Raneesh Joseph, a Keralite with his Ukrainian wife Victoria and their two-month-old baby Joseph Rafael, returned to Kochi from Ukraine’s Sumy in a chartered flight of Air Asia. He was in the headlines for the last few days because of coordinating with the Malayali students in Sumy for evacuation. His […]
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S Jaishankar lauds Operation Ganga, says evacuation from Ukraine’s Sumy was challenging
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday lauded authorities who facilitated the smooth conduct of Operation Ganga launched by India to bring back students from war-hit Ukraine. Indian students, who were stranded in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, arrived in the country on special flights earlier today. “Students from […]
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Operation Ganga: Hardeep Singh Puri reaches Delhi with last batch of students from Budapest
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri returned from Hungary on Monday along with the last batch of 6711 stranded Indian students from Budapest after overseeing the ‘Operation Ganga’ launched by the government to bring back people from war-torn Ukraine. Puri reached Delhi on Monday along with the last batch of the […]
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Operation Ganga: Special flight carrying 160 Indian students evacuated from Ukraine reaches Delhi
A special flight, carrying 160 Indian evacuees from Ukraine, landed here on Monday from Budapest in Hungary. The Air Asia flight, which evacuated the citizens, evacuated the stranded students from Hungary and landed at the airport at around 4-4.30 am. Harishma, a student who is a Bengaluru resident, said, “It […]
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Operation Ganga: IAF flight carrying 210 Indian evacuees reaches Hindan airbase
Indian Air Force flight carrying 210 Indians evacuated from war-hit Ukraine arrived at Hindan airbase near Delhi from Bucharest, Romania on Sunday. IAF, in a tweet, informed that as of March 6 at 7:30 am, the Air Force has sent 11 sorties, evacuating 2,266 Indians and providing 26.25 tons of […]
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Operation Ganga: Indian Air Force brings back 629 evacuated Indian nationals from Romania, Slovakia, Poland on Saturday
The Indian Air Force on Saturday brought back 629 evacuated Indian nationals from Ukraine’s neighbouring countries Romania, Slovakia and Poland as part of the ongoing ‘Operation Ganga’. “Three C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft of the IAF, which had taken off from Hindan Airbase on Friday, landed back to the base on […]
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Operation Ganga: 229 evacuated Indian nationals arrive in Delhi from Romania
Another batch of 229 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine arrived in New Delhi from Romania’s Suceava on Saturday morning as part of the ongoing ‘Operation Ganga’ in a special Indigo flight. Union Minister of State L Murugan received students at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Earlier in the […]
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Operation Ganga: Flight with 219 Indians stranded in Ukraine reaches Delhi from Romania
A special flight from Romania carrying 219 Indian nationals stranded in conflict-torn Ukraine reached Delhi on Friday. The special IndiGo flight under Operation Ganga departed from the Romanian capital Bucharest on Thursday. Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Kailash Choudhary received the Indian citizens on their arrival at […]
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Operation Ganga: Special flight with Indian nationals reaches Mumbai from Romania
A special flight from Romania carrying Indian nationals stranded in conflict-torn Ukraine reached Mumbai on Friday. The special Air India flight under Operation Ganga departed Romanian capital Bucharest on Thursday. Minister of State for Railways Raosaheb Patil Danve received the passengers on their arrival at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. […]
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Operation Ganga: 80 flights, 24 ministers pressed in action to evacuate Indians from Ukraine
In a bid to further scale up the evacuation efforts, the government has deployed 80 flights under ‘Operation Ganga’ to evacuate stranded Indians from Ukraine. The government has also roped in more than two dozen Ministers to monitor evacuation missions without any hiccups, sources told ANI on Thursday. Sources told […]
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Operation Ganga: 3,726 Indians to be brought back today
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday said that 3,726 Indians will be brought back home on Thursday by 19 flights from Bucharest, Suceava, Kosice, Budapest, and Rzeszow. “Under Operation Ganga, 3726 Indians will be brought back home today on eight flights from Bucharest, two flights from Suceava, […]
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Operation Ganga: Evacuation flight carrying Indians from Budapest lands in Delhi
The evacuation flight carrying Indians from Budapest (Hungary) landed in Delhi earlier on Thursday. Union Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Virendra Kumar welcomed Indians on their return from war-torn Ukraine via Budapest (Hungary). “Operation Ganga is the evidence of India’s competence and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolution. Prime Minister is […]
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Operation Ganga progressing successfully, says MoS Ajay Bhatt; Fourth IAF aircraft from Ukraine arrives at Hindon airbase
Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Thursday said that Operation Ganga is progressing successfully and that four Union Ministers are taking care of every aspect of evacuation operations in different neighbouring countries of Ukraine. He received the Indian nationals rescued from Ukraine and who arrived by the Fourth […]
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Operation Ganga: IAF’s C-17 with 208 Indian nationals reaches Hindon airbase
Third Indian Air Force’s C-17 aircraft carrying 208 Indian citizens from Ukraine landed at Hindon airbase near Delhi from Rzeszow in Poland on Thursday. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt received the Indian citizens on their arrival and interacted with them. While talking to ANI, students said that they […]
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Operation Ganga: Three IAF aircraft take off to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine
Three Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft have been pressed in service since Wednesday morning for evacuation of the stranded Indians in Ukraine amid tension with Russia. Two IAF aircraft have taken off from Hindon airbase for Hungary and Romania, while one C-17 Globemaster took off at 4 am earlier today for Romania under ‘Operation Ganga’. These aircraft are carrying […]