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The successful PoCs demonstrated that contactless, biometric-enabled international travel is already achievable with digital identity replacing paper documentation. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has unveiled promising results from recent digital identity Proofs of Concept (PoCs), demonstrating that the future of international travel is on the brink of a significant transformation. Conducted with the collaboration of airlines, airports, technology providers, and governmenta ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's passport power slipped to the 85th rank out of 199 countries, losing its global mobility, according to a quarterly report of the 2025 Henley Passport Index released on Wednesday. The country previously stood at the 77th position in July. The quarterly report of the index, released by citizenship and residence consultancy firm Henley & Partners, assesses the strength of passports by determining how many destinations citizens can visit without obtaining a visa beforehand. Whi ...Read More >
Mumbai: The BMC is set to begin structural strengthening work on the Parel TT flyover in October this year. To minimise traffic inconvenience, the repairs will be carried out in phases by closing one lane at a time. The repair work was originally planned two years ago but was deferred as the Delisle Road Bridge in Lower Parel was still under reconstruction at the time. Undertaking both projects simultaneously would have worsened traffic congestion in central Mumbai. Constructed in 1980, the Pa ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a significant ruling on cross-border adoption, the Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to an Indian couple seeking to adopt their nephew born in the United States, holding that the adoption cannot be processed under India's Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, as the child is a US citizen and not a "child in need of care and protection". A bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela Gokhale dismissed the plea by the couple, who are Indian citizen ...Read More >
The ban on Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card holders from representing the country in 2008 has affected India's growth in sports such as football and tennis Players of Indian origin living abroad will be encouraged to play for the country, according to the newly-unveiled National Sports Policy, also referred to as the Khelo Bharat Niti, signalling a departure from the government's earlier stance that only Indian passport holders can represent the country. The ban on Overseas Citizens of In ...Read More >
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