City
Epaper

Nearly 1.25 lakh Indians returned from overseas under Vande Bharat Mission: Hardeep Puri

By ANI | Published: June 24, 2020 7:45 AM

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that nearly 1,25,000 Indians have returned from different countries under the Vande Bharat Mission.

Open in App

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that nearly 1,25,000 Indians have returned from different countries under the Vande Bharat Mission.

He informed that 6,037 people returned to India from overseas on June 23.

"Vande Bharat continues to be a mission of hope and happiness for stranded and distressed Indians around the world. So far, nearly 125K Indians have come back on these evacuation flights and nearly 43K have flown out of India. Today (on Tuesday) 6,037 people returned from different countries," Puri said in a tweet.

As many as 2,50,087 Indian nationals stranded abroad have been repatriated since the beginning of Vande Bharat Mission last month, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said last week.

The Vande Bharat Mission, which started from May 7 to evacuate Indians stranded abroad due to coronavirus pandemic, is in its third phase.

The recent phase commenced on June 11.

Under the third phase, India would have 550 flights including 191 feeder flights.

( With inputs from ANI )

Tags: Vande bharat missionHardeep Singh PuriMinistry Of External AffairsMinistry for external affairsMinistry of external affairs of indiaCivil aviation and housing and urban affairsMinistry of external affairs ministry
Open in App

Related Stories

NationalIndia Expresses 'Serious Concern' Over Israel-Iran Tensions, Calls for Immediate De-escalation

NationalMEA Issues Travel Advisory, Urges Indians to Avoid Travel to Iran and Israel Until Further Notice

NationalUnion Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Reacts To Sunita Kejriwal's WhatsApp campaign, Compares Her With Rabri Devi

NationalIndia Summons US Diplomat Over State Department Remarks on Arvind Kejriwal’s Arrest

NationalInternal Matter of India: MEA Dismisses US Criticism of CAA

International Realted Stories

InternationalUAE: NCEMA elevates readiness to deal with current weather conditions

InternationalHamas standing in way of ceasefire, Blinken says during meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu

InternationalPak: Fresh investigation launched against Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi in Toshakhana case

InternationalEarthquake of magnitude 4.5 strikes Afghanistan

InternationalPak looking to pay PKR 550 bn dues of Chinese power producers before PM Sharif's Beijing visit