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India has begun a massive exercise named Operation Kaveri to bring back over 3,000 Indians stranded in Sudan. Two military transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force evacuated over 250 Indians from Sudan , while a naval ship rescued another 278 citizens from the civil-war torn country. The total number of Indians evacuated so far from Sudan stands at around 530, according to official data. The first batch of 278 Indians were evacuated by Indian Navy's frontline ship INS Sumedha on April 25. Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has reached Jeddah to oversee the evacuation mission. Sudan has been witnessing deadly fighting between the country's army and paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces for the last 12 days. Around 400 people have died, including an Indian who was hit by a stray bullet.

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