PM Modi holds crucial security meet amid Russia Ukraine War

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting today to assess India’s security preparedness and the current global situation amid the ongoing Russia Ukraine war.

As per reports, during the meeting, the Prime Minister directed that all possible efforts should be made to bring back the mortal remains of Naveen Shekharappa, who died in Kharkiv in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also briefed on the latest developments in Ukraine, including the details of ‘Operation Ganga’, which aimed to evacuate Indian people as well as some citizens of India’s neighbours from Ukraine.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier chaired multiple high-level meetings to assess ‘Operation Ganga,’ which aims to bring back stuck Indians in Ukraine to home.

Today’s meeting was attended by a number of Cabinet Ministers, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

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The meeting was also attended by the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Srhingla.

India has so far been cautious in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

On February 24, the Central government launched ‘Operation Ganga’ to bring back Indian nationals stuck in Ukraine.

Four Central ministers including Kiren Rijiju, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Hardeep Singh Puri, and General VK Singh, were deployed in neighbouring countries to coordinate the efforts for the rescue of the stranded Indians.

So far, India has been able to rescue around 20,000 stranded citizens through ‘Operations Ganga’.