Category: Foreign Affairs

An AN-24 passenger plane crashed while en route from Blagoveshchensk city to Tynda, near the China border in Russia. Tragically, none of the 48 people on board survived the accident. It is not yet known what the reason for the plane crash was. According to the information, as soon as the plane reached near Tinda, it lost contact with the radar. After losing contact, rescue teams found its burning wreckage in a mountainous area, amidst dense forests. According to Russian media reports, the AN-24 plane caught fire mid-air and soon disappeared from radar. Rescue helicopters later located the charred remains of the aircraft in a remote mountainous region. The AN-24 aircraft was carrying a total of 49 individuals, which included 5 children and 6 crew members. As per media reports, the crash claimed the lives of everyone on board, with no survivors found at the site. Crash after losing contact It is not yet known what caused the plane to crash. However, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that the weather in the area was very bad at the time of the crash. At the same time, some agencies revealed that the plane was more than 50 years old. Pictures related to this accident are becoming very viral on social media. Officials said that it took a long time for rescue workers to reach the accident site. This accident once again raises questions on aircraft safety. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the tragic accident. PM Modi expressed grief over the accident Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a message shared on his official social media handle ‘X,’ expressed deep sorrow over the tragic plane crash in Russia. In a heartfelt message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sorrow over the tragic plane crash in Russia. He said, “The loss of precious lives in this heartbreaking incident is truly devastating. My thoughts and prayers are with the grieving families in this moment of immense pain.” He further added, “India stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Russia, extending We offer our deepest condolences and extend our steadfast support in this time of immense sorrow and loss.

India launched Operation Sindhu on Wednesday to evacuate Indians from Iran and Israel in view of the escalation in hostilities between the two countries. Iran has eased airspace restrictions for three charter flights to evacuate about 1,000 Indian nationals who were moved to safer places from Tehran and more flights could be operated in the coming days for others wishing to return to India, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Friday. India launched Operation Sindhu on Wednesday to evacuate Indians from Iran and Israel in view of the escalation in hostilities between the two countries. Indian authorities initially decided to move Indian nationals via land border crossings to third countries – Armenia in the case of Iran, and Egypt and Jordan in the case of Israel – before flying them back home. “Iran’s airspace is closed but because of this issue, we are making arrangements to open it for the safe passage of [Indian nationals],” Mohammad Javad Hosseini, the deputy chief of mission at the Iranian embassy, told reporters on Friday. A group of 110 Indian students, who were moved from Tehran to Qom and then to Armenia via a land border crossing, returned to New Delhi on a flight from Yerevan on Thursday. There were about 10,000 Indians, many of them students, in Iran when hostilities erupted over the weekend following Israel’s air strikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities. India has so far not issued any advisories asking its citizens to leave either Iran or Israel, though it has cautioned nationals in both countries to be vigilant and to restrict their movements. Indian authorities have also asked Indian nationals to move out of Tehran. Hosseini said all the Indians in Iran are safe, except for a handful who were injured when an Israeli air strike hit a students’ dormitory in Tehran over the weekend. The dormitory had a sizeable number of Kashmiri students. “I don’t know why the Israelis attacked the dormitory of the Indian students,” he said. The Indian government has thanked the governments of Iran and Armenia for facilitating the evacuation process. The Indian embassy in Tehran has helped large numbers of Indians to move from areas witnessing increased hostilities to relatively safer areas within Iran. Indian nationals in Iran have also been advised to keep in touch with the Indian embassy through its emergency helpline and with the 24×7 control room established by the external affairs ministry in New Delhi. Israel and Iran have fired hundreds of missiles and drones at each other’s cities and military and strategic facilities since the hostilities began. The clashes continued for the eighth day on Friday, with the Israeli military targeting military facilities in central and western Iran.