New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside the technical evaluation process for outsourcing Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) services at Indian Missions in Abu Dhabi (The UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia), holding that the assessment of bidders was vitiated by “arbitrariness, irrationality and lack of transparency” in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Shail Jain allowed a batch of petitions fil…
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New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The flight situation from the Gulf region to India continues to improve with 90 non-scheduled flights expected to arrive from the UAE on Sunday, according to an official statement. Flights are also operating from multiple airports in Saudi Arabia and Oman to India, while the Qatar airspace is partially open with around 8-10 flights expected to arrive on Sunday.While the airspace in Kuwait and Bahrain is closed, flights are operating via Dammam (Saudi Arabia) to India. T…
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Taliban leader Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor’s reported arrival in New Delhi to take over as Charge d’Affaires at the Afghan Embassy has been drawing few criticisms, while some coverage terming it a diplomatic move. However, India’s quiet acceptance of a Taliban representative in Delhi signals pragmatic engagement, not recognition of the government in Kabul.This complicates Beijing and Islamabad’s joint efforts to draw Afghanistan fully into the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor …