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Sunday, October 26, 2025
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Topic: Travel agents

US imposes visa restrictions on Indian travel agents ‘knowingly facilitating illegal immigration’

US officials say it is a step in the 'broader' crackdown on transnational immigration networks that undermine US laws & security, meant to 'cut off alien smuggling'.

MEA says ‘pressing hard with Russia’ for early discharge of Indians duped into fighting in Ukraine

At least 20 Indians have reached out to Indian embassy in Moscow for help. Travel agents tricked them, saying they were travelling on tourist visas to countries like Australia.

Hyderabad travel agent held 16 months after Gujarat duo’s foiled flight to Europe on fake passports

Accused Sayed Shoukat Ulla was arrested when allegedly trying to flee to Dubai from Hyderabad. Three others accused in the case were arrested in 2022 and are out on bail.

Torture, hunger, death, Islamic prayers—the hell 18 Punjab-Haryana men went through in Libya

They were sent to Libya by the unscrupulous agent, where they were sold into slavery. They were stripped of their documents, separated, blindfolded and sold to their ‘masters’.

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After losing no.2 carmaker spot, Hyundai is betting big on the new Venue

Indian car buyers are just as tech-obsessed as their Chinese counterparts, and that obsession has taken precedence over handling and performance.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.