In a humanitarian gesture, the Indian mission in Singapore has facilitated the travel of a cancer patient to fulfil her last wish to unite with her mother in Tamil Nadu amid global travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cancer patient flew from Singapore to India to fulfil her last wish

The government on Sunday issued a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the return of Indians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown, saying it will be a paid service and preference will be given to those who are in distress, who have lost their jobs or to pregnant women.

MHA issues SOP for stranded Indians who wish to return

After a minister in the West Bengal Government triggered a huge row by accusing the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of discriminating against West Bengal and not organising any repatriation flights of Indian nationals from abroad to the State in the Vande Bharat Mission, MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava tweeted late on Thursday night that the “MEA does not discriminate between states” and that the “Vande Bharat Mission is for all stranded Indians, including those from West Bengal”.

Vande Bharat for all, says MEA after Bengal accuses Centre of discriminating between states

Chetan Kumar(name changed) is a software engineer from Ahmedabad who has been working in the United States for seven years now. But now he is stranded in the States, without a job or a way back to India.

OCI card holders distressed on being left out of India's evacuation drive

Air India's Kuwait flight has landed in Kochi around 11pm on Saturday under Indian government's Vande Bharat mission. The flight brought back 177 Indian nationals and 4 infants who were stranded in Kuwait.

Vande Bharat operation: 177 Indians brought back from Kuwait

An Air India flight landed in Kozhikode around 8pm pm on Friday. The flight brought back around 153 Indian nationals from Riyadh. Among the 253 passengers, there were 84 pregnant women and 22 children onboard.

INS Jalashwa sets sail from Maldives; 700 passengers onboard

Some side windows and the main driver's screen of the Vande Bharat Express suffered damages on Saturday after being hit by flying ballast. As per the CPRO of Northern Railways, a shower of ballast came flying towards Vande Bharat Express when Dibrugarh Rajdhani crossing on the adjoining line had a cattle run over.

Flying ballast hits Vande Bharat Express, windows damaged

A day after it was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's first semi-high speed train, Vande Bharat Express, ran into some trouble early Saturday, with officials saying that it was a case of "skidding wheels" which is being looked into by engineers.

A day after being flagged off, Vande Bharat Express runs into trouble

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