Lockdown 3.0: Armed forces say 'Thank You' to corona warriors; check out latest visuals from different states

Lockdown 3.0: Armed forces say 'Thank You' to corona warriors; check out latest visuals from different states

India's armed forces are expressing gratitude to lakhs of doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff and other front-line workers engaged in fighting coronavirus; activities will go on for about 10 hours in different parts of country throughout day

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Indian Air Force pays aerial salute to all frontline workers for their contribution in the fight against COVID19 pandemicIndian Air Force pays aerial salute to all frontline workers for their contribution in the fight against COVID19 pandemic
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  • May 3, 2020,
  • Updated May 3, 2020 12:07 PM IST

India's armed forces are expressing gratitude to lakhs of doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff and other front-line workers engaged in fighting the coronavirus pandemic by conducting aerial fly-pasts, lighting up ships at sea and showering flower petals on hospitals. The activities will go on for about 10 hours in different parts of the country throughout the day.

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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Friday announced that the three services would carry out a series of activities to thank the "corona warriors". The thanks-giving activities started with laying of wreaths at the police memorial in Delhi and in several other cities in the early morning to honour the police personnel deployed for enforcement of the nationwide lockdown. It's being followed by fly-pasts by fighter jets and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, covering a sizeable number of cities and towns across the country beginning 10 AM.

Aircraft shower flowers on King George's Medical University in Lucknow.

Aircraft flypast Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhubaneswar.

Air Force showers flower petals on Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru.

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IAF chopper showers flower petals on the Police War Memorial in Delhi.

IAF chopper holds flypast over Government Hospital, Panchkula.

Navy chopper showers flower petals on Goa Medical College in Panaji.

With PTI and ANI inputs

India's armed forces are expressing gratitude to lakhs of doctors, paramedics, sanitation staff and other front-line workers engaged in fighting the coronavirus pandemic by conducting aerial fly-pasts, lighting up ships at sea and showering flower petals on hospitals. The activities will go on for about 10 hours in different parts of the country throughout the day.

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Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Friday announced that the three services would carry out a series of activities to thank the "corona warriors". The thanks-giving activities started with laying of wreaths at the police memorial in Delhi and in several other cities in the early morning to honour the police personnel deployed for enforcement of the nationwide lockdown. It's being followed by fly-pasts by fighter jets and transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force, covering a sizeable number of cities and towns across the country beginning 10 AM.

Aircraft shower flowers on King George's Medical University in Lucknow.

Aircraft flypast Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhubaneswar.

Air Force showers flower petals on Victoria Hospital, Bengaluru.

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IAF chopper showers flower petals on the Police War Memorial in Delhi.

IAF chopper holds flypast over Government Hospital, Panchkula.

Navy chopper showers flower petals on Goa Medical College in Panaji.

With PTI and ANI inputs

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