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Several Indians were among those who person been injured successful the rocket and drone attacks by Iran successful West Asia, authorities successful the UAE and Oman said connected Sunday (March 1, 2026). The announcement came arsenic the struggle betwixt the U.S.-Israel confederation and the Islamic Republic entered its 2nd day, adjacent arsenic Indian missions heightened activities to code concerns of citizens scattered crossed West Asia.
Three were killed successful drone attacks and 58, including Indians, were injured successful the UAE, the Defence Ministry of the Gulf state said. Iran launched 541 drones astatine Abu Dhabi and Dubai and astir 506 of these were destroyed by the UAE forces, the Ministry said, adding that, “3 deaths of Pakistani, Nepalese, and Bangladeshi nationalities, and 58 cases of insignificant injuries of Emirati, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Filipino, Pakistani, Iranian, Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Azerbaijani, Yemeni, Ugandan, Eritrean, Lebanese, and Afghan nationalities.”
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A full of 165 ballistic missiles launched by Iran were detected since the opening of the conflict, and 152 of them were destroyed, it said.
An lipid tanker with 20 unit members, 15 among them Indians, was targeted by Iranian drones disconnected the Oman coast, the Maritime Security Centre of Oman said. The tanker Skylight, under the emblem of the Republic of Palau, was targeted 5 nautical miles northbound of Khasab larboard successful the Musandam Governorate, it said, adding that “Preliminary accusation besides indicates varying injuries among 4 members of the ship’s crew, who person been transferred to person indispensable aesculapian treatment”.
Stranded passengers
The ripple effect of the conflict, which began with the U.S. and Israel striking targets crossed Iran connected Saturday (February 28), is being felt crossed India, with formation cancellations and uncertainties leaving radical stranded astatine aggregate locations.
The Ministry of External Affairs connected Sunday (March 1) issued an bid urging each overseas nationals who failed to permission India due to the fact that of the ongoing struggle implicit the play to scope retired to their nearest Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) for hold of visa and regularisation of stay.
A full of 84 students and 4 module members of Indira University’s School of Business (ISBS), Pune, were stuck successful Dubai aft the impermanent closure of the UAE airspace. The squad had travelled to Dubai for an planetary world and taste immersion programme, and the instauration has connected with and urged the MEA to safely bring them back, The Hindu was told. “The authorization has assured that erstwhile airspace operations resume, arrangements volition beryllium made for their harmless instrumentality to India astatine the earliest,” said ISBS Dean Janardhan Pawar. All students and module members are harmless and are presently accommodated astatine Savoy Park Hotel, Bur Dubai, said the institute.
Among the passengers stranded astatine the Dubai Airport was two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu, who said determination was an detonation adjacent the airdrome connected Sunday greeting (March 1). “A fewer hours ago, determination was an detonation adjacent to wherever we were holed up astatine the airport. My manager had to rapidly tally retired of the country arsenic helium was closest to the fume and debris. It was an highly tense and scary infinitesimal for each of us. We are each harmless present and person been moved to a much unafraid place,” she said successful a station connected X connected Sunday greeting (March 1).
Stuck successful Karachi
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s bureau (CMO) confirmed that 3 Keralites of a household were among 8 Indians stranded successful Karachi of Pakistan aft diversion of craft owed to the conflict. The CMO identified them arsenic Krishnadas Nagallur (Palakkad), his wife, Dr. Rashmi Menon (Ernakulam), and their daughter, Smriti Menon (aged three). The household was connected an Air Arabia formation from Baku, Azerbaijan to Kuwait via Sharjah erstwhile aerial controllers diverted the level to Karachi.
Flight services hit
While arrivals from West Asian countries continued done the greeting successful Hyderabad, galore passengers described a increasing consciousness of unease during their journeys. Abrar, a nonmigratory of Shaikpet successful the city, said helium had travelled from Madinah successful Saudi Arabia to Jeddah earlier boarding a nonstop formation to Hyderabad connected Saturday (February 28). “There was not overmuch hostility erstwhile we boarded the formation connected Saturday. Mid-flight, an announcement was made saying that immoderate tensions were ongoing and that those with connecting flights could cheque with their hose aft landing successful Hyderabad,” helium said.
According to accusation provided by airdrome authorities, a full of 48 flights to and from Hyderabad were cancelled connected March 1. These included 25 departures and 23 arrivals, dispersed crossed aggregate destinations, including Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Kuwait, Muscat, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Medina, Ras Al Khaimah, Bahrain, and Dhaka. IndiGo accounted for the highest fig of cancellations, with 33 flights affected. Other airlines impacted included Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia, Kuwait Airways, Gulf Air, and Oman Air.
