In news– The central government has launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ to bring back stranded Indians from conflict-ridden Sudan.
About the operation-
- Interestingly, the Choice of naming this operation as ‘Operation Kaveri’ has a lot of significance.
- The Kaveri is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Similar operations-
- Operation Poomalai(Eagle Mission 4)- It was a mission undertaken by the Indian Air Force on 4 June 1987 to airdrop supplies over the besieged town of Jaffna in Sri Lanka to support the Tamil Tigers during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
- Operation Sukoon (2006)-As Israel and Lebanon broke into military conflict in July 2006, India rescued its stranded citizens by launching this operation, which is now famously known as the ‘Beirut Sealift’.
- Operation Safe Homecoming (2011)- To bring back Indian citizens stranded in conflict-torn Libya.
- Operation Maitri (2015)– It is the joint relief and rescue operation by the Indian government and the Indian Armed forces in the aftershock of the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
- Operation Raahat (2015)-Under Operation Raahat, India evacuated nearly 5,600 people from Yemen.
- Operation Sankat Mochan (2016)-The Indian Air Force conducted Operation Sankat Mochan to evacuate Indian citizens and other foreign nationals from South Sudan.
- Operation Insaniyat(2017)- Due to the large influx of Myanmar refugees into Bangladesh, India’s Ministry of External Affairs launched Operation Insaniyat to assist Bangladesh in overcoming the humanitarian crisis.
- Operation Nistar (2018)-It is an Indian Naval operation to evacuate 38 Indian nationals from Yemen’s cyclone-ravaged Socotra island.
- Operation Samudra Setu (2020)-It was a naval operation as part of the national effort to bring home Indian citizens from overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Vande Bharat Mission- It was launched in 2020 to bring back Indian citizens stranded in foreign countries when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world.
- Operation Devi Shakti(2021)- To evacuate Indian citizens and foreign nationals from Afghanistan after the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul, the capital city, to the Taliban.
- Operation Ganga(2022)-To evacuate Indian citizens from Ukraine.
- Operation Dost(2023)- India sent rescue and relief material to an earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria under this.
Source: India Today
