Vande Bharat: Repatriation flights, ships bring over 700 Indians back home

Through Vande Bharat Mission, 64 flights and three Navy ships are to repatriate nearly 15,000 Indians stranded abroad

Indian nationals stranded in central Asia as well as various European countries due to coronavirus lockdowns are being brought back home under the Vande Bharat Mission. From next week, India will expand its mega mission to evacuate stranded citizens from abroad by including countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Germany, Spain and Thailand.

On Saturday, two special flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived in Chennai. The first special flight to reach Chennai International Airport from Dubai came with 182 Indian nationals, including three children. In the next Air India IX540 - POB 177, at least 177 Indian national landed