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UAE stops issuing visas to Pakistanis over 'criminal activities' concern:
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Additional Interior Secretary Salman Chaudhry told Pakistan's Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Thursday that the UAE had unofficially halted visa issuance for Pakistani passport holders, except for blue and diplomatic passports.
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80 lakh e-passports issued till date; all Indian passports to be chipped b
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Over 80 lakh e-passports have been issued in India since May 2025, when the country fully switched to the next-generation chipped passports under Passport Seva Programme Version 2.0, a senior official said on Monday.
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US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end passport gender marker
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
As a result of this change, new passport applicants must currently select either male or female based on their birth certificate; however, existing passports with an "X" marker remain valid until their expiration date.
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Indian families face anguish as bodies of four citizens stranded abroad ov
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Airlines refusing to transport remains despite diplomatic clearance, prompting calls for urgent policy change
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Scientists uncover molecular 'passports' that regulate Cell Nuclei
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
An international team from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) at the University of California, San Francisco, The Rockefeller University, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that these gateways use a flexible protein network and special mol
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St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada Lead World's Best Golden Passports
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 30: The latest edition of the CBI Index 2025, the only independent study evaluating all active citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes worldwide, has ranked Caribbean nations at the very top. St. Kitts and Nevis lead the index, followed by Dominica, Grenada, S
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Delhi Police Crime Branch arrests Managing director of unregistered manpow
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The accused (36) has been indulging in illegal recruitment activities and deceiving innocent job seekers by promising overseas employment and fraudulently sending them to Gulf countries, namely Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Iran and Iraq, under the pretext of providing the
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East Timor emerges as new hotspot for scam centre operations, UN warns
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
UNODC has warned that East Timor's Oecusse region is becoming a hotspot for scam centres linked to cybercriminals and triad networks. Operations exploit investment zones, shell companies, and multiple passports, engaging in online scams, gambling fraud, and potential human trafficking, highl
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EAM Jaishankar greets Andorra on National Day
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, Jaishankar noted that both countries signed an agreement on Exemption from visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and official passports in March 2024.
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Afghans in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa asked to obtain passports, valid visas for s
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Khyber district officials have directed Afghan nationals to obtain passports and follow Pakistani law by August 31, Dawn reported. Meanwhile, a Landi Kotal resident accused Tehsildar Taimur Afridi of illegally detaining his brother over a monetary dispute and demanded an investigation, Dawn
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Taiwan tightens rules for Chinese Nationals seeking Permanent Residency
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Chinese nationals applying for permanent residency in Taiwan through family-based channels will soon have to prove they have renounced their Chinese passports, under a draft amendment from Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior (MOI), Focus Taiwan reported.
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Pakistan shuts Ghulam Khan crossing with Afghanistan, sparking trade conce
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan has shut the Ghulam Khan border crossing with Afghanistan's Khost province, enforcing stricter visa and passport rules. The move has stranded travelers, disrupted trade, and raised concerns about instability in cross-border ties and local economies, according to Khaama Press.
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