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Aadhaar To Be Default e-ID

If a citizen chooses not to use Aadhaar as the default unique identity, then other unique identity proofs masked and linked to Aadhaar would be used. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   The......

SC asks govt to frame guidelines to curb social media misuse

Technology has taken a "dangerous turn", the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday and asked the Centre to apprise it within three weeks about the time-frame needed to come up with guidelines to curb......

In New York, a protest against corruption in India

New York's Union Square Park saw a rather unusual protest gathering near the statue of the Mahatma in January. There was neither slogan-shouting nor posturing when a small group of about 15 Indians......

Aadhaar data of 815m Indians in dark web, says cyber security firm

The hacker was willing to sell the entire Aadhaar and Indian passport dataset for $80,000 when contacted by Resecurity. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational......

Govt to give unique id numbers to all citizens

Beginning a gigantic task of providing a unique identity to every Indian, the governmenton Tuesdaynotified setting up of a national authority that will ensure that each of its over one billion......

Govt okays funds for unique identity numbers

The government on Thursday sanctioned funds for the second phase of the ambitious scheme to allocate unique identity numbers to 10 crore (100 million) of the country's population. The Cabinet......

Aadhaar linking: SC to hear FB's plea to transfer cases

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea of Facebook Inc for transfer of cases related to demands for linking of social media profiles of users with Aadhaar number, pending before the......

UIDAI Act draft in a month, says Nilekani

A draft bill on the Unique Identity Project would be made public within the next one month, chairman of UIDAI Nandan Nilekani said on Tuesday. "We need an Act to govern a regulatory body like......

Aadhaar's next goal: Financial inclusion in rural areas

Since the first Aadhaar number was issued in September 2010, more than 1.33 billion Aadhaar cards have been generated till June 2022. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the Aadhaar enrolment......

Organisations to enrol for unique entity IDs

After individuals, now even institutions like government departments, schools and companies would get unique identification numbers (UIDs) to enroll the country's residents for the UID system.......

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