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Earlier, naval ships 'Jalashwa' and 'Magar' had evacuated 2,874 Indians from the Maldives and Sri Lanka to ports of Kochi and Tuticorin. INS Shardul (Photo | Twitter/@airnewsalerts) Under the Indian Navy's 'Samudra Setu' operation, naval ship 'INS Shardul' on Thursday brought back 233 Indians to Gujarat from Iran, where they were stranded due to travel restrictions in view of the coronavirus -induced lockdown. The ship set sail from Bandar Abbas port of Iran on June 8 with these 233 Indians, mostly fishermen from Valsad district of the state, and arrived at Porbandar port on Thursday, said defence PRO for Gujarat, Puneet Chadha. "The ship is docked at Porbandar port and passengers are being deboarded. The local administration has made arrangements to send them to their respective native places," said Chadha. INS Shardul arriving at Porbandar with 233 Indians from Iran under Operation #SamudraSetu . Most of them are fishermen belonging to Va...

HIGHLIGHTS IAF aircraft brings back 58 Indians from Iran The Indians were stranded there due to the coronavirus outbreak The IAF plane left for Iran on Monday night The Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster with its crew before it left India for Iran on Monday night (Photo: Twitter/IAF) A military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) brought back 58 Indians from coronavirus-hit Iran on Tuesday, official said.  The aircraft, a C-17 Globemaster, was sent to Tehran on Monday evening.  About 2,000 Indians are living in Iran, a country that has witnessed increasing numbers of coronavirus cases in the last few days. " The IAF aircraft has landed. Mission completed. On to the next," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar tweeted.  In an earlier tweet, he said, "First batch of 58 Indian pilgrims being brought back from Iran. IAF C-17 taken off from Tehran and expected to land soon in Hindon."  "Thanks to the efforts of our Embassy @India_in_Iran and Indian medi...