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Over 9 million passengers clear Dubai airport immigration in six months via Smart Gates; clearance time drops to 3.4 secondsDubai's smart travel system processed over 9.4 million passengers in early 2026. Smart Gates facilitated immigration for over nine million ...
Tourism and hotel sector stocks: Time for a correction in business? Are analysts getting it wrong? 15 stocks from the ecosystemThe Indian hotel and tourism ecosystem has benefitted from the post-Covid travel urge. Occupancies were high, room rates firm, supply is, i...
JEE Advanced 2026 Exam May 17: Check admit card rules, exam timings, dress code & barred itemsJEE Advanced 2026 Exam May 17: JEE Advanced 2026 is scheduled for Sunday, May 17th, with two papers conducted by IIT Roorkee. Candidates mu...
JEE Advanced 2026 exam on Sunday: Check timing, dress code, banned items, documents needed, and other guidelinesJEE Advanced 2026 is scheduled for Sunday, May 17, conducted by IIT Roorkee. The exam will have two shifts, with Paper 1 from 9 AM to 12 PM...
Fast-track immigration in India: Eligibility, registration and key details explainedIndia's Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme is now operational at 13 airports, allowing eligible Indian citizens and OCI car...
What the US biometric entry-exit programme means for non-citizens as rollout begins from December 26America is launching a new biometric entry-exit system for foreign visitors. Starting December 26, 2025, non-US citizens will have their fa...
New US rule makes facial recognition mandatory for non-citizens at all entry and exit pointsUS Customs and Border Protection is expanding its facial recognition system to track nearly all non-US citizens entering and exiting the co...
is your iPhone the new passport? How Apple is making travel easier for its usersApple is introducing a feature that allows iPhone users in the U.S. to store their passports digitally in the Wallet app. Travelers will be...
Fast-track immigration clearance for Indians, OCIs to be extended to five more airportsThe Fast Track Immigration–Trusted Traveller Programme will soon be available at five more international airports. Union Home Minister Amit...
Landing in the UAE? Here’s how to skip the long immigration queueTo avoid long immigration queues in the UAE, especially during peak travel in August, travellers can leverage technology-based services. Th...
Inside India's e-Passport: What it is, how does it work, and why does it matterThe Indian government has introduced e-passports to enhance security and modernize international travel documents. These biometric passport...
New rule for GST registration: Now biometric authentication in your home state is possible when you do GST registration in another stateGST registration: New advisory by Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) dated March 3, 2025 says additional facility allowing certain Promo...
Beyond boundaries: How BLS International simplifies global service needsBLS International, a leading provider of tech-enabled services, has been simplifying visa and passport application processes for government...
CIAL to launch smart gates for international travellers, self-immigration process in 20 secondsThis state-of-the-art facility will be launched by August 2024, CIAL said on Thursday and added that it has begun an infrastructure makeove...
Special programme to fast-track immigration services launched; All you need to knowThe FTI-TTP will be launched at 21 major airports in the country. In the first phase, along with the Delhi airport, it will be launched at ...
How NRIs can get Aadhaar cards made: A step-by-step guideNRIs looking to return to India or stay for an extended period value the Aadhaar card as a crucial identification document issued by UIDAI.
Digital rights group NOYB challenges Ryanair's use of facial recognitionThe Irish airline, Europe's largest by passenger numbers, says on its website that in order to comply with safety and security requirements...
UIDAI to encourage people to update their Aadhaar biometrics every 10 years: Official"UIDAI will encourage people to update their biometrics, demographics etc once in 10 years. Over time, it will push people to update Aadhaa...
E-Gates to give immigration clearance in seconds to citizens of select countriesLow-risk travellers from select countries from Jan 2019 can enter India without standing in long queues at immigration counters as the govt...
Aadhaar-linked seamless air travel from next yearCome 2018 and domestic flyers out of Kolkata, Ahmebadad and Vijayawada will whiz through airports if they link their Aadhaar number to air ...