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- India
Number of Indians travelling overseas surges past pre-pandemic levels
New Delhi: Overseas travel by Indian citizens remains strong, which is reflected in visa application volumes in India increasing by 11 per cent year-on-year in 2024, exceeding pre-pandemic levels (2019) by 4…
- India
Aadhaar Good Governance portal launched to streamline approval process
New Delhi: The government has launched Aadhaar Good Governance portal to streamline approval process for authentication requests. This is in sync with an effort to make Aadhaar more people-friendly, enable ease of…
- Featured News
Dirty politics: In an Italian town, cricket is being used as a tool against Indians and Bangladeshis
There seems to be a wave of anti-outsider sentiment sweeping across Europe. In the latest episode that was widely reported in the media a few months ago, a group of legally settled…
- Technology
Over 8 in 10 Indians expect AI to boost financial transactions: Report
Bengaluru: Over eight in 10 (84 per cent) Indian consumers expect artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up financial transactions, according to a report on Wednesday. The key factors that would build Indian…
- India
PM didn’t tell his ‘good friend’ about handcuffing Indian deportees: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress Sunday, February 16, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a visit to the US, of not conveying to his “good friend” Donald Trump about the outrage…
- Middle East
Over 10,000 Indians in foreign jails, mostly in Saudi Arabia, UAE
New Delhi: As per the information available with the Ministry of External Affairs, the number of Indian prisoners, including undertrials, in foreign jails at present is 10,152, the government informed Parliament on…
- India
US aircraft carrying illegal Indian immigrants lands at Amritsar airport
Amritsar: A US military aircraft carrying 205 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport here on Wednesday afternoon, sources said. The flight landed at 1.55 pm. While…
- India
US deports 205 illegal Indian immigrants via military plane
The United States started the process of deporting illegal Indian immigrants back to the country, a US official told news agency Reuters. A US military C-17 aircraft carrying 205 Indians departed from…
- Middle East
Dubai: Pakistani man jailed for robbing Indian victims at knifepoint
The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced a 28-year-old Pakistani man to one year in prison and fined Dirham 323,740 after he was found guilty of robbing two Indian victims at knifepoint in…
- Middle East
Indians visiting UAE to get wider access to UPI payments with NIPL-Magnati partnership
New Delhi: Indian tourists visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be able to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make payments over a wider range of merchant locations with NPCI International…
- World
India demands release of all Indians in Russian military after 10th death
New Delhi: India on Tuesday pressed Russia to release all the Indians recruited by the Russian military, following the death of another Indian national in the Russia-Ukraine conflict zone, taking the death…
- Middle East
Dubai: Consulate assists 15,000 Indians seeking UAE visa amnesty
The Indian Consulate in Dubai on Wednesday, January 1, said that it has assisted more than 15,000 Indians who sought the services of the UAE visa amnesty initiative, which ended on Tuesday, December 31.…
- India
Seven Indians injured in German Christmas market attack
New Delhi: Seven Indians have been injured in the deadly car-ramming attack in the eastern German city of Magdeburg and the Indian embassy in Berlin is providing them all possible assistance, official…
- Middle East
Amid stricter UAE rules, surge in visa rejections hit Indian travellers to Dubai
Indian travellers aiming to visit Dubai are facing higher visa rejection rates after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently changed its visa rules and implemented stricter requirements for tourist visa applications. Earlier,…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia executes at least 101 foreigners including Indians in 2024
The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have executed at least 101 foreigners since the beginning of 2024, according to an AFP tally. Foreigners executed this year include 21 from Pakistan, 20 from Yemen,…