New Delhi, December 4 (Udaipur Kiran): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Palam Airport with his convoy to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is scheduled to arrive in Delhi shortly. This is President Putin’s first visit to India after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. Prime Minister Modi will host a private dinner in […]
An F-16 fighter jet assigned to the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the service’s elite aerial demonstration team, went down Wednesday morning in a Southern California desert. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Officials said the jet went down around 10:45 a.m. during a training flight in controlled airspace. Video posted to X […]
Hyderabad, December 3: Major operational disruptions hit IndiGo’s services at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday, leading to the cancellation of 40 flights. An airport spokesperson confirmed that by 7 PM on December 3, a total of 19 departure flights and 21 arrival flights were cancelled due to the operational challenges faced by the […]
A viral video shamed Indians claiming that they fake disability and book wheelchairs at foreign airports. A video of long queues of wheelchair-bound people, visibly Indians, at some airport has triggered a massive social media controversy with Indians getting hate from all corners because of what social media users are calling “new scam”. The viral […]
Muscat International Airport now offers emergency passport renewal for citizens with less than six months’ validity/Representative Image Travel emergencies can arise unexpectedly—whether it’s a student rushing to join studies abroad, a patient seeking urgent medical treatment overseas, or a professional required to travel for work. Recognizing this, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has introduced an […]
Indian-origin Malaysian CEO Vishen Lakhiani, an O-1 visa holder in the US, shares his experience of being stopped by FBI agents at Miami airport. Indian-Malaysian Vishen Lakhiani, a CEO of an American company with 230 employees internationally, shared his recent experience of being questioned by two FBI agents the moment he stepped out of the […]
The UK trialled facial recognition e-gates at Manchester Airport, allowing British travellers to skip passports/Representative Image The United Kingdom has begun trials of a “contactless” border control system, allowing British travellers to re-enter the country without presenting their passports. The technology, which uses facial recognition to verify identity, was tested over three weeks at Manchester […]
At least 18 people were injured after a mobile lounge struck a dock at Dulles International Airport on Monday, the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority said.The vehicle, also known as a ‘people mover’, was carrying passengers to Concourse D when it approached the building and struck the dock at an angle at around 4:30 pm, AP […]
Minor aircraft glitch delays Kuwait–Manila flight, passengers safe / Image credit: File A flight carrying nearly 300 passengers from Kuwait to the Philippines was significantly delayed early Friday morning following an unexpected technical glitch. The incident, which occurred just as the aircraft was preparing for departure on the tarmac, caused minor damage but prompted Kuwaiti […]
Saudi digitises deportation and travel checks with AI systems / AI-generated image Acting Director General of Passports (Jawazat), Maj. Gen. Saleh Al-Murabba, announced at the Digital Government Forum 2025 in Riyadh that the directorate will shortly roll out a Self-Deportation Platform to let people who are in the Kingdom illegally complete departure procedures online. He […]
