Operation Kaveri
Why in news:
- India launched a rescue operation– Operation Kaveri– to evacuate its stranded citizens from Sudan.
- The rescue operation is currently underway and around 500 Indians have reached Port Sudan as of Monday.
- The evacuation operation was launched a day after the External Affairs Ministry said two C-130s aircraft and the navy ship INS Sumedha are on standby to evacuate Indians from the violence-hit African nation.
- Around 4,000 Indians are stuck in Sudan, as per official data.
- Kaveri is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
- People in the region also worship the river as Goddess Kaveriamma.
- More than a year ago, the Narendra Modi-led government evacuated Indians from war-torn Ukraine more than a year back.
- This rescue operation was dubbed Operation Ganga since the Ganges is not only a massive water resource but is also worshipped in India.
Syllabus: Prelims
