'Insight into history': Man shows British Indian passport from 1927. Watch

1 week, 4 days ago

1 held for trying to send couple to Canada with fake passports: Delhi Police

New Delhi, A 29-year-old man has been arrested here for his alleged involvement in a fake passport and visa racket that tried to send a young couple to Canada by giving them the makeover of senior citizens, officials said on Saturday. 1 held for trying to send couple to Canada with fake passports: Delhi Police Four associates of Bhupender Singh …

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2 weeks ago

German Shepherding

Times of India

An MLA who turned out to be a foreign citizen is such a perfect Indian story German citizen Chennamaneni Ramesh is a shoo-in for the history books. Ever since this son-of-the-soil, nephew of a former Maharashtra governor, with reportedly a PhD from Berlin’s Humboldt University, won on a TDP ticket in 2009, his citizenship issue has been in and out …

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1 month ago

World’s most expensive passport costs ₹19,481. Can you guess the country?

Live Mint

Passports across the world carry different costs associated with them, depending on the country an individual lives in. Cheapest Passport in the World Let's find out in which country one can get the cheapest passport A citizen of the United Arab Emirates can obtain the cheapest passport worldwide. As of April 2024, Indian passport stands as the second cheapest passport …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Fake Passports: Two Bangladeshi Nationals Nabbed at Mumbai Airport

Hindustan Times

Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested for allegedly using fake passports to travel internationally. One of the individuals was traveling to Ukraine, while the other had stayed in India illegally for three decades before traveling to Mauritius. Both men obtained Indian passports through forgery and were subsequently apprehended by immigration authorities at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

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3 months, 1 week ago

Bangladeshi national arrested for travelling to Russia on fake Indian passport

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: A 39-year-old Bangladeshi national was arrested on Monday at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after he was deported from Moscow, Russia, for travelling on a fake Indian passport. HT Image The man, identified as Mohammad Bappi Das Narayan Chandra Das, who hails from Noakhali, five hours away from Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, was caught by the Russian authorities after …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Passport cancellation of former U.P. minister Yaqoob’s son sought

Hindustan Times

Three days after former U.P. minister Haji Yaqoob Qureshi’s son Firoz alias Bhura was taken into custody while allegedly attempting to abscond from the country to Dubai, Meerut police on Wednesday sent a recommendation to the passport department to cancel his passport. “The look out notice against him still exists, therefore airport authorities informed the police,” the SSP said, adding …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Exposed by Poor Hindi at Delhi Airport, Bangladeshi Citizen With Fake Indian Passport Arrested

News 18

In a surprising turn of events at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, answering in Hindi proved to be costly for a traveller bound for Dhaka, Bangladesh. The incident unfolded when Obaidir Rahman, intending to board Air India flight AI-237 to Dhaka, encountered scrutiny at the Bureau of Immigration counter at Delhi airport. IGI Airport Police are now investigating how Obeduddin …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra: Passport office revokes 42 Indian passports illegally procured by Bangladeshi infiltrators

Op India

The fact that Bangladeshis are residing illegally in Maharashtra has come to the fore numerous times. On 2nd July, the Regional Passport Office in Pune invalidated up to 42 Indian passports that were reportedly obtained by Bangladeshis by submitting fake documents, according to the information obtained from the Pimpri Chinchwad authorities. An inquiry found that multiple Bangladeshis were assisted in …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Crisis of identity: Of passports and compatriotism

Firstpost

In ancient times, passports were quite simply letters of identification for safe passage across domains, permitting people to cross borders without any harm. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have the most powerful passports in the world and citizens of these countries may travel to 194 destinations visa free. The Americans mostly use US birth as establishing identity, the …

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7 months ago

MEA got request to impound Prajwal Revanna's passport only on May 21: Jaishankar

The Hindu

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that the Ministry received a request from the Karnataka government only on May 21 to impound the passport of Janata Dal MP Prajwal Revanna, who fled to Germany last month amid allegations of sexual assault. The MEA got this request from Karnataka only on May 21.” Mr. Jaishankar said the External Affairs …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Prajwal Revanna's travel on diplomatic passport created a row, and what MEA says

India Today

Amid the deepening controversy over Prajwal Revanna, who faces accusations of sexually exploiting women, leaving the country, the ministry of external affairs has clarified that the Janata Dal leader’s diplomatic passport had allowed him to travel to Germany bypassing visa and other travel formalities. A diplomatic passport, also known as ‘Type D’ passport, is also issued to individuals authorised to …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Centre to HC: BRS MLA Ramesh has German passport

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: In the citizenship row of former BRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh, pending for more than a decade, the Union home ministry on Friday informed the Telangana High Court that he held a valid German passport and had got it renewed till 2033. Additional solicitor-general B. Narasimha Sarma, representing the Union home ministry, also informed the court that Ramesh had been …

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1 year, 2 months ago

'I Became a Canadian Because My Films Weren't Doing Well': Akshay Kumar

The Quint

During his conversation with ANI, the actor revealed, "I became a Canadian because my films were not doing well at one time and I gave 13 to 14 flop films. I said okay my films are also not going well and a person has to work, no matter where he is. Akshay, who announced his Indian citizenship on Independence Day …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Akshay Kumar Now an Indian Citizen, Here's Proof

Deccan Chronicle

Akshay Kumar has acquired Indian citizenship, as evidenced by the official government documents he shared on Twitter. Sharing the news on Twitter, Akshay posted an image of his Indian citizenship document under the name Akshay Hariom Bhatia. Moving on to Akshay's professional commitments, his recent release, OMG 2, alongside Pankaj Tripathi, has performed well at the box office, despite strong …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Akshay Kumar gets Indian citizenship, shares proof on Twitter: ‘Dil aur citizenship, dono Hindustani’

Hindustan Times

Akshay Kumar is now an Indian citizen. Akshay's Indian citizenship documents Akshay took to Twitter to share a document that noted his name as Akshay Hariom Bhatia. In 2019, during a session of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Akshay had promised that he would soon apply for an Indian passport. Renounce ka abhi mera letter aagaya hai and very soon my …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Over 232k Indians surrendered passports; most from Delhi: Centre

Hindustan Times

A total of 232,534 Indians surrendered their passports across the country from 2014 to 2022, with the highest numbers reported from Delhi, Punjab and Gujarat, according to data provided by the government in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Over 232k Indians surrendered passports; most from Delhi: Centre Other states and Union territories that recorded large numbers of passports being surrendered included …

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1 year, 5 months ago

India's Passport Climbs to 80th Spot, No Visa Required to Travel to 56 Nations. Check List

News 18

The Henley Passport Index on Tuesday put India’s passport at the 80th spot. Indians, however, would still need a visa to enter 177 destinations across the world, including nations like China, Japan, Russia, the United States, Schengen nations and nations part of the European Union. The Japanese passport was ranked the most powerful passport for five years in a row …

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1 year, 5 months ago

First British passports issued in King’s name unveiled

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first British passports bearing the title “His Majesty” and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Minister hails passport staff after 3.5 lakh passports issued

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Union minister of state for external affairs and parliamentary affairs V. Muraleedharan visited the Regional Passport Office in Hyderabad on Wednesday. During his visit, he interacted with Regional Passport Officer and Head of MEA Branch Secretariat Dasari Balaiah, as well as the staff of the RPO. He commended their hard work in issuing 6.5 lakh passports in 2022 and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Modern India cannot exist without constitution, democracy:’ Rahul Gandhi in US

Live Mint

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pressed criticism of the country’s leadership in a speech and called out Indians in the US and back home to stand up for democracy and the Indian constitution. While addressing crowd of about 700 at the Indian Overseas Congress USA event at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan, he said, “To be nasty to people, to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti issued passport after three years

The Hindu

PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport with 10-year validity, sources said here on June 4. The passport given to Ms. Mehbooba, who was the last Chief Minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State before it was bifurcated in 2019, is valid from June 1, 2023, till May 31, 2033. The …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Former J-K CM Mehbooba Mufti gets new passport after three years long legal battle

India TV News

Srinagar: PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport after three years, sources said here on Sunday. Delhi HC ultimatum to passport authority The Delhi High Court in March this year had asked the passport authority to decide within three months on issuing a fresh travel document to the PDP chief. "Considering …

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1 year, 6 months ago

3 Chennai men held for making fake passports utilise unused pages from original ones

India Today

Police have arrested three men for running a fake passport racket in Chennai. The suspects utilised unused pages from old original ones to make the fake documents, police said. Based on a tip-off from multiple agencies, police first arrested Mohammed Sheik Iliyaz of Royapuram on May 20. During questioning, the team discovered that the three men had forged passports using …

Unused Pages Men Held Fake Passport

1 year, 6 months ago

Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, set to travel to US tomorrow

Live Mint

A Delhi court on Friday granted the NOC to Rahul Gandhi for the issuance of an 'ordinary passport' for three years instead of 10, following an objection by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who is the complainant in the National Herald case Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday received a short-validity ordinary passport, following a no-objection certificate from a Delhi court on …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Rahul Gandhi gets new passport, set to travel to US tomorrow

Live Mint

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday received a short-validity ordinary passport, following a no-objection certificate from a Delhi court on Friday, news agency PTI reported citing sources. The former Congress president had surrendered his diplomatic passport after his disqualification as a Member of Parliament in March following his conviction and two-year sentence by a Gujarat court in a defamation case over …

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1 year, 8 months ago

"We Are Still Stuck In Patriarchal Notions": Madras High Court Directs Issue Of Passport To Man Whose Mother Was Indian And Father A Srilankan Refugee

Live Law

The Madras High Court recently directed the Regional Passport authority to consider the representation of a man who had applied for an Indian Passport. Justice GR Swaminathan of the Madurai bench noted that though the petitioner's father was also a Srilankan refugee, the fact that his mother was an Indian citizen was not disputed. The court noted that we were …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Police probing nexus helping criminals get passports, flee India

Hindustan Times

Gangster Deepak Pahal alias Boxer, who was arrested at an airport in Cancun, Mexico and brought to Delhi, has brought the focus on how criminals are procuring passports to flee India on the basis of forged documents and by bribing officials. Pahal told police that Delhi gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu had also got a passport issued from Bareilly and …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Selfiee: Last time Akshay had series of flops, he applied for Canadian passport

Live Mint

In a recent interview on the first episode of the new season of Seedhi Baat on Aajtak, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar opened up about his Canadian citizenship and the criticism he has faced because of it. Akshay admitted to feeling hurt when people make unfounded statements about his decision to obtain Canadian citizenship without understanding the reasons behind it. With …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mehbooba writes to Jaishankar on delay in issue of passports to Muftis

The Hindu

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the delay in issuing passports to the Muftis. In Jammu and Kashmir it has become the norm to arbitrarily reject passport applications of thousands including journalists, students and others by misusing national interest as a …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Security alert over Bangladeshis acquiring Indian passport

The Hindu

A security alert has been issued by the Tamil Nadu police that a large number of Bangladeshi nationals settled along the industrial belt of Tamil Nadu had acquired Indian identity documents by impersonating themselves as natives of West Bengal. Highly placed sources in the State Government told The Hindu on Friday that a sizeable number of Bangladeshi nationals who crossed …

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2 years ago

Behavioural economics and the transformation of India’s passport services

Live Mint

Passport services have improved by “500 per cent” ever since the Modi government came to power in 2014, Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan told the Lok Sabha on Friday. It’s true that one of India’s recent government service delivery success stories is the improvement in the quality and quantity of passport services. The passport services cutting …

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2 years, 1 month ago

‘Very soon’: Akshay Kumar gives update on his Indian passport application

Hindustan Times

Actor Akshay Kumar has often been criticised as ‘Canadian Kumar’ by social media trolls for his Canadian citizenship. In 2019, during a session of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Akshay had promised that he would soon apply for an Indian passport. Akshay Kumar on the final day of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2022. Hindustan Times chief managing editor-entertainment and lifestyle Sonal …

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2 years, 4 months ago

India will have e-passports soon: MEA

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Ministry of External Affairs, during its state outreach programme held in Hyderabad on Wednesday, confirmed that India will issue E-Passports by the year end. Soon India will also be at the forefront in Cloud passports, said Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, senior Indian Foreign Service Officer who is currently the Secretary, MEA. Addressing media Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, said “People who are …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai police launch manhunt for two suspected 'Bangladeshi terrorists' carrying Indian passports

Firstpost

The police suspect that the duo were carrying fake passports made by an agent and a rival agent may have sent the email to the airport authorities about their whereabouts Mumbai: The Mumbai police have launched a manhunt for two suspected “Bangladeshi terrorists” carrying Indian passports, who were scheduled to fly to Serbia from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, but …

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2 years, 5 months ago

What explains India’s record number of passports since 2014?

The Hindu

Published : Jul 10, 2022 18:00 IST The travelling Indian is raring to go, as never before, be it in search of employment opportunities, education, or just good old sight-seeing. From 2014 until May 2022, the government issued a record 8,81,37,068 passports, according to statistics available from the Ministry of External Affairs’ “performance dashboard”. Similarly, Punjab, which accounted for a …

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2 years, 6 months ago

India to Roll Out e-Passports, Announces Jaishankar on Passport Seva Divas 2022

News 18

Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar has confirmed that the central government is striving to implement e-passports that will facilitate international travel and provide protection against identity theft. The announcement came on the occasion of Passport Seva Divas when the minister explained the government’s intention to enhance the citizen experience and public delivery. In his speech, the minister noted that …

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2 years, 10 months ago

9 Interesting facts about passports that everyone should know

India Today

A purpose of a passport is to show other nations that you are a legal citizen of your particular nation of origin. Interesting facts related to passports that everyone should know: 1) Having a face tattoo will require a new passport: If you have had a face tattoo or face surgery, you will need a new passport. 3) It is …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Union Budget 2022: What is E-passports and how to apply for it

India Today

Union Finance Minister and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman announced the issuance of e-passports in her budgetary statement for the benefit of citizens in the Union Budget 2022-23. The E-passport is the digital form of the traditional passport that was created for the smooth passage of immigration posts globally. The chip will carry information like the passport holder's name, date of …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Union Budget 2022: E-Passport to be Issued in 2022-23, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

News 18

Union Budget 2022: The Union Budget gives a clear idea of the future of India and in the Union Budget 2022 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a big announcement for travellers saying that e-passports will be rolled out in 2022-23. “The government gave its approval for the procurement of electronic contactless inlays for the manufacturing of e-passports to India …

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2 years, 11 months ago

India all set to introduce e-passports with chips, here is how it will work

India Today

Soon, Indian travelers will get microchip-based e-passports. Sanjay Bhattacharya, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, took to Twitter to inform them that India would get e-passports with secure biometric data. He revealed that the passport would contain secure biometric data, it would ensure smooth passage through immigration posts globally, and the e-passport would be ICAO compliant. TCS, which had bagged the …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Indian Citizens to Soon Receive Safer, More Convenient E-passports

News 18

Indian citizens will no longer be required to carry a physical passport because the government will soon launch an e-passport service in the country. Sanjay Bhattacharya, the Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, recently tweeted that Indian citizens are likely to receive e-passports soon. According to the Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, e-passports will be secured with …

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2 years, 11 months ago

India to Introduce e-Passport With a Microchip: How it is Different from Regular Ones

News 18

Everything About E-Passport: The ministry of external affairs has expressed plans of introducing chip-enabled e-passports soon, in an important news to frequent travellers. “It has been the constant endeavour of the ministry to enhance passport services, in fact all citizen services that we provide, and introduce new features and facilities in the passport and our passport services,” MEA spokesperson Arindam …

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3 years, 1 month ago

The shadowy world of camouflage passports

CNN

CNN — “He has pulled a hand-grenade pin and he is ready to blow up the aircraft if he has to. Look at the European Commission’s list of 180 “fictional” passports and you’ll find a host of the camouflage variety, featuring Dutch Guiana, Eastern Samoa, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Gilbert Islands, and many more. The UK’s HM Passport Office published …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat ATS nabs man for sending people abroad on fake passports, visas

India TV News

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested a 45-year-old man from Surat city for allegedly sending several persons abroad on bogus passports and visas, an official said on Tuesday. Based on a tip-off, a team from the Gujarat ATS raided a house in Varachha area of Surat on Monday and apprehended Adam Mohammad Irfan with several fake passports that had visa …

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3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINED: Why India Is Against Vaccine Passport For Covid-Proof Travel

News 18

Students looking to go abroad for studies are being prioritised for vaccination among the 18-44 age group as universities overseas make vaccination mandatory for attending class as campuses begin to reopen. Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Union health minister, told a G7 health ministers’ conference to which India was invited that vaccine passports would be discriminatory to people in the developing …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Passport and liberty

The Hindu

“L AW has reached its finest moments when it has freed men from the unlimited discretion of some ruler, some civil or military official, some bureaucrat. “If a fundamental right under Article 21 can be exercisable outside India, why can freedom of speech and expression conferred under Article 19 be not so exercisable?” Justice Douglas said in Kent vs Dulles …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Bangladeshi Man Gets 7.5 Years of Imprisonment for Using Fake Indian Documents

News 18

A court in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old Bangladeshi man to rigorous imprisonment for 7.5 years for using fake documents to get an Indian passport. Additional District Judge-3, Rajanikant Pathak, convicted Sheikh Faridul Alam in the case on April 7 and pronounced the quantum of punishment on Monday. Alam was arrested at the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Most powerful passports 2021 list revealed. India ranks 85

India Today

2020 brought travel industry to a halt. However, the updated Henley and Partners Passport Index of 2021 has come out with a new ranking of the world's most powerful passports, and India ranks 85th on the new list. INDIA RANKS 85 ON PASSPORT INDEX Indian passport ranked 85th on the updated 2021 list. Indian passport got a score of 58, …

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