Question: Recently Operation ‘Sankatmochan’ was launched to evacuate stranded Indians from which of the following country?
(a) Iraq
(b) Somalia
(c) South Sudan
(d) Yemen
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 13 July 2016 Operation ‘Sankatmochan’ was launched to evacuate stranded Indians from war torn South Sudan.
- Minister of State for External Affairs VKSingh has lead the overall operation.
- He left for South Sudan with two C-17 Globemaster Indian Air Force aircrafts to evacuate more than 300 Indians stuck in the war-torn African country.
- Operation SankatMochan is the first big evacuation effort in a year after Operation Rahat evacuated 4000 citizens of India and other countries in July 2015 from Yemen.
Reference:
https://twitter.com/MEAIndia/status/753388099791622145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
http://ddinews.gov.in/Home%20-%20Top%20Story/Pages/OpsSankatMochanlaunched.aspx
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/operation-sankat-mochan-rescue-team-lands-in-juba-swaraj-calls-on-indians-to-move-out-immediately-2913546/