Facts for Prelims (FFP)
Source: BT
Context: India has launched Operation Kaveri to evacuate around 4,000 of its citizens who are stranded in Sudan due to the conflict between the country’s army and a paramilitary group.
Various other past operations are: –
| Operation Name | Year | Reason for Evacuation |
| Operation Dost | 2023 | Turkey-Syria earthquake |
| Operation Ganga | 2022 | Tensions between Russia and Ukraine |
| Vande Bharat | 2020 | Covid-19 pandemic |
| Operation Samudra Setu | 2020 | Covid-19 pandemic |
| Evacuation from Brussels | 2016 | Terrorist strikes |
| Operation Raahat | 2015 | Conflict in Yemen |
| Operation Maitri | 2015 | Nepal earthquake |
| Operation Safe Homecoming | 2011 | Conflict in Libya |
| Operation Sukoon | 2006 | Conflict in Lebanon |
| 1990 Kuwait Airlift | 1990 | Invasion of Kuwait by Iraq |
