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'I’m not angry. I’m tired,' Kunal Kushwaha, who works with an AI company in London, shared. 'This isn’t about patriotism or hate. It’s about friction. About how much harder life becomes when you work globally but carry a passport that limits time, and mental bandwidth.'
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These passports shall be valid for six months, the Indian mission in the UAE announced via a post on social media on October 17.
While Game of Thrones trademarks do exist, they apply to goods and services, not personal names. Following public outcry, the Passport Office apologised, acknowledging their mistake.
The police at the Italian airport apparently said that it was the fourth such incident in six hours. Moreover, there weren't any CCTV cameras in the area where the incident happened to protect 'passenger privacy'.
'In few countries will you get a new passport in a couple of days,' author and anchor Vir Sanghvi said. 'At least in Delhi, the passport offices have actually got more citizen-friendly over the last year.'
Official sources said that the MEA has received a letter from the Karnataka government seeking revocation of Revanna's diplomatic passport.
Jothydev Kesavadev, a physician and diabetes researcher, had reached out to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for help. 'His response was quick and powerful. He immediately informed the Indian consulate in Italy and by 9 am, I received a call from there,' he said.
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The situation has put the future of thousands of Pakistan citizens who had plans to travel abroad for study, work, or leisure in jeopardy.
The expired passport had come to double as a meticulous phone book, with numerous numbers scribbled across its unused pages.
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Donato Frattaroli and his fiancee Magda Mazri’s wedding is supposed to happen on August 31 but now is in jeopardy after the incident.
The airport staff accused the woman of breaking the law due to her damaged passport and offered to resolve the issue in exchange for a fee of $1000.