Operation Ganga

Budget Session of Parliament: The Foreign Minister is expected to brief the House on ‘Operation Ganga’, an exercise to bring back the citizens in special flights from countries bordering Ukraine.

Govt assures Lok Sabha on future of Indian students evacuated from Ukraine, says will look into measures

Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan also said that Operation Ganga, carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to evacuate Indian students from Ukraine, is proof of the "collective wisdom of 130 crore Indians”.

Budget Session of Parliament resumes today | Cut in EPFO interest rates, Ukraine war to be in focus

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar is likely to make a statement on Operation Ganga was launched to evacuate Indians stuck in war-torn Ukraine

Meet the 24-year-old woman pilot who evacuated over 800 students from Ukraine

Mahasweta Chakraborty flew six evacuation flights — four from Poland and two from Hungary — between February 27 and March 7, Times of India reported.

Operation Ganga: India expresses gratitude to Russia, Ukraine, Red Cross

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in a post on Twitter, specifically mentioned that the evacuation of Indian students from the northeastern city of Sumy was "particularly challenging".

Air India pilot was prepping for brother’s wedding when called for Ukraine evacuation flight. Her story

Air India pilot Shivani Kalra writes, "When we landed in Delhi, every individual present there was clapping. I came out of the gate and saw the families cheering for us. I felt overwhelmed and proud."

Ukraine evacuation flights to cost India Rs 65-70 crore

An official said the government has started paying airlines for the rescue effort and most payments are expected to be completed by the month end.

More than 17,000 Indians have been evacuated under 'Operation Ganga': Govt

On March 7 itself, 1,314 Indians were airlifted by seven civilian flights, the Ministry informed through a press statement. The Ministry also informed that the number of Indians airlifted by 73 special civilian flights now stands at 15, 206.

Man flies 5 pets with him to India from Ukraine; 'special permission from Hardeep Puri'

Ukraine-Russia war: India launched "Operation Ganga" to evacuate its nationals and sent four Union ministers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “special envoys” to Ukraine's neighbours to coordinate the exercise.

Ukraine crisis: India continuing efforts to evacuate over 700 students from Sumy

India has brought back over 15,920 of its nationals in 76 flights under mission ''Operation Ganga' which was launched on February 26 following Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, according to officials here.

Ukraine crisis: Aviation Ministry says 8 flights to bring back over 1,500 Indians tomorrow

"Under 'Operation Ganga' to rescue Indian citizens, 2,135 Indians have been brought back today (Sunday) by 11 special civilian flights from Ukraine's neighbouring countries," the ministry noted in a statement.

Ukraine crisis: PM Modi attributes Operation Ganga success to India's growing influence

“We are evacuating thousands of Indians safely from war zone through Operation Ganga,” Modi said after inaugurating the golden jubilee celebration of Symbiosis University here.

Most Indian students from Kharkiv now outside the city: MEA

Nearly 1000 Indian students are currently in the nearby city of Pisochyn, while another couple of hundred remain in other towns surrounding Kharkiv, Ujraine's second-largest city, the MEA said.

Operation Ganga: Over 7400 Indians expected to be brought back over the next two days

"The number of civilian flights is being scaled up further, and more than 7,400 people are expected to be brought through special flights in next two days," the Civil Aviation Ministry's statement informed.

Russia Ukraine Conflict: Mamata Banerjee hits out at Centre for delay in evacuating Indians from war-torn country

Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said that out of 20,000 stranded Indians in war-torn Ukraine, 6,000 have been brought back to the country so far and the Centre is making all efforts for the safe return of the remaining ones.

Safe evacuation of citizens from Ukraine possible due to India's rising strength:PM Modi in poll-bound UP

PM Modi’s comment about evacuation during the on-going Russia-Ukraine war comes a day before 57 seats of eastern Uttar Pradesh go to polls in the sixth phase of assembly polls on March 3. The last phase of the polling will be held on March 7 and the results will be announced on March 10.

Ukraine crisis: IndiGo to operate 6 additional evacuation flights on March 2

Two flights each will be operated via Istanbul, from Delhi to the Hungarian city of Budapest and Poland's Rzeszow, IndiGo said. Two more flights will be sent from Mumbai to Romania's Bucharest via Istanbul, the airline added.

'Power of country behind you': Inside IndiGo evacuation flight for Indians in Ukraine

Indians in Ukraine: “Proud to be part of Operation Ganga to fly home our citizens from Budapest. Jai Hind,” IndiGo tweeted with a video of the diplomat’s speech.