India on Thursday had launched 'Operation Ajay' to facilitate the return of Indian nations who wished to come back home. The first flight carrying 212 Indians landed at the Delhi Airport on Friday morning from Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.
The Indian Ambassador to Israel, Sanjeev Singla, assured desperate Indians of their safety in the war-torn country but urged them to follow guidelines issued by the local authorities and contact the emergency numbers of the Indian Embassy in case of trouble.
A British Sikh man was seen being led away by police officers on patrol during Monday’s protest, called to demand UK government intervention over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claims of alleged Indian involvement in the killing of wanted terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this decision while co-charing the annual ASEAN-India summit in Jakarta.
In March, India reacted angrily after pro-Khalistan elements attacked the Indian High Commission in London and pulled down the national flag from a pole at the front of the building.
Pro-Khalistani protestors tried to vandalise the Indian High Commission in London and pulled down the national flag while holding protests outside the High Commission complex on March 19.
"The days when India would have taken this lightly are behind us and this is not the India which will accept its national flag being pulled down by somebody," Jaishankar said.
India registered a strong protest with the British government over the safety of its diplomatic mission and questioned the lack of sufficient security at the premises.
The commerce ministry, in a statement ,said that India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have agreed to expedite the conclusion of the requisite legal and technical requirements for the formal resumption of the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
The people said the Indian nationals were duped by the international gang that offered them jobs in Thailand, but instead, were taken illegally to Myanmar.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul on Thursday and has been deployed in the embassy there.
Chinese diplomat Zhang took charge as the new Secretary-General of the SCO in January this year. He succeeded Vladimir Norov, former Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan.
Despite the challenges posed by the Ukraine conflict, the government ensured that about 22,500 Indian citizens have returned home safely. The majority of the people who have been evacuated under Operation Ganga are medical students.
The mission said it is in touch with all interlocutors concerned, including the Red Cross, to identify the exit routes to take out the Indians.
Indian Air Force aircraft have joined #OperationGanga with the first C-17 flight from Bucharest (Romania) expected to return to Delhi later tonight, MEA informed.
CM Bommai further stated that a plan has been made for evacuation. The directions are being given to the Indian students for group movement. The instructions are given in this regard. Slowly, the students will be taken out from the war zone, he revealed.
The Indian government has launched 'Operation Ganga' to bring back all stranded students from Ukraine through two countries including Romania and Hungary as direct flights cannot enter Ukraine since air space is closed.
The Bihar government has written a letter to the Center to ensure safety and security of students living in Ukraine. Palka Sahani, local commissioner of Bihar Bhawan in New Delhi said that she is in touch with the officials of the external affairs ministry.
Amid reports of the Taliban entering Indian consulates in Kandahar and Herat, the local staff of the embassy in Kabul.
he Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war.
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