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NEW DLEHI: The external affairs ministry on Wednesday received a request from the Goa government seeking to revoke the passports of Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, and the request is currently under examination, reported PTI citing sources. The move comes amid an expanding probe into the nightclub blaze in North Goa that killed 25 people last…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio (AP photo) United States secretary of state Marco Rubio on Saturday said the Trump administration has paused visa issuance for all individuals travelling on Afghan passports, asserting that Washington has “no higher priority than protecting” the Americans. “President Trump’s State Department has paused visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has directed that all police verification reports for passport applications must be completed and submitted within four weeks. Disposing of a writ petition, a division bench comprising Justices Ajit Kumar and Swarupama Chaturvedi observed on Oct 10 that delay in this essential exercise creates a hurdle in realisation of the…
A passport is an important travel document for those who wish to explore other countries. It allows people international travel freedom. But the ranking of passports also matters. If a country’s passport is strong, the residents can often travel visa free or visa-on-arrival facilities to several nations. But when a country’s passport is weak, it…
Earlier this year, India’s passport had risen to the 77th rank in Henley Passport Index rankings. (AI image) World’s most powerful passports 2025: India, the world’s fifth largest economy, has a passport that doesn’t feature even in the top 50 strongest passports in the world. In fact, according to the latest Henley Passport Index rankings…
In a historic shift, the United States passport has fallen out of the top 10 most powerful passports for the first time in its 20-year history, according to the Henley Passport Index 2025. Once ranked first in 2014, the US now sits at 12th place, tied with Malaysia, allowing visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 180…
The United States demonstrates one of the world’s largest disparities between its outbound visa-free privileges and inbound visa requirements. (AI image) It’s a historic low for the US passport! For the first time since Henley Passport Index started releasing passport rankings almost 20 years ago, the US passport has dropped out of the top 10…
Saudi Arabia has made significant changes to its laws, marking a new era of freedom for women. These reforms, part of the Kingdom’s broader Vision 2030, have dismantled many of the long-standing restrictions on women’s travel and personal independence. In recent years, Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of legal reforms expanding women’s freedom to…
