Mumbai-based Blue Dart Express, an express air and integrated transportation and distribution company, reporteed a 55 percent increase in consilidated revenue from operations at Rs 1,990 crore for six months ended September 30, 2021, compared to Rs 1,283 crore in H1FY2021.
Net profit came in at Rs 122 crore as against a loss of Rs 84 crore in H1FY2021. Blue Dart carried 11.6 crore shipments weighing 422,933 tonnes during H1.
Consolidated revenue from operations during Q2FY2022 increased 30 percent to Rs 1,124 crore and net profit was up 114 percent to Rs 90 crore.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially launched its routine drone delivery operations to reach remote communities in the quateur province.
Led by the DRC ministry of health, with flight approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority, alongside partners VillageReach and Swoop Aero, the drone network, currently composed of a fleet of drones covering 22,000 square kilometres, will deliver health products routinely and on-demand for 70 hard-to-reach health facilities (25 of which are drone landing sites), serving over half a million people.
The drone programme will also help to monitor vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, measles, yellow fever, HIV, and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, and potentially Covid-19.https://www.logupdateafrica.com/drc-launches-drone-delivery-programme-for-carrying-lifesaving-vaccines-drones