JAKARTA – Ms Indie, a 28-year-old healthcare worker, was head over heels in debt. “Every piece of clothing, from my head to my feet, I bought on instalments,” said Ms Indie, who wanted to be ...

West Bengal chief minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee is confident ahead of the counting day on May 4, saying her party is set to win more than 200 seats in the assembly elections 2026. She ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is headed for a historic victory in West Bengal and a third consecutive term in Assam, the Congress-led United Democratic Front is set to win power in Kerala, and the ...

Europe has officially activated its long-awaited digital border control system, marking a significant shift in how non-EU travellers enter and exit the Schengen zone. The Entry/Exit System (EES), now ...

02:35, Fri, Mar 27, 2026 Updated: 08:49, Fri, Mar 27, 2026 For more than a year now I have been writing about the new Entry/Exit system rolled out at European borders. The system, which will require ...

Europe’s new Entry-Exit System promises smarter borders, but airlines warn it could trigger chaos if poorly implemented. As biometric checks replace passport stamps, mounting delays, privacy concerns, ...

JAKARTA -Labourers have voiced their dissatisfaction with Jakarta’s minimum wage increase in 2026, saying it still falls short of meeting living standards amid rising cost of living in the capital.

The EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES) started its gradual rollout in October. At airports where the new digital technology is in place, visa-exempt travellers from the UK, US and other non-EU countries ...

Indians and other non-EU travelers must now register under the EU's new Entry Exit System (EES) upon arrival in Schengen countries. This digital border system requires passport scans, fingerprints, ...

Europe's new Entry/Exit System (EES) begins operations on October 12, 2025, at external Schengen borders, gradually replacing manual passport stamping with biometric data collection for non-EU ...

Who does EES apply to? People visiting or leaving one of the 29 countries in Europe’s Schengen area. This is mostly the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland is not in the ...