{"id":50917,"date":"2025-06-19T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50917"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:34:27","slug":"operation-sindhu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/operation-sindhu\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Sindhu"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Operation Sindhu Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India recently announced launching \u2018Operation Sindhu\u2019 to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran as fears of an all-out Israeli-American military strike on Iran increased.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Operation Sindhu<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was launched by the Government of India to <\/span><b>evacuate Indian nationals from Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in view of the deteriorating situation as a result of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than <\/span><b>10,000 Indians are currently in Iran,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including around <\/span><b>6,000 students.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>In the first leg<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the operation, <\/span><b>110 Indian students<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from northern Iran were successfully<\/span><b> evacuated and transported by road to Yerevan, Armenia,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the supervision of Indian Missions in Iran and Armenia .<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian embassy in Tehran, together with the mission in Armenia, has been actively relocating citizens from high-risk areas within Iran to safer zones while coordinating further evacuation efforts via all available routes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To oversee and support the operation, the government has established a <\/span><b>24\u00d77 Control Room in New Delhi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to monitor the situation and provide assistance to affected nationals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the <\/span><b>Embassy of India in Tehran has set up <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its own <\/span><b>24\u00d77 emergency helpline to assist citizens on the ground.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional phases of Operation Sindhu are anticipated to proceed as developments occur.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-operation-sindhu-evacuate-indian-nationals-iran-israel-conflict-10074547\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operation Sindhu was launched by the Government of India to evacuate Indian nationals from Iran in view of the deteriorating situation as a result of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel. 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