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15,000 Indians, 7 days, 13 countries, 64 flights: Govt's mega evacuation plan starts, 10 updates

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To bring back hundreds of thousands of stranded Indians across the world amid coronavirus lockdown, India has decided to deploy commercial jets, military transport planes and naval warships in what is set to be one of the biggest-ever peacetime repatriation exercise in history.

In the first phase, over 14,800 Indians stuck in 13 countries will be brought back by 64 flights, said the ministry of external affairs.

India on Tuesday dispatched three Naval ships to Maldives and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the first phase of evacuation.

From the Gulf to Europe and the US, millions of Indians were stranded after India halted flight operations from March 26 to curb the virus spread.

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