Singapore: Singapore has rolled out passport-less immigration clearance across all four terminals at Changi Airport, officials said on Thursday. Under the initiative, arriving and departing Singapore residents – which include Singapore citizens, permanent residents and long-term pass holders – can clear immigration solely by using their facial and iris biometrics. However, children below the age … Read more
Singapore‘s Changi Airport has streamlined immigration processing, enabling passengers to pass through in as little as 10 seconds using advanced facial recognition and iris biometrics. This technological shift, fully implemented on September 30, has reduced average clearance times by 60%—from 25 seconds to just 10 seconds—according to a statement released by the city-state’s Immigration & … Read more
A view of the Madras High Court building in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Convinced with the Indian nationality of a 67-year-old woman of Chinese origin, the Madras High Court has directed the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to issue her a passport so that she can visit her eldest son, an … Read more
The CIBIL Credit Score plays an important role in determining an individual’s creditworthiness. It is obtained through one’s PAN details, which is a compulsory requirement by most financial institutions for any transactions. But what if you do not have a PAN card? How would you request your CIBIL score? Don’t worry — here is how you can get your CIBIL credit score without a PAN card. A CIBIL score is a … Read more
Changing the law interpreted in its three earlier judgments, in which it was held that pendency of a criminal case would not come in the way of renewal or re-issue of regular passport that was already issued, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday said when the law bars issuance of regular passport during pendency … Read more
The Valiyathura police arrested one person who was apprehended at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport with a fake passport. The accused, Faziludeen, 56, of Sooranad, was nabbed when he had gone to the airport to travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday. The airport authorities handed him over to the police after finding him to be in … Read more
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti. | Photo Credit: ANI PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport with 10-year validity, sources said here on June 4. After a prolonged legal battle in the Delhi High Court, the passport was delivered to Ms. Mehbooba. Her travel … Read more
File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received a new ordinary passport on May 28, two days after a local court granted its no objection to the issuance of the same, sources said. They said the passport office had assured Mr. Gandhi in the morning that the … Read more
Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the J&K Police has told the Jammu and Kashmir High Court that a police verification report regarding the passport of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija, was forwarded to the passport office in February. The CID sought dismissal of the writ … Read more
A view of people on a road after an earthquake in Antakya in Hatay province, Turkey, February 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS New 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey’s Hatay province A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded on February 20, 2023, in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which … Read more