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Air India has evacuated 119 Indians stranded on board Diamond Princess cruise ship off Japan coast due to novel Coronavirus.
An Air India flight carrying 119 Indians and five foreign nationals from Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa and Peru landed at Delhi Airport from Tokyo this morning.
In a tweet, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar thanked Japanese authorities to help evacuate the stranded people. All passengers were under quarantine onboard the cruise ship due to COVID-19.
No untoward incident was reported on Wednesday and PCR calls from North East Delhi have reduced,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Mandeep Singh Randhawa. The police also released two helpline numbers — 011-22829334, 22829335 — for people to reach out during distress and any information related to violence. People can also share details on helpline number 112.
Randhawa said all those miscreants who created trouble are being identified and there is CCTV footage and strong evidence.
As police conducted flag marches and security personnel spread out across the northeastern edge of the national capital in a bid to quell the violence raging since Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first reaction appealed for peace and brotherhood.
Asserting that it was important for calm to be restored at the earliest, Modi said on Twitter, “Had an extensive review on the situation prevailing in various parts of Delhi. Police and other agencies are working on the ground to ensure peace and normalcy.”