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Nearly 950,000 Indians have returned from abroad under the government's "Vande Bharat" evacuation mission, making it the largest sustained operation for the repatriation of Indians stranded overseas, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
The mission was launched on May 7 in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
"We are nearing the 1 million mark in the Vande Bharat Mission, making this the largest sustained operation for the repatriation of stranded Indians," MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said at an online media briefing.
"As on date, nearly 950,000 Indians have returned home under this mission. We are presently in phase
