Sudan Conflict

Rapid Support Forces

• The RSF was formed in 2013 and has its origins in the notorious Janjaweed militia that brutally fought rebels in Darfur, where they were accused of ethnic cleansing.
• Since then, Gen Dagalo has built a powerful force that has intervened in conflicts in Yemen and Libya. He has also developed economic interests including controlling some of Sudan's gold mines.
• The RSF has been accused of human rights abuses, including the massacre of more than 120 protesters in June 2019.
• Such a strong force outside the army has been seen as a source of instability in the country.

The name game

• This mission is named on the same lines as that the PM chose to name the operation in Ukraine as Operation Ganga.
• Rivers reach their destination irrespective of barriers. It's like a mother who will ensure she will bring her children back to safety.
• The Kaveri is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the southern states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
• The river is sacred to the people of the region and is worshipped as the Goddess Kaveriamma (mother Kaveri).
  

Major evacuation operations

• Operation Ganga: In a mission to evacuate stranded Indians from war-torn Ukraine, the Indian government kicked off Operation Ganga in February 2022
• Operation Devi Shakti: An evacuation operation by the Indian Armed Forces (IAF) was kicked off in August 2021 to safely bring back Indian nationals from Afghanistan after the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul, the capital city of the Taliban.
• Vande Bharat Mission: Special flights were operated across to globe in this mission to bring back the nationals who were left stranded in foreign countries due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• Wuhan Airlift: In one of the most difficult evacuation flights, India airlifted its citizens safe from China’s coronavirus-hit city Wuhan in January 2020.
• Operation Maitri: The government of India carried out this mission to safely bring the nationals from Nepal after the deadly earthquake in 2015.
• Operation Raahat: Hundreds of Indians and other nationals were rescued under this operation during the unrest at Yemen's capital Sana’a after the complete takeover by Houthi rebel fighters in January 2015
• Operation Amnesty Airlift: The mission was carried out in September 1996 to bring back the Indian nationals who did not have valid permits from the United Arab Emirates. 
• Kuwait Airlift: In one of the massive operations in Indian history, the Indian Air Force joined hands with Air India in airlifting stranded Indian nationals in Kuwait in August 1990.