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Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders and overseas nationals can go to India for any purpose, besides on vacationer visa, the authorities stated nowadays because it eased visa and tour regulations imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In a massive flow to get air tour again on track, the authorities has restored the validity of all present visas, almost 8 months once they had been suspended withinside the wake of the virus disaster and the national lockdown.
“The authorities has determined to make a graded rest in visa and tour regulations for extra classes of overseas nationals and Indian nationals who want to go into or go away India,” an order from the Union Home Ministry says.
They can go to India for any purpose, besides on vacationer visa
New Delhi: Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders and overseas nationals can go to India for any purpose, besides on vacationer visa, the authorities stated nowadays because it eased visa and tour regulations imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In a massive flow to get air tour again on track, the authorities has restored the validity of all present visas, almost 8 months once they had been suspended withinside the wake of the virus disaster and the national lockdown.
“The authorities has determined to make a graded rest in visa and tour regulations for extra classes of overseas nationals and Indian nationals who want to go into or go away India,” an order from the Union Home Ministry says.
Under this graded rest, the authorities has determined to repair with on the spot impact all present visas, besides digital visa, vacationer visa and scientific visa, the assertion stated.
The permission for Overseas Citizens of India and overseas nationals to go into the united states of america consists of permitted air or water routes, together with flights operated beneathneath the Vande Bharat Mission air delivery bubble preparations or through any non-scheduled industrial flights as allowed through the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
All such tourists will, but need to comply with the suggestions of the Union Health Ministry concerning quarantine and different Covid protocols.
The authorities had limited air tour – inward and outward – on account that February this 12 months because of the pandemic.
Scheduled worldwide passenger flights were suspended in India on account that March 23.
After almost months of suspension to fight the coronavirus outbreak, the authorities resumed scheduled home passenger flights on May 25.
However, it had then allowed the airways to perform most 33 according to cent in their pre-COVID home flights. The Civil Aviation Ministry accelerated the boundaries on June 26 from 33 according to cent to forty five according to cent.

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Winner of BTS’ Jungkook lookalike competition in Chicago is an all-too-familiar face as ‘lore runs deep’

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Winner of BTS’ Jungkook lookalike competition in Chicago is an all-too-familiar face as ‘lore runs deep’

On Sunday, The BTS Jungkook lookalike contest winner was crowned in Chicago. Impersonators sporting his signature piercings and tattoos swarmed the venue.

Social media personality Andrew Alexander, who’s previously been documented as sharing “striking similarities” with BTS’ Jungkook, won the K-pop star-focussed lookalike competition in Chicago on Sunday, November 24, 2024. (Instagram )

The chain reaction set off by YouTuber Anthony Po’s super-viral Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in Manhattan on October 27, led fans to the K-pop chapter of this journey a month later.

On Sunday, November 24, the new US trend surrounding celebrity lookalike contests saw BTS’ Jungkook enthusiasts turning up for registration in droves. As the Hindustan Times (and several other outlets) previously reported, the event held at Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago, Illinois, handed out a $20 cash prize and a bottle of Soju to the winner. As it turned out, some older fans of the K-pop septet already knew the much-debated winner of the anticipated turnout.

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A flurry of fan-shared videos and photos popped up online on Sunday (US time), capturing the three finalists in action as the trio, like other Jungkook impersonators showed up dressed in variations of black outfits. Ultimately, Andrew Alexander, a widely renowned YouTube sensation, was crowned the winner. Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, some BTS fans will remember the content creator from a years-old YouTube video, in which his sister “turned” him into the beloved K-pop group’s maknae.

Who is Andrew Alexander, the winner of Chicago’s Jungkook lookalike competition?

According to the social media personality’s YouTube videos, Andrew is a third-year university student living in California. He clearly flew into Chicago, especially for the Jungkook contest scheduled this week.

Over four years ago, Alexander’s sister, Ashley, posted a video titled “I turned my brother into BTS Jungkook,” as she highlighted how “a lot of people say he looks like” the K-pop star. Given their “striking similarities,” as reflected not only their resemblance (though not validated by a lot of fans) but also their mannerisms, Andrew’s other sister (presumably), Amber, said at the time, “It’s so funny every video we post, there’s at least 20 new people that are like ‘I don’t know if anyone’s ever said this but, Andrew looks like Jungkook’”.

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However, Andrew himself did not admit to the similarities. That didn’t stop BTS fan pages from drawing comparisons between him and the BTS singer.

In a video posted before the viral winning announcement, Andrew’s sister documented the scene at the competition venue. Ashley wrote confirmed in the caption, “He flew from LA we flew from NY.” Ironically, the ultimate Jungkook lookalike contest participant was also registered as #7, a number that holds great emotional significance in the BTS fandom, given the group’s member count.

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A netizen who’d had been a longtime fan of the Alexander siblings clan – all YouTube personalities – commented on one of Andrew’s posts on November 24, “been a fan since 2018,” as they added a reference to Ashley’s YouTube channel “ur mom ashley.”

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In yet another video posted by Amber Alexander, she also recorded the full-circle moment: “He flew all the way from California for this (crying emoji) after years of getting comments saying he looks like Jungkook @andrewalexander WON THE LOOKALIKE COMPETITION.”

Hours before show time, Ashley also took to her TikTok profile (@aaashleyk), showing a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the family ‘Jungkook-ified’ Andrew by drawing the pop star’s famously known hand tattoos and suggesting that he needed a lip ring as well. For his final look, Andrew also showed up with Jungkook’s eyebrow and ear piercings. 

Fans react to the winner being crowned for the lookalike contest

While some instantly approved the decision with comments like “Andrew is actually the ONLY one who looked like jungkook, the others literally have no similarity at all,” others who probably never tracked the siblings’ years-old digital footprints were lost why this win was especially gaining momentous traction online.

“If Andrew didn’t win, I would have hosted another one to make sure he won,” someone else wrote in the comments. Others quipped along the lines of how Jungkook had returned from the military and “Kinda crazy how they let Jungkook win his own lookalike competition.”

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Those familiar with Andrew’s journey, definitely agreed with how the contest “cooked” with its final decision, especially since “the lore runs deep.” Who could’ve known that this was years in the making at a time when lookalike contests weren’t a norm?

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