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Friday, August 8, 2025
TopicForeign Travel

Topic: Foreign Travel

What are lookout circulars & why Delhi HC just quashed one — ‘can’t curtail right to travel abroad’

Lookout circulars (LOCs), restrict one from leaving India for specified offences. HC quashed an LOC saying failure to pay Rs 7 cr bank loan 'wasn't detrimental to India’s economic interests'.

US, UK & Canada announce travel advisory for citizens in Pakistan following Imran Khan’s arrest

Pakistan has been rocked by fresh political turmoil after Khan was arrested by the country's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case Tuesday.

Modi’s vishwa guru quest continues. Australia visit will help India wean Canberra away from China

Hectic diplomatic exercises have begun as Modi government sets about meeting the heads of UK, Australia, Germany, France and Italy—besides US, Russia and China.

Planning a trip to Europe? Get your visa application process going at least months in advance

Wait is especially long for Schengen countries due to high volume of applications & limited appointments. Many embassies are facing staff crunch, which is further delaying the process.

Mere 29% travellers got refunds from airlines for cancelled plans during 3rd wave, survey says

LocalCircles asked people about their travel plans between January and March this year, and if they were able to get a refund in case they cancelled. This is what it found.

Did Covid stop Indians from going to UK, US to study? Nope—universities were flooded instead

Covid-19 caused a large fall in new international students. But source countries India and Nigeria have rebounded strongly.

You can travel to many countries now, but there is a maze of border rules on the way

For each international trip, there are rules for entry into the destination country and separate rules for leaving and getting back home.

This is how nations are gearing up to revive global travel, powered by vaccines

Countries that have successfully vaccinated a substantial share of the population are now planning ways to let people start travelling again, for business or for vacations.

Pompeo, other US diplomats cancel foreign trips amid growing criticism over Capitol riot

Pompeo had planned to go to Belgium and UN Ambassador Kelly Craft had planned to visit Taiwan but all travel has now been canceled, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.

This is how WEF plans to make international travel easier with uniform access to health data

WEF's CommonTrust Network aims at developing a global health registry that will standardise medical records and allow access to heathcare data without compromising privacy.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.