Vande Bharat Mission

Vande Bharat Mission: 58 more flights added to evacuate Indians from Gulf countries

The third phase of the Vande Bharat Mission started today (June 10) and will last till July 1. The schedule has 356 flights, which include the return services and domestic connections. The second phase had about 180 flights and the first, which ran between May 7 and 15, had 64 flights.

Jun 10, 2020, 17:10 PM IST

Decision on international flights after other countries ease restriction: Hardeep Singh Puri

Sharing information about the evacuation done under the massive Vande Bharat Mission (VBM), Puri said that around 38,000 inbound Indian citizens returned on around 640 chartered flights. More such flights are being given permissions.

Jun 08, 2020, 08:27 AM IST

Vande Bharat Mission: Air India will operate 75 flights to US, Canada from June 11 to June 30, says Civil Aviation Minister HS Puri

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said that national carrier Air India will operate 70 flights in the third phase of “Vande Bharat Mission” to evacuate Indians stranded in the US and Canada between June 11 to June 30.

Jun 03, 2020, 19:37 PM IST

India to conduct skill mapping of citizens returning from overseas under SWADES initiative

The returning citizens are required to fill up an online SWADES Skills Card.

Jun 03, 2020, 18:14 PM IST

Vande Bharat Mission: Air India to operate 70 more flights to US, Canada from June 11

Indian airlines Air India Ltd will operate 70 flights to evacuate Indians stranded in the US and Canada under the third phase of Mission Vande Bharat, between June 11 to June 30, said civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a tweet late on Monday.

Jun 02, 2020, 07:04 AM IST

INS Jalashwa to evacuate 700 Indians from Sri Lanka on Monday

Indian Navy ship INS Jalashwa will sail from Colombo Port on Monday (June 1, 2020) to bring back 700 stranded Indians under the second phase of operation samudra setu.

Jun 01, 2020, 15:10 PM IST

Vande Bharat Mission: 833 stranded Indians brought home in four flights on May 25

Over 800 Indian citizens stranded abroad were repatriated on four flights from Doha, San Francisco, Melbourne and Sydney on Monday under the Vande Bharat Mission, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

May 26, 2020, 08:33 AM IST

Vande Bharat Mission 2: MEA to bring back Indian nationals from 47 countries on 162 flights

Anurag Srivastava said that "We are also receiving our nationals stranded abroad onboard flights from other countries which are coming in to evacuate nationals of those countries. We are bringing back our nationals from far-flung areas like Argentina, South Africa, Peru, Mongolia, etc."

May 21, 2020, 20:24 PM IST

Centre does not discriminate between states: MEA rejects WB govt's charge on Vande Bharat Mission

The Ministry of External Affairs has said that the Centre does not discriminate between states, and the recently launched repatriation exercise - Vande Bharat Mission - is for all stranded Indians.

May 15, 2020, 09:23 AM IST

Coronavirus COVID-19: Air India flight with 171 Indians on board lands in Chennai from Kuwait

As part of Vande Bharat Mission launched by the Centre to evacuate Indians stranded across the world due to coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, a relief flight from Kuwait landed in Chennai on Sunday (May 10).

May 11, 2020, 09:44 AM IST

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Vande Bharat Mission Day 4: At least 2000 Indians evacuated from different nations

The government said that Air India will operate 64 flights in the first week from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals

May 10, 2020, 08:28 AM IST

Vande Bharat Mission: First evacuation flight from UK with 326 Indians lands in Mumbai

As India's major evacuation mission the Vande Bharat Mission entered its fourth day on Sunday (May 10, 2020), Air India`s first evacuation flight with 326 Indians from London landed at Mumbai.

May 10, 2020, 07:07 AM IST

Vande Bharat Mission: Two special flights carrying Indians stranded in Riyadh, Bahrain reach Kerala

The first flight from Riyadh carried 153 passengers, including 84 pregnant women, 22 children and four infants. The flight landed at the Kozhikode airport at 8 pm on Friday night, another Air India Express flight from Bahrain with 177 passengers, including 5 infants, reached Kochi airport at 11.32 pm.

May 09, 2020, 07:32 AM IST

Air India flight carrying 235 Indians arrives in Delhi from Singapore

It is the first of the many flights that will be arriving from the island nation with Indian nationals onboard.

May 08, 2020, 14:46 PM IST

Vande Bharat Mission: First flight from Dhaka carrying Indian medical students to land in Srinagar

As part of the mission 'Vande Bharat' which has been intitiated by the Indian government to bring back all Indian citizens stranded in other countries due to coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown, atleast 167 Indian students stuck in Bangladesh capital will be flown back to India on Friday (May 8, 2020).

May 08, 2020, 10:39 AM IST