Over 4K Indian students to be evacuated from Romania: Scindia
Darpan News Desk IANS, 02 Mar, 2022 05:23 PM
Over 4,000 Indian students will be evacuated from Romania, said Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Addressing a virtual press conference from Romania, he said that over 4,000 students will be evacuated in the next three days.
He said that six flights were operated from Bucharest to India on Wednesday.
Similarly, six flights each will be operated on Thursday and Friday.
On Wednesday, 1,300 students will leave for India on Wednesday.
Furthermore, he said that flights will also be operated from Suceava, Romania.
Scindia, one of the four ministers who reached Bucharest is one of the special envoy of the government to oversee evacuation efforts of Indian students.
He will be leaving for Siret border between Romania and Ukraine on Thursday.
Scindia will be staying there for the next two days to oversee the evacuation process.
India has launched Operation Ganga to evacuate its nationals from Ukraine.
According to an estimate, total 18,000 student are stranded in war-torn Ukraine.
However, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said that so far, 12,000 Indians have been evacuated from Ukraine, which is 60 per cent of the country's total population in the war-ravaged nation.
Due to incessant rains and water logging of fields owing to overflow of nearby natural drains during September-October 2021 in Delhi, crops of farmers have been severely damaged, the Delhi government said in a release, adding that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had taken cognisance of the matter and assessed that a relief package for crop damage was necessary to be provided.
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Appearing for the Punjab government, Senior Advocate P. Chidambaram argued that Majithia has gone into hiding after the rejection of his bail plea in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, and now he is appearing through counsel.
Interestingly, the move comes a week after neighbouring Madhya Pradesh permitted liquor sales at all its airports, select supermarkets in four major cities and also allowed issuing home bar licences to those earning Rs 1 crore or more annually.
The incident took place on Wednesday and the accused are said to be illicit liquor sellers in the area. It has been alleged that the woman was also gang-raped. A video of the incident showed the woman being attacked.
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