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Saturday, August 2, 2025
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Topic: Evacuation

IAF has a history of dangerous evacuations. Here’s my story — from Chandigarh to Ladakh

Casualty evacuation from remote places in the Himalayas not connected even by rail or road is an important part of the lives of those serving in the Indian Air Force.

Why Air Force won’t be a part of India’s massive Covid evacuation for now

India plans to bring home over 2 lakh Indians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic. But unlike earlier evacuations, the IAF is on stand-by.

Three decades before Covid, India conducted the largest civilian evacuation in history

Over 1 lakh Indians were brought back from the Gulf over 63 days and via 488 Air India flights when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.

Four naval ships set sail to bring back stranded Indians, two of them heading to Maldives

INS Shardul, INS Magar and INS Jalashwa have been diverted from mission deployment to bring back stranded Indians.

60,000 foreign nationals from 72 countries evacuated from India amid lockdown: MEA

The MEA spokesperson said evacuating Indians stranded abroad is also under discussion & that all Indian missions are extending assistance to diaspora community.

Modi govt plans massive evacuation of Indians stranded in Gulf countries after 3 May

The evacuation, which is still in the planning stage, will include a deployment of Navy and Air Force assets.

Not possible to evacuate Indians from overseas amid lockdown: Centre to Madras High Court

Responding to a PIL about the status of 350 Indian tourists stranded in Malaysia, the Centre said it would ensure safety of Indian nationals abroad.

With Rohtang tunnel still not finished, this chopper remains Lahaul-Spiti’s winter lifeline

Over 1,000 people were stranded in Himachal’s remote district and the chopper couldn’t fly due to bad weather. But it’s finally back in action & rescuing them.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.