Last Updated:March 01, 2026, 17:28 IST The CBSE cancelled board examinations scheduled for March 2 in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The new dates will be announced later. A passenger takes pictures of a flight information board at the Mumbai international airport after India’s two largest private carriers, IndiGo and Air India, suspended flights to all destinations in the Middle East on March 1, 2026. (Image: AFP) Thousands of flights have been delayed or cancelled in the biggest disruption to global air transport since the Covid-19 pandemic as airlines suspended services to the Middle East following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), meanwhile, cancelled board examinations scheduled for Monday, March 2, in Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The new dates will be announced later, it said. Travellers were left stranded at airports on both sides – origin and destination –  after the coordinated strikes of the United States and Israel on Iran, which also killed Supreme Leader …