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.
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The Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Advocate General A.P.S. Deol -- a decision that is seen in political circles as lessening the "friction" between Chief Minister Charanjit Channi and Congress state chief Navjot Sidhu.
To curb air pollution emitting from open fires in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday announced to launch an anti-open burning campaign under which 550 teams from various departments will be deployed in the city to keep a check on burning in open spaces.
A two-time councilor from Jhilmil ward and an MLA from Shahdara, Shunty has been running the foundation since 25 years which provides free ambulance services for the poor.
Randhawa in a statement here said the former Chief Minister, who also held the Home Portfolio, had then ordered the reinstatement of the police officer while withholding just one increment despite the then Additional Chief Secretary, Home, not writing in favour of the officer.
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi had said that his government will not accept the Centre's decision to expand the BSF's jurisdiction from existing 15 km from the border to 50 km, as this is "against the spirit of federalism".
