD" width="602" height="826" /></p> <p>Meanwhile, in a grim feat, India has replaced Brazil as the country that is second-most affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, having registered a record 1,68,912 infections in 24 hours.</p> <p>India&rsquo;s overall count breached 13.53 million, surpassing Brazil&rsquo;s 13.45 million cases, according to data compiled by Reuters. The United States remains at the number one spot in terms of infections with 31.2 million cases so far. Deaths in India stood at 904 in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 1,70,179, as per official data.</p>

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