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Amid the escalating West Asia conflict, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) connected Monday (March 30, 2026) said 8 Indian nationals person mislaid their lives portion 1 remains missing successful “various incidents” successful the region.
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At an inter-ministerial briefing successful New Delhi connected the West Asia situation, Additional Secretary (Gulf), MEA, Aseem R. Mahajan, besides said, “Yesterday, an Indian nationalist unluckily lost his beingness successful an onslaught successful Kuwait.” However, helium did not elaborate upon the circumstances of this death.
“We explicit our deepest condolences to the household of the deceased. Our Mission successful Kuwait is successful interaction with the household of the deceased and is coordinating intimately with the section authorities to render each enactment and for aboriginal instrumentality of his mortal remains to India,” helium said.
On March 20, astatine an inter-ministerial briefing, Mr. Mahajan had told reporters that six Indian nationals had mislaid their lives portion 1 remained missing successful “various incidents”.
On Monday (March 30, 2026), helium shared an update, saying, “eight Indian nationals person unluckily mislaid their lives and 1 Indian nationalist remains missing successful assorted incidents.”
The Indian Embassy successful Saudi Arabia precocious said that an Indian nationalist was killed successful Riyadh owed to the “recent events of March 18”. The Ministry besides shared that since February 28, astir 5.5 lakh passengers person returned from the portion to India.
The MEA connected Monday (March 30, 2026) reiterated that it continues to intimately show the evolving concern successful the Gulf and West Asia region.
“We proceed to telephone for restraint and de-escalation and, astatine the aforesaid time, emphasise dialog and diplomacy arsenic a means to an aboriginal extremity to the conflict,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
He besides said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, connected March 28, spoke to the Crown Prince and PM of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and discussed with him the ongoing struggle successful West Asia and agreed connected the request to guarantee state of navigation.
In his telephonic conversation, the Prime Minister besides reiterated India’s condemnation of attacks connected determination vigor infrastructure.
Mr. Mahajan said the safety, information and payment of the ample Indian assemblage successful the portion stay “our utmost priority”.
“Our dedicated peculiar Control Room remains operational... Our Missions and Posts crossed the portion are functioning circular the clock, operating 24x7 helplines, issuing regular updated advisories and remaining actively engaged with the Indian assemblage associations, organisations and Indian companies dispersed crossed the region,” helium said. Further, the CBSE has already notified the appraisal strategy for the declaration of results of Class X and Class XII successful the region, pursuing the cancellation of exams owed to the ongoing conflict.
Academic concerns, peculiarly those related to CBSE, ICSE, Kerala boards and JEE and NEET exams, are being addressed done regular outreach to parents and students, the MEA said.
Also, peculiar attraction is being fixed to the payment of Indian seafarers. The Indian missions are successful continuous interaction with Indian unit members connected vessels crossed the portion to supply support, it said.
Mr. Mahajan said airlines proceed to run constricted non-scheduled flights betwixt India and the UAE.
Around 85 flights are expected to run from the UAE to India aboriginal connected Monday (March 30, 2026).
Flights are operating from assorted airports successful Saudi Arabia and Oman to antithetic destinations successful India. With the Qatari airspace partially open, Qatar Airways is expected to run astir 10 flights to India connected March 30, it said.
Kuwaiti and Bahraini airspace stay closed. Jazeera Airways of Kuwait and Gulf Air of Bahrain person been operating non-scheduled commercialized flights from the airdrome of Saudi Arabia to assorted destinations successful India, the MEA authoritative said.
“Due to formation restrictions and airspace closure, we proceed to facilitate question of Indian nationals from Iran done Armenia and Azerbaijan to India... and from Israel, from Egypt and Jordan to India, from Iraq done Jordan and Saudi Arabia to India, and from Kuwait and Bahrain done Saudi Arabia to India,” helium said.
