Indian nationals who were stranded in Yemen arrive after being evacuated from Djibouti at the Government of Kerala help desk in airport. Photo: PTI. Indian nationals who were stranded in Yemen arrive after being evacuated from Djibouti at the Government of Kerala help desk in airport. Photo: PTI.

India has helped 232 nationals from 26 countries including the US, France, Italy, Canada and UK from the strife-torn Yemen and emerged as the hero at the global level.

It has also evacuated the nationals of its neighbours Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. While Pakistan had not sought help for the evacuation of its nationals, India during the operation also rescued Pakistani nationals.

A relative receives one of the Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen, upon their arrival at the airport in Mumbai. Photo: PTI. A relative receives one of the Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen, upon their arrival at the airport in Mumbai. Photo: PTI.

India's evacuation efforts from Yemen enter final phase - Happy faces all around in the Control Room at Djibouti. pic.twitter.com/6XfBwYuspg &; Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 8, 2015

On Wednesday, India decided to extend air evacuation from Yemen till Thursday following a rescue request by a group of 140 nurses even as it pulled out another 450 people from the war-ravaged country, taking the total number of evacuees to 4,500.India had received requests from 26 countries, including the US, Bangladesh and Iraq, for assistance in evacuating their nationals from the strife-torn country.

Indian nationals who were stranded in Yemen alight after being evacuated from Djibouti, upon their arrival at Mumbai airport. Photo: PTI. Indian nationals who were stranded in Yemen alight after being evacuated from Djibouti, upon their arrival at Mumbai airport. Photo: PTI.

In a series of tweets, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin announced: "We will end our air evacuation efforts from Sana'a tomorrow, 8th April. All who want to avail should leave tomorrow."

In his tweets, he announced: "A thousand coming back tonight to India, if all goes well. 5 flights planned from Djibouti to India carrying those evacuated from Yemen."

"232 persons from 26 countries evacuated by India from Yemen. Efforts continuing."

Responsivess to international community. List of countries whose nationals have been evacuated by India from Yemen pic.twitter.com/Jj4gpKlO37 &; Syed Akbaruddin (@MEAIndia) April 7, 2015

Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen, upon their arrival at the airport in Chennai. Photo: PTI. Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen, upon their arrival at the airport in Chennai. Photo: PTI.

Evacuation efforts in Sana'a were successful with three Air India flights taking off from the Yemeni capital with 600 passengers.

The spokesperson also retweeted German envoy Michael Steiner's 'thank you' tweet: "India helped evacuate also Germans out of Yemen. Thank you India!"

India helped evacuate also Germans out of Yemen. Thank you India! @narendramodi @MEAIndia @SushmaSwaraj &; Michael Steiner (@Amb_MSteiner) April 7, 2015

People evacuated from Yemen seated in an IAF C-17 Globemaster-III at Djibouti prior to taking off for Mumbai. Photo: PTI. People evacuated from Yemen seated in an IAF C-17 Globemaster-III at Djibouti prior to taking off for Mumbai. Photo: PTI.

He also said India has accepted "Pakistan's offer to fly back from Karachi by special plane 11 Indians evacuated by Pakistani naval ship from Yemen".

Yemen has been witnessing fierce battle between Saudi-led coalition and Shiite rebels, who have battled their way into various cities Yemen including in the former stronghold of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi who has fled overseas.