Nepal flash floods: India's Embassy in Beijing asks families of missing nationals to submit DNA samplesIndian nationals missing after a mudslide and flood require DNA samples. Families must submit samples to the Indian Embassy in Beijing for ...
08 Sep, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kidsDetermining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of child safety measures that other companies, including Google, TikTok, and ...
01 Sep, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
Census 2027 to drop separate ‘beggars and vagrants’ categoryScheduled for 2027, India's Census will implement transformative updates to its data collection methods. The existing category for 'beggars...
25 Aug, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
Maharaja Agrasen engineering student’s anti-corruption site Bribes.fyi gets 50 lakh requests in 48 hours, now shuts downBribes.fyi, a platform that allowed users to anonymously report alleged bribery demands, has announced an indefinite shutdown after receivi...
19 Aug, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
ETMarkets NRI Talk| The question is no longer 'Why India?' but 'At what valuation?': Bhaskar HazraHazra also shares his views on sector opportunities, the role of alternatives, and why financial assets are increasingly becoming a preferr...
06 Aug, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
This island nation in the Pacific is selling passports for $90,000 — here's what buyers getNauru, a Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels, is offering citizenship through a $90,000 investment programme to raise fun...
05 Aug, 2026, 12.45 PM IST
Children in a strange land: the plight of the 1,000 minor migrants still in Spain's CeutaThousands of migrants crossed into Ceuta, Spain, from Morocco last week. Most have since returned, but many minors remain in the enclave. S...
04 Aug, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
India among top five growth markets, centre of global strategy for Red HatIndia is currently at the centre of the company's global strategy, both as a critical market and a hub for engineering excellence, Navtej S...
26 Jul, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
Indians most eager to resume international travel: Amadeus SurveyClose to half of a thousand Indians in a global survey of ticketing technology giant Amadeus said they would book their first international...
07 Apr, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
The future of travel looks bright, but 'health passports' & digital certificates may take longer to arriveHowever, making health passports stricter for travel could invite legal challenges.
10 Mar, 2021, 05.34 PM IST
Cases of forgery in foreigners' passports on rise: Govt"The government has registered 264 such cases last year, as against 310 in 2013 and 289 in 2012," Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren ...
15 Dec, 2015, 03.36 PM IST
Lalit Modi one of four passport cases government didn't challengeLalit Modi is among four people against whom the government did not approach a higher court after their passports were restored by lower co...
24 Jul, 2015, 10.58 AM IST
Lalit Modi among four against whom government did not file appeal against orders of lower courtsLalit Modi is among four people against whom the government did not file appeal against the orders of lower courts for issue of passports.
23 Jul, 2015, 05.57 PM IST
Confirming all docs in passport process cumbersome: Govt to HCCentre told Delhi HC that fake documents submitted during passport verification may sometimes escape attention of officers.
29 Apr, 2015, 10.59 PM IST
Coming soon: Tamper-proof e-passports to speed up travelThe technology will make the document more secure and also substantially reduce the time required by the holder for immigration.
12 Oct, 2014, 03.29 AM IST
Saudi authorities refuse to accept new Indian passportsIn fresh trouble for Indians in Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have refused to accept new passports issued by Indian diplomatic mission
21 May, 2013, 12.48 AM IST
- Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
Critics warn that RFID-tagged identities will enable identity thieves and other criminals to commit "contactless" crimes against victims wh...
13 Jul, 2009, 05.47 AM IST