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India issues 15 lakh travel visas from Jan-May

Indian Tourism is getting an overwhelming response from travelers all over the world. The number of foreign tourists visiting India increased by many folds, 15 lakh visas were issued between January and May, the decline rate of visa are marginal.Nearly…




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Vietnam Extends Visa Free Travel to Five Western Europe Countries

The Vietnamese Government has extended visa-free travel by additional year for the travelers from France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. The foreign nationals who visit Vietnam can stay for 15 days. Any passport holder from the countries…




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India extends e-visa facility to 36 more countries

India is riding high on the success of e-tourist visa scheme, after receiving an overwhelming response from the travelers in using the e-visa facility; Indian Government announced the extension of this service to 36 more countries. The proposal has been…




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Israel eases visa policies to attract foreign workers

To address skill shortage issues in its technology sector, Israel has planned to relax its visa regime to attract skilled foreign workers into its country. The  software firms warned that skill shortages are jeopardizing the country’s multi-billion…




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India mulling over change in visa policies to improve service sector

Briefing to the Lok Sabha on liberalizing visa policies, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the Government has a proposal to introduce a new visa regime to boost the service sector. The plan will enhance trade services…




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Saudi Arabia introduces new visa fee structure

The Saudi Arabia Government announced new visa fee reforms that will be in effect from October 2nd, 2016. For a period of two months, a resident needs to pay a revised fee of SR200 for exit and re-entry. SR100 will be charged per month till the…




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E-visa proposal for delegates to visit India put on hold by Home Ministry

Citing security concerns, the Home Ministry of India puts on hold the proposal sent by Tourism Ministry to provide e-visa facility to the delegates visiting the country for conferences and meetings. According to an  official from Tourism Ministry,…




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New Visa plan to boost Thailand's Medical Tourism

On Tuesday, the Cabinet of Thailand announced a new visa plan under which the permit to stay, of foreign nationals aged 50 or more, has been increased from one year to ten years. The vice-minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Colonel Apisit Chaiyanuwat…




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Federal Court Block Deportation of Afghanistan National on SIV

On Wednesday, a federal high court prevented the President Trump’s led administration from sending back a man of Afghan descent who was attempting to come into the United States with a special permit kept specially for those who have come to the aid…




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India Asks WTO to Make the Visa Fees More Reasonable and Transparent

The nation of India currently tendered a proposal for a worldwide agreement on business facilitation to the departments of the world trade organization.   The completed version of the document is yet to be made available to the general public, though,…




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Getting Indian Visa is More Easier Now

The present administration has gone one step in relaxing its permit scheme targeted at inviting more tourists to the nation. The new alterations that were approved by the administration will be put into law from the 1st of April. On the front of knowledge,…




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New Visa Scheme Set to Attract more Visitors from India

I bow to you, India. The traditional greeting of Namaste would be sounded all throughout the nation of India as the country of Malaysia looks to have a scoop of the tourism industry with a quicker and less expensive permit acquisition program. That comes…




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Dennis Prager Visits Japan, Asks Why Crime Is Low

Dennis Prager, right-wing writer, and radio talk host have drawn a lot of ire from most of the people in the press a couple of times. The most recent of which occurred when Dennis, who is a devoted Jew has repeatedly stated that there is a battle on…




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Foreign Tourists with E-visa can Stay Up to 2 Months

Tourists coming into the country of India using the electronic permit can now stay in the country for up to 60 days, rather than the previous 30 days, and also get additional double entry bonus while tourists coming on the grounds of medical reasons…




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With an Indian Passport, Get Visa-On-Arrival in 48 Countries

Indian citizens who have their passports can now journey to 46 nations without needing a permit or getting one upon arrival. Germany is the number one nation with the most powerful passport as its citizens can journey to about 160 nations without needing…




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Mallika Sherawat Requests for Visa on NGO Founder's Behalf

Mallika Sherawat has always worked closely with several NGOs for social causes and this time around, the Bollywood actress, has gone a step ahead in helping humanity. The actress worked with Free-A-Girl India and supported the association’s co-founder,…




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Israeli Embassies Can’t Process Visas Due to Staff Shortage

Israel suffers from a major skilled labor shortage and therefore, announced in 2015, that it will open doors to non-Israeli techies. But the government hasn’t worked in attracting those techies because the country’s embassies are too understaffed…




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Visa Improvements Increase Tourism in UAE

Established in 2010, the Dubai World Centre is one of the largest airports in the UAE  and saw a traffic of over 900,000 in 2017. Dubai Airports, its operator, reported that the airport received a 6.4 percent growth from 850,633 people in 2016 to…




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Qatar Announced Visa-on-arrival program for 80 countries

Qatar is soon planning to start the world famous visa-on-arrival program for 80 countries including India. The news was first reported by a British news agency, who said that visas will be given for 30 days, 60 days, and 90 days and are renewable. Hassan-al-Ibrahim,…




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Russians Skip Traveling to America Because of Visa Delays

Before matters started getting worse between Russia and the United States, Russians could get the US travel visa within a week. But now, Russians have to wait for a minimum of eight months, making them restless. It is too long to wait for a travel visa…




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Turkey Govt. Plans to Issue Post-study Work Permit

In the light of globalization, the Turkish government has decided to issue post-study work permits to international students. It means that the 117,000 foreign students currently studying in Turkish educational institutions for a particular amount of…




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VEI is Bringing to Singapore to Solve Start-up Communities Problems

Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in SingaporeVisa’s Everywhere Initiative is a program that solves the payment problems and commercial challenges of start-up communities. At first, the program was started in the USA in 2015 and has expanded it globally,…




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India Attracts 25 Lakh Tourists Through the E-Visa in 2018

India issued 25 lakh e-Visas in 2018 which is a tremendous increase from 2015. It also reduced the main category visa to 21 from 26 after clubbing several categories.Fresh DevelopmentsThe officials of the Home Ministry stated regarding reducing sub-categories…




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Thailand Cabinet Plans Visa-Free Travel for Indian and Chinese Tourists

Thailand Visa-Free TravelPipat Ratchakitprakarn, The Thailand Minister of Tourism and Sports, stated that there was a plan to introduce visa-free travel for tourists of China and India in the next few months of this year. Additionally there will be a…




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Thailand Extends Visa Reforms to Chinese and Indians Visitors

Acting on the proposal of Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn, Tourism Minister Thailand The cabinet resolved for extending the fee waiver on visit visas in respect of visitors of India, China, and other countries. The program has a run beyond October 31 2019 until…




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Malaysia Allows Visa-Free Entry Leading to Visit of more Indian and Chinese Tourists

Dr. Datuk Noor Zari Secretary-General Tourism Ministry Malaysia stated that the tourists from India and China were among the top contributors to the tourism sector in the country.Focus on Two NationsAlso, the number of arrivals from India and China is…




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How Middlemen Have Changed Travel Marketing

Direct selling, OTAs, loyalty. Travel intermediaries are having a strange impact on travel marketing.




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The IoT and Data Sharing are Reinventing Loyalty

Data, collaboration, and the IoT are reframing loyalty for a new age




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My teaching doesn’t change, why does my EVAAS score?

A conversation with my mentor has always stuck in my mind: Teaching is not about me, directly, it’s about serving my students. Teaching is about providing each of my students what they need to learn the material and to grow academically and as an individual. Teaching is about student learning. [...]

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How analytics can shape the government workforce

Creative government workforce approaches come in many forms. Some time ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offered employees an interesting choice to incentivize them to stay. Employees could either telework from home one day per week or receive $1,000. As Jon Lemon, principal industry consultant at SAS told the [...]

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4 ways the data revolution is changing government

The data revolution is causing disruption everywhere. Even governments are feeling the effects. While the public sector may be less prepared for the impending changes, government has good reasons to embrace the data revolution. First, governments have been collecting data for years. They have lots of data. This supports programs, [...]

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With government data sharing, don’t be a data scrooge

Encouraging data sharing can sometimes feel like refereeing kids on Christmas morning. “Mom said you have to SHARE!” my sister bawled, grabbing at the Game Boy in my hand as I held the toy just out of her reach. I had just gotten it as a Christmas present and had [...]

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Data-driven is better: Lessons from handicapping the ponies

Data-driven is a buzzword again. It feels new and shiny but has been around for years. Yet, people still ask what it means to be data-driven. If you wonder why it’s important to be data-driven, you might ask your bookie. Yes, I said your bookie. In thinking about when I [...]

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Can we evaluate whole person suffering?

As we honor Mental Health Month, there are many calls to reduce suffering. Seems reasonable, right? It’s even in California’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), where public systems are called to “reduce subjective suffering.” And as we broadly focus more on outcomes in health, measuring suffering (and hopefully its reduction) [...]

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Fighting fraud in the new world of Value-Based Payments

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Value-Based Payments (VBP), health care’s new magic, “silver bullet” that will solve all our fraud problems. Last month, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release entitled, “HHS Proposes Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Reforms to Support Value-Based and [...]

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Coronavirus: कोल्हापूरच्या ग्रामीण भागात करोनाचा शिरकाव

त्यामुळे जिल्ह्यात रुग्णांची एकूण संख्या ११वर पोहोचली आहे.




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WhatsApp partners with reputed fact-checking firm to curb fake COVID-19 news and misinformation




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Todays Google Doodle lets you play Loteria, a Mexican version of Bingo




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Leaked screenshots of Lenovo Legion Gaming Phone shows a new take on the pop-up camera design




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PUBG Mobile teaser video showcases new locations in v0180 updates new Mad Miramar map




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JioFiber set-top box to finally get Amazon Prime Video support




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Unreal Engine 425 released by Epic Games Brings PS5 and Xbox Series X support and Niagara visual effects system




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Apple WWDC 2020 to start June 22, will be free for developers




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Airtel offering free access to ZEE5 for prepaid customers recharging Rs 149 and above




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Forza Street now available for Android and iOS




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OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro pre-orders are live on Amazon, sale date revealed




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TCL to launch 8K and 4K QLED Android TV range in June in India




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Vodafone Idea reintroduces Double Data offer starting at Rs 299 in India




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Microsoft reveals Xbox 2020 roadmap, Series X gameplay reveal coming May 7