Operation Ganga: 3,726 Indians to be brought back today, says Scindia

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia on Thursday said that 3726 Indians will be brought back home on Thursday by 19 flights from Bucharest Suceava Kosice Budapest and RzeszowUnder Operation Ganga 3726 Indians will be brought back home today on eight flights from Bucharest two flights from Suceava one flight from Kosice five flights from Budapest and three flights from Rzeszow tweeted ScindiaMeanwhile the students who were evacuated from Ukraine and arrived at Delhi airport on Thursday thanked the Indian government for rescuing themIndian govt took prompt action to evacuate the stranded Indian students in Ukraine Proud to be an Indian Indian students stranded in Kyiv and Kharkiv need to be evacuated as soon as possible said the Indian studentAn Indian student Ujjala Gupta who received a warm welcome from her parents and relatives upon her safe return to the country from wartorn Ukraine told ANI I request the government to bring back the students stuck in Kyiv and Kharkiv as the situation there is serious I appreciate the efforts of our government to evacuate all Indians from UkrainePrime Minister Narendra Modi had issued orders to the Air Force to pitch in the rescue operations to augment the Operation GangaNotably the American C17 Globemasters and IL76 transport aircraft are the most capable of flying to long distances with around 400 passengers The C17 transport aircraft had helped in a big way to evacuate citizens and officials from Kabul when the Taliban captured Afghanistan and forced Americans to exit from thereExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said nine flights took off on Thursday from Hungary Romania Slovakia and PolandNine flights have taken off today from Hungary Romania Slovakia and Poland including IAF aircraft 6 flights more are expected to depart shortly Altogether will bring back more than 3000 Indian nationals tweeted JaishankarA total of 17000 Indian nationals have left Ukraine since the advisories were issued and flights under Operation Ganga have been increased to facilitate the evacuation of remaining students stranded in UkraineThe students who left Ukraine also included some Indians who had not registered with the Embassy of India in Kyiv previouslyMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a highlevel meeting on the issue The meeting was attended by Union Ministers S Jaishankar Piyush Goyal National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and other officialsFor the past few days the Prime Minister has been chairing crucial meetings on the issueRussian forces launched military operations in Ukraine on February 24 three days after Moscow recognized Ukraines breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk as independent entitiesSeveral countries including the UK the US Canada and the European Union have condemned Russias military operations in Ukraine and imposed sanctions on Moscow These countries have also promised Ukraine to help with military aid to fight RussiaThe US Canada and European allies agreed to remove key Russian banks from the interbank messaging system SWIFT which means Russian banks wont be able to communicate securely with banks beyond Russias borders President Putin has also signed a decree on special economic measures against the US and its alliesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever