By- Srushti sharma
Amidst the escalating tension between the two countries, the Union Government has launched Operation Ganga to evacuate around 20,000 Indians in Ukraine.
Operation Ganga
Under Operation Devi Shakti, India carried out the evacuation of hundreds of Indians from Afghanistan in 2021.
Operation Devi Shakti (2021)
Operation Vande Bharat was launched on May 7, 2020, when the Indian government brought back Indians stranded in different countries in the Covid-19 pandemic-hit world.
Operation Vande Bharat (2021)
Another mission was launched by the Indian government to bring back Indians stranded overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Operation Samudra Setu (2021)
Operation Raahat was launched in 2015 when hundreds of Indians were left stranded in Yemen after a conflict raged between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels.
Operation Raahat (2015)
Operation Maitri was launched in 2015 as a joint relief and rescue operation by the Indian government and the Indian Armed Forces in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake.
Operation Maitri (2015)
In 2011, when a civil war broke out in the Northern African state of Libya, the Indian government launched Operation Safe Homecoming on 26 February and rescued 15,400 Indians.
Operation Safe Homecoming (2011)
Operation Sukoon was launched in 2006 as Israel and Lebanon broke into a military conflict in July 2006. The operation is now famously known as ‘Beirut Sealift’.
Operation Sukoon (2006)
Air India and other aircraft were deployed to rescue 1,75,000 people. Given the scale of evacuation, Air India found a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records for airlifting the largest number of people in a civilian plane.
Kuwait Airlift (1990)