Yemen
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Airstrikes in Yemen leave 120,000 people displaced:UN
World | Apr 14, 2015, 08:35 AM ISTUnited Nations: The ongoing airstrikes that started late last month in Yemen have caused more than 120, 000 people to be evacuated, a UN spokesperson has said.Yemen has been suffering from political unrest and clashes
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Hospital chain offers jobs to nurses returning from Yemen
India | Apr 11, 2015, 05:15 PM ISTKochi: UAE-based Aster DM Healthcare, headed by leading medical professional Azad Moopen, on Saturday offered jobs to Indian nurses who have recently returned from Yemen.In a statement issued here, the company said it is willing
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Supporters of Yemen's rebel Houthi movement condemn airstrikes
World | Apr 11, 2015, 11:54 AM ISTSanaa, Yemen: Thousands of demonstrators supporting Yemen's rebel Houthi movement flooded city streets in the capital Sanaa on Friday to protest the Saudi-led coalition's ongoing airstrikes.Many of the protesters said they planned to remain "steadfast"
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Yemeni crisis worsening hourly: United Nations
World | Apr 11, 2015, 08:07 AM ISTUnited Nations: The humanitarian situation is getting worse by the hour in Yemen, said a UN spokesman on Friday.According to the World Health Organization(WHO), violence killed 643 people and injured 2,226 between March 19 and
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First Indian national killed in bomb blasts of war-torn Yemen
India | Apr 11, 2015, 07:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: An Indian national, believed to have been injured in a bomb blast in Yemen's Aden, has succumbed to his injuries, defence sources said yesterday.Manjit Singh, who was working on merchant vessel Gulf Dove,
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India ends Operation Rahat, evacuates 5,600 from Yemen
World | Apr 10, 2015, 08:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: India has ended 'Operation Rahat', the massive effort at evacuating its nationals from Yemen, pulling out 5,600 people, authorities said.Besides 4,640 Indians, 960 people from 41 countries were also evacuated from the strife-torn
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Pakistan parliament asks govt to stay neutral in Yemen war
World | Apr 10, 2015, 06:55 PM ISTIslamabad: Pakistan's parliament today voted unanimously against military involvement in the Yemen war, tacitly rejecting a call by oil-rich Saudi Arabia to become part of its coalition that is fighting against Houthi rebels.Saudi Arabia had
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India ends evacuation in Yemen, 5,600 pulled out
India | Apr 10, 2015, 07:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: India has ended its massive evacuation efforts of its nationals in Yemen, pulling out 5,600 people, including 4,640 Indians and 960 nationals from 41 countries, the government said.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted:
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Iran's Rouhani: Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen a 'mistake'
World | Apr 09, 2015, 05:05 PM ISTTehran: Iran's president today warned Saudi Arabia and its allies that their airstrikes' campaign in Yemen is a “mistake” and called for a halt to the strikes targeting the Iran-backed Shiite rebels who have seized
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29 Sri Lankans return from Yemen
World | Apr 09, 2015, 10:51 AM ISTColombo: Twenty-nine Sri Lankans have returned back from the strife-torn country of Yemen, an official said.The people arrived at Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport on Wednesday night, Xinhua reported.Deputy Foreign Minister Ajith Perera termed the return
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Kerala to charter flight to bring Yemen returnees from Mumbai
India | Apr 08, 2015, 07:47 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: In an effort to ensure easy and speedy return of Keralities to their home destinations, Kerala government today decided to charter flights to bring back the evacuees who have reached Mumbai after being rescued
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Today's top 5 News Headlines that you might have missed!
India | Apr 08, 2015, 07:24 PM ISTNarendra Modi launches Rs 20,000 crore MUDRA BankPrime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a bank with a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore to extend credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to small businesses and
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US, France, Germany seek India's help in evacuating their citizens from Yemen
India | Apr 07, 2015, 11:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Impressed with India's successful evacuation of its citizens from war-hit Yemen without firing a single bullet, twenty six countries including, USA, France, Germany, Turkey and Sweden, have sought India's assistance to evacuate their
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'Evacuating Indians from Yemen less exciting than visiting Pak embassy'
National | Apr 08, 2015, 09:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh was yesterday caught in a fresh controversy over his remarks comparing the Yemen evacuation operation with his visit to the Pakistani mission recently and
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Top 5 News Headlines that you can't afford to miss today
India | Apr 07, 2015, 10:11 PM ISTTerror plot against PM Modi thwarted, 5 suspected terrorists gunned downTelangana Police today gunned down five terror suspects who were hatching conspiracy to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Police said that they tried to escape from
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11 Indians rescued from Yemen in Pakistan; Nawaz Sharif offers special plane
World | Apr 07, 2015, 08:02 PM ISTKarachi: A Pakistani navy ship carrying 11 Indians along with Pakistanis from strife-torn Yemen arrived here today, following which Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif offered a special plane to carry them home. A team of Indian
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Yemen rescue in final leg, over 1,000 evacuated
India | Apr 07, 2015, 09:43 AM ISTNew Delhi: India has evacuated over 1,000 nationals from strife-torn Yemen on Monday crafting its path to reach the last leg of evacuation. India also received requests for assistance from 26 countries including the US
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You won't believe where the biggest Human Air Evacuation took place!
Life | Jan 24, 2016, 11:23 AM ISTKnow about the Biggest Air Evacuation in the history of Mankind!Evacuating nationals from the conflict zone is one of the major tasks for any country, be it superpower America or developing country like India.There have
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'All Indians to be brought back from Yemen by this evening'
India | Apr 06, 2015, 11:34 PM ISTMumbai: Almost all Indians would be evacuated from strife-torn Yemen by this evening, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said as he praised the Navy for facilitating safe return of people from the Arab country where
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IAF aircraft with 225 Indians evacuated from Yemen lands in Mumbai
India | Apr 06, 2015, 08:29 AM ISTMumbai: An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft carrying 225 Indians evacuated from strife-torn Yemen landed here yesterday late night."The C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft landed at about 10.40 pm here from Djibouti," a senior IAF official