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  • 22,500 Indians returned from Ukraine between Feb 1 and March 11: Executive

    Through PTI

    NEW DELHI: Round 22,500 Indian nationals returned to India from Ukraine between February 1 and March 11, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Ok Singh stated on Monday.

    The Ukrainian government close down the rustic’s airspace for civilian plane after the Russian invasion on February 24.

    India began evacuating its electorate from Ukraine’s neighbouring nations corresponding to Poland, Romania and Hungary from February 26.

    A complete of 90 evacuation flights have been operated underneath Operation Ganga, together with 14 Indian Air Pressure flights, the minister stated.

    In his respond to a written query in Rajya Sabha, Singh stated, “Round 22,500 Indian nationals have returned from Ukraine to India from February 1 to March 11, 2022.”

    “The air fare for all of the flights operated underneath Operation Ganga has been borne totally via the federal government and not anything has been charged from the scholars,” he added.

  • Indian who used to be shot in Kyiv throughout Ukraine-Russia conflict returning to India on Monday: VK Singh

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: Indian scholar Harjot Singh, who used to be shot in Kyiv a couple of days again throughout the Ukraine-Russia conflict, is returning to Delhi on Monday, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Ok Singh mentioned.

    On March 1, clinical scholar Naveen SG from Karnataka used to be killed in shelling in Ukrainian town of Kharkiv when he ventured out to shop for meals for himself and fellow scholars.

    The minister knowledgeable on Twitter on Sunday: “Harjot Singh is the Indian who used to be shot throughout the conflict in Kyiv. His passport used to be additionally misplaced within the chaos.”

    “Harjot Singh, an Indian nationwide who sustained bullet accidents in Kyiv and misplaced his passport, will go back to India with us day after today,” tweets Union Minister Gen (Retd) VK Singh#OperationGanga #RussiaUkraineCrisis %.twitter.com/uKxDjZgf05

    — ANI (@ANI) March 6, 2022

    He mentioned Harjot Singh is achieving India with him on Monday.

    “Hope there’s a fast restoration with house meals and care,” the minister mentioned.

    Singh – who’s in Poland lately to facilitate scholars’ evacuation – had on March 4 informed newshounds, “Lately, we heard studies {that a} scholar leaving Kyiv used to be shot. He used to be taken again to Kyiv. This may occur in a combating.”

    The Ukrainian airspace has been close since February 24 because of the Russian army offensive in opposition to it.

    Indian electorate caught in Ukraine had been being airlifted after they move to neighbouring international locations comparable to Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.

    8 flights with greater than 1,500 Indians will perform from Ukraine’s neighbouring international locations to India on Monday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation mentioned.