The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) thwarted a smuggling bid and arrested 18 female Sudan nationals and one Indian at the Chhatrapati Shivani Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday.
"French evacuation operations are underway. Last night, two military flight rotations evacuated 388 people of 28 countries, including Indian nationals," tweeted the Embassy of France in India.
After a week of battle, there is hope that the evacuation of foreign nationals from Sudan will now be possible after both of the opposing parties vying for control of Sudan declared they are prepared to do so, according to CNN.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the situation in Sudan as well as the status of Indian nationals in the violence-hit country.
India on Thursday reiterated that it is working to ensure the release and repatriation of eight former Indian nationals detained in Qatar, adding that New Delhi attaches 'very high priority' to the case.
While addressing a media briefing, MEA Spokesperson said that the External Affairs Minister Jaishankar is on a visit to Latin America, enroute he has stopped in New York. He will meet the UN Security General to discuss the Sudan crisis, Bagchi informed. The main point of the discussion ca
The traders, under the auspices of a group called the Indigenous Capital Protection Association, have sued the government, protesting the influx of Chinese traders in Kenya.
An unnamed Chinese national, working on the Dasu Hydropower Project in the north was on April 17 taken into protective custody and flown out to safer Abbottabad after Pakistani workers on the project accused him of blasphemy.
"We have come across many instances of looting. All Indian nationals are advised please not to venture out. Please ration your supplies. The situation may continue for a few more days. Please try to take help from your neighbours. Please stay at home and remain safe," tweeted the Embass