New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review India’s security preparedness, evacuation standing and the prevailing international state of affairs in view of the continued navy escalation between Russia and Ukraine.
During the sitting, the prime minister directed the authorities to make sure that all attainable efforts ought to be made to convey again the mortal stays of Naveen Shekharappa, who died in Kharkiv following heavy shelling.
The Prime Minister was additionally briefed on the most recent developments and completely different facets of India’s security preparedness within the border areas in addition to within the maritime and air area stated the official assertion.
The chief additionally sought particulars on India’s evacuation mission from Ukraine, Operation Ganga together with some residents of India’s neighbouring international locations, from Ukraine.
Meanwhile, underneath Operation Ganga nearly 20,000 Indians have been introduced again in over 90 particular flights from the Ukraine borders through numerous neighbouring nations.
On Friday, the final batch of scholars returned on a particular flight carrying round 600 Indian college students which landed on the Hindon Indian Air Force Base a day later.
Earlier, Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian authorities for evacuating 4 Nepalese residents, principally college students, from Ukraine amidst the navy offensive by Russia.
The evacuation of the Nepalese college students was completed as a part of India’s ‘Operation Ganga’ on the request of the Nepal authorities.
Russian forces launched navy operations in Ukraine on February 24, three days after Moscow recognised Ukraine’s breakaway areas – Donetsk and Luhansk – as unbiased entities.