NEW DELHI: India has so far brought home almost 6,000 people from various countries abroad as operation Vande Bharat, aimed at repatriating all those Indians stranded due to the covid-19 pandemic across the world, gathers momentum.
So far 5,163 people have arrived in India by 25 flights since the start of Vande Bharat, an Indian government compilation of the numbers of those repatriated by Air India and Air India Express till 10 May said.
On Sunday, Indian Naval ship Jalashwa brought in almost 700 Indians from the Maldives. Another Indian Naval ship Magar is expected to dock in India on Monday with another batch of several hundreds Indians.