Air India begins evacuation as Ukraine crisis mounts
Air India started an air bridge on Tuesday to bring back Indians from Ukraine even as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cautioned that the rising prices of crude oil due to the crisis could pose a threat to the country’s financial stability.
Stock markets suffered a collateral damage with the Sensex slipping 382.91 points to settle at 57,300.68 and Nifty falling 114.45 points to end at 17,092.20.
An Air India plane carrying around 240 Indians from Ukraine landed at the Delhi airport on Tuesday night. The government has allowed private flights and chartered aircraft to evacuate about 20,000 Indians, including some in the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk which were recognised by Russia.
