A special evacuation flight of Air India carrying 250 Indians landed at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Sunday. Air India’s AI-1942 has been operated as a special charter flight from Bucharest to Delhi Airport. Aircraft Pilot-in-Command Captain Achint Bhardwaj spoke exclusively to ANI after landing at Delhi […]
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Ukraine crisis: Flight with 240 Indian nationals takes off from Hungary for Delhi
The third flight to Delhi with 240 Indian nationals has taken off from Hungary’s Budapest under Operation Ganga, informed External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Sunday morning. “The third flight of #OperationGanga with 240 Indian nationals has taken off from Budapest for Delhi,” Jaishankar tweeted. Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia […]
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Ukraine crisis: First flight with 219 Indian nationals takes off from Romania
The first flight to Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals has taken off from Romania, said External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday. “Regarding evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine, we are making progress. Our teams are working on the ground round the clock. I am personally monitoring. The first flight to Mumbai with 219 Indian nationals has taken off from Romania,” Jaishankar tweeted. Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia […]
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Ukraine crisis: Indian embassy advises citizens to avoid unnecessary movement
Amid the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis, the Indian Embassy Kiev advised Indian citizens against moving to any of the border checkpoints without prior coordination with government officials at border posts. In an advisory to Indian nationals, the embassy stressed that the situation at various border checkpoints is sensitive and it is […]
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Ukraine crisis: India stands by its commitment to protect its citizens, says Meenakashi Lekhi
Amid Russia’s ongoing military operations in Ukraine, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Saturday said that India stands by its commitment to protecting its citizens and is making all efforts to extricate them from war-hit Ukraine. Lekhi said, “We are helping our students (in Ukraine). In January, we had started building […]
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Ukraine crisis: UN Resident Coordinator in India calls for ceasefire, negotiations
United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in India, Shombi Sharp on Saturday called for a ceasefire and a return to the negotiation table in the ongoing Ukraine conflict. Sharp was speaking on the sidelines of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ cycle rally in New Delhi. The UN official was participating in the event […]
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Ukraine crisis: President Zelenskyy slams allies for ‘looking on from a distance’
The sanctions imposed on Moscow are not enough to curtail Russian military operations against Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday and added that they are defending their country alone. Speaking after a reported Russian operation in the capital of Kiev, Zelenskyy said the world was still just observing the events in Ukraine from a distance. “This […]
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Amid Ukraine crisis, US Defense Secy speaks with 15 NATO ally, European counterparts
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with fifteen of his NATO ally and European counterparts regarding Russia’s military operations in Ukraine, Pentagon informed on Friday. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that Austin the Secretary spoke individually with Defense Ministers from Canada and Turkey. Austin also convened a virtual European Quint meeting with his […]
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Ukraine crisis: Karnataka appoints nodal officer to facilitate evacuation of stranded Indians
The Karnataka government has appointed a Nodal Officer to facilitate the safe movement of the state’s people stranded in Ukraine to their respective destinations, said a press release on Thursday. The release read that the Nodal Office will coordinate with MEA and Embassy of India, Kyiv and provide support for evacuation of stranded people […]