The MEA spokesperson also said India is sending humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
He said, he knows from experience that these operations can be tough and delicate
They added that, so far, kin of 180 students have contacted the state government's helpline for help in evacuation
Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked the government to share its evacuation plan with those stranded in Ukraine and their families as he shared a video of some students being harassed by the military there.
Centre on Monday decided that ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V K Singh will travel to Ukraine's neighbouring countries to coordinate the evacuation, govt sources said
The fifth flight carrying 249 Indian nationals, stranded in Ukraine landed in New Delhi on Monday morning. The flight running as part of Operation Ganga had departed from Romania's Bucharest.
In a high-level meeting chaired on the Ukraine crisis, PM Narendra Modi accorded top priority to the evacuation of Indian students stranded in Ukraine, informed government sources on Sunday.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday activated a dedicated Twitter handle, "OpGanga Helpline" (@opganga), to assist in the evacuation of Indian nationals from war-torn Ukraine.
The country's largest carrier IndiGo will operate flights to Budapest and Bucharest to bring back Indians who are stranded in Ukraine, according to an airline official.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening held a high-level meeting to review the progress of evacuation of Indian nationals from Ukraine amid Russian military operations.
Shringla said that Indians who are near the borders with Hungary Romania and Slovakia are being guided towards the respective border points in phases
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A fourth evacuation flight carrying 198 Indians from Romanian capital Bucharest left for India on Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said.
The Bihar government has started helplines for students hailing from the state who had gone to Ukraine for pursuing higher education and are now anxious to make an exit in the wake of military crisis.
India airlifted 35 people including 11 Nepalese nationals in a military aircraft from Kabul but could not evacuate over 140 others as they could not reach the airport due to security scenario
India's complex mission to evacuate its citizens and Afghan partners from Kabul after its swift takeover by the Taliban last week has been named as "Operation Devi Shakti"
Hardeep Singh Puri and V Muraleedharan received three copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib and 44 Afghan Sikhs who reached India from Kabul via Dushanbe on a special Air India flight
India on Monday brought back 146 of its nationals in four different flights from Qatar's capital Doha, days after they were evacuated from Afghanistan by NATO and American aircraft
India on Sunday evacuated 168 people including 107 Indians from Kabul in a military transport aircraft of the IAF amid the deteriorating security situation
Around 300 Indian nationals are expected to be brought back home from Afghanistan on Sunday as part of India's evacuation mission in view of the security situation in Kabul