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Thursday, May 21, 2026
TopicThe Passports Act

Topic: The Passports Act

Can an Indian facing criminal charges renew passport, travel abroad? SC clarifies position

SC passed order while hearing plea by Mahesh Kumar, who is facing trial for charges including raising funds for terrorist acts.

Goa nightclub fire: How The Passports Act will force Luthra brothers’ return from Thailand

The government deployed provisions of The Passports Act, 1967 to strip the Goa nightclub owners of their tourist status abroad, bypassing the lengthy extradition process.

On Camera

Norway’s Modi cartoon was not satire. Just colonial laziness

Political satire is indispensable to democracy, racial caricature isn’t. If Europe’s liberal press still cannot tell difference, then decolonisation never happened in their imagination.

Recovery of unclaimed shares, dividends now takes days, not yrs. EAC-PM credits investor watchdog revamp

PM-EAC paper says overhaul of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority system sharply improved processing speed and reduced paperwork for investors.

Dragon’s armour: How Xi reshaped China’s military with theatre commands a decade before India’s push

While India yet to set in motion theaterisation of armed forces, China's military reforms combined China’s Army, Navy, Air Force and Rocket Force aimed at regional dominance & tight political control.

Pakistan is tactically brilliant, strategically disastrous. It’s primed for repeated blunders

Pakistan has ended up losing every war against India but that hasn’t prevented it from claiming victory. We will go over the evidence to anticipate what to expect next.