Six-day-old Indian baby girl evacuated from Yemen

Soon after landing at Kochi international airport, the baby named Parvati, suffering from some health problem, was taken to the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here along with her mother, officials said.

The baby and mother have been admitted to the hospital, a hospital spokesman said.

Earlier, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin had tweeted about the baby's rescue and also posted her picture.

"Youngest evacuee from Yemen. 3 day baby in incubator along with an accompanying Doctor on AI flight to Kochi," he had tweeted.

The baby and her parents-Raji and Shashi-were brought to Djibouti from Sanaa yesterday by an AI flight.   

The Indian authorities in Djibouti sent a doctor Uma Nambiar along with the baby to Kochi. It was six days ago Raji, a nurse working in a hospital at Amran in Yemen, gave birth to the baby.

A Navy spokesman said they were supposed to be evacuated from Yemen a day before but it did not happen because of the health condition of the baby.

Nambiar said the present situation of the baby was stable.

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Two IAF planes land with 334 Indians from Yemen

Two C 17 Globemaster transport planes, one carrying 179 Indians and the other carrying 155 people, landed in Mumbai past 11 pm.

An Air India flight carrying 330 Indians is set to land at Kochi and Mumbai. The flight will arrive in India at around 1 am.

Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar tweeted that both IAF flights have landed in Mumbai."They include persons evacuated by INS Sumitra," he posted.

The passengers were flown home from Djibouti, where the Indians were brought from Yemen.Yemen has been engulfed by strife, as Shia Houthi rebels continue their advance against loyalists of exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi's loyalists who are supported by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes.

According to the UN, the two weeks of chaos in Yemen has killed at least 519 people, many civilians and children among them. A Another 1,700 people have been wounded over, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, said in a statement on Thursday.

With the violence increasing, India on Friday stepped up its evacuation. It began evacuating its nationals by air from the Yemeni capital of Sana'a Aas two Air India flights took off with 351 Indians to Djibouti. The air flights got clearance on Friday.

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