India launches ops for evacuation from Iran
New Delhi, June 19 -- India on Wednesday launched Operation Sindhu to evacuate its nationals from Iran following deterioration of security situation due to conflict with Israel, even as reports emerged that some Indian students were injured in an Israeli strike on a students dormitory in Tehran.
As the first step under the operation, the Indian embassy in Tehran evacuated 110 Indian students from northern Iran and helped them to safely cross over to Armenia by road on June 17, the external affairs ministry said in a statement. These students, a majority of them from Jammu and Kashmir, travelled to the Armenian capital of Yerevan, and then departed for India on a special flight on Wednesday.
"The government of India is grateful to government...
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