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India Rank Drops to 85th in Passport Index
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|January 10, 2025
India's ranking has dropped by five points to 85 this year in a global passport index, topped by Singapore for the second consecutive year.
NEW DELHI:
The data draws from Henley Passport Index released by citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners on Wednesday.
This story is from the January 10, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Amritsar.
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