PM Modi attributes 'Operation Ganga' success to India's growing influence
Pune, Mar 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attributed the success of the 'Operation Ganga' to evacuate citizens stranded in war-torn Ukraine to India's growing influence in the global arena.
We are evacuating thousands of Indians safely from the war zone through the Operation Ganga, Modi said after inaugurating the golden jubilee celebration of the Symbiosis University and its Arogyam Dham here.
It is due to India's growing influence that it has brought thousands of students from the war zone of Ukraine back to their motherland, he said.
Many big countries are facing difficulties in doing so for their citizens, Modi said.
Amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine, the Indian government, under the 'Operation Ganga', has flown 13,700 citizens - who were stuck in war-hit Ukraine - back to safety by special flights that were started last week, the government had said in a statement on Saturday.
On Sunday, addressing students in Pune, Modi said their generation is lucky that it does not have to bear the brunt of a defensive and dependent psychology . If the country has seen this change, then the credit goes to the youth of the country, he said.
He said sectors where the country would not have thought of standing on its feet, it is now becoming a global leader in those areas.
The PM also cited the example of mobile and electronic manufacturing and the defence sectors.
In the area of defence, we had come to believe that we could do anything only on the basis of whatever others gave. But, today things have changed, he said.
The PM said India is now becoming a defence exporter. Two defence corridors are underway where modern weapons will be manufactured and fulfill the country's security needs, he added.
India has emerged second in the area of mobile manufacturing. Seven years back, the country only had two mobile manufacturing companies. Today, more than 200 manufacturing units are involved in this, he said.
From the software industry to health sector, from Artificial Intelligence to automobiles and electric vehicles, from quantum computing to machine learning, new avenues are coming to the fore, he mentioned.
Modi said reforms are taking place in the areas of geo-spatial systems, from drones and semi-conductors to space. These reforms have brought opportunities for the youth.
The government in the country trusts the capabilities of the youth, which is why many sectors are liberalised, he said.
The world's third largest start-up ecosystem is in India, the PM said, adding that the 'Start-up India', 'Stand-up India', 'Make in India' and 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' (initiatives of the government) represent the aspirations of the youth.
"Today's India is innovating, improving and influencing the world," he said.
Modi cited the example of how India showed its capability through a vaccine against COVID-19.
The prime minister exhorted the youth to start their own start-ups to find solutions to the challenges faced by the country. He said the solutions to the local challenge should come from universities.
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26-year-old Telangana student shot dead in US
Hyderabad, Jan 20 (PTI): A 26-year-old student from Telangana was allegedly shot dead in the US by unidentified persons, his family members said here on Monday.
K Ravi Teja, who completed MS and was looking for a job, was living in Connecticut.
The family received information about his death from a relative staying in America.
However, the circumstances leading to his death were unclear, the family members said, adding the incident is said to have happened in Washington DC.
Teja, who went to the US in 2022 to pursue MS after completing engineering from a private college here, was doing part-time jobs, his cousin Santosh told PTI.
Teja's sister, who also lives in the US, has reached the hospital where the body was kept.
Teja's father Chandramouli was inconsolable as he spoke to reporters about the tragic death of his son.
He said his son was looking for a job after completing MS eight months ago and was hoping to secure a job in March this year, and would visit them after getting a job.
Chandramouli said he last spoke to Teja on January 18 night.
He also said his son had asked him to come down to the US.
"I got him educated by driving a taxi. We sent him to the US by selling off a small piece of land we had. He brought me to a level (in society) but left me now," Chandramouli said.
He urged the government to help in bringing back his mortal remains here as early as possible.
"I have come to know that my son was shot dead. I am told that it will take seven days. My appeal to the government is to send back the mortal remains as early as possible. I am not able to speak anything else... I sent him alive, but his body will come now," a grieving Chandramouli said.
Asked about the condition of Teja's mother, he said she is like the family's bedrock which has now shattered. "What can be said about her," he said.
The family belongs to Nalgonda district in Telangana and lived in Chaitanyapuri in Hyderabad.
In November 2024, a 22-year-old youth from Khammam district of Telangana was shot dead by miscreants at a gas station in the United States where he was working, family members had said.
