New Delhi: With 204 Indians returning yesterday and a flight with another 216 set to leave today, about 1,500 Indians would have left strife-torn areas of Libya by the end of this week.
External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin yesterday said: “Following the return of 204 Indian nationals today who have been brought back from Libya by a special Air India flight from Djerba (Tunisia), another Air India flight will bring back 216 Indians tomorrow.”
The government had told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the Indian embassy in Tripoli has been issuing regular advisories to Indians, giving an update on the security situation while advising them to avoid conflict areas and to exit Libya with the facilitation of the embassy.
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Kolkata: Seventy children were admitted to a hospital in West Bengal’s Hooghly district yesterday when they fell ill after consuming street food, an official said. According to state health services director B R Satpathi, the children fell ill after consuming ‘phuchka’.
They were initially admitted to Khanakul Rural Hospital. “As many as 40 of them were referred to the Arambagh hospital. It was a case of food poisoning due to ‘phuchka’. They are stable now,” Satpathi said.
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