- 44 Malayali nurses were unable to move out of the hospital raging conflict between rebels and security forces in Iraq
- Out of 44 nurses 36 were willing to return and the rest informed the Indian Embassy that they were waiting for their salary arrears to be cleared
- The state government is in touch with the Indian Embassy since crisis broke out in Iraq, but the now the situations are under control
- However sources said Kurdish forces had moved into Kirkuk to protect the nucleus of the Iraqi oil production in the north from possible intrusions
- Around 1000 people from different places of Telengana are stuck up in Iraq and no news of them so far
- Reports say that bomb blasts all around and people are frightened and the military camp were also closed
- ‘Ministry of External Affairs had no information about any Telugu person in Iraq’
- To trace these people who are at Iraq Telangana government directed the district Collectors to collect details such as the names of the stranded persons, their passport numbers and help lines are established for them to contact the NRI cell in Telengana
- While Indian is monitoring the conditions in Iraq and is better and manageable so far
- Iraq is the second largest supplier of oil for India. This crisis may increase prices by $10/barrel
- U.S. is beefing up its forces in the Persian Gulf because of threats expected form the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) region
- Problems in Iraq have occurred because the infighting in Libya and sanctions against Iran have already imposed significant pressures on global oil supplies
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/44-nurses-stranded-in-iraq-safe-kerala-minister/article6124691.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/no-information-about-telugus-in-iraq/article6124688.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/no-cause-for-alarm-over-iraq-officials/article6124692.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Sectarian Violence in Iraq
- Indian Dispora in Iraq
- ISIS
- Unrest across Middle East