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Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that do not age, wither and decay with the passage of time, says Gopal Krishna.......

Right to privacy is deeply linked to national security

Admittedly, EVMs too have a UID number and any convergence of data can make the secret ballot system a party of history, warns Dr Gopal Krishna in the 5th part of his series against Aadhaar.......

The Taj is Everybody's

'It is obvious that the lakhs who come to see it do not see it through the prism of religion,' says Jyoti Punwani. I first saw the Taj Mahal when I was in school. The sight of it literally took my......

Don't misread Supreme Court order, Aadhaar not a must

The DoT is wrongly asking subscribers to link their mobile numbers to Aadhaar in order to keep them active.Under no situation can the ministry of communications establish that the two-judge bench's......

Nitish Katara murder case: Yadavs sentenced to 25 years

The Supreme Court on Monday awarded a 25-year jail term each to Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal Yadav for their role in the kidnapping and killing of Nitish Katara in 2002. A bench comprising......

Battered by three decades of controversy, TMB looks back to the future

June was a memorable month for the 101-year-old Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB). Last month, the Thoothukudi-based bank witnessed two new landmarks in a history in which the last three decades could......

Will Supreme Court finally end RBI's supreme conceit?

For the past 10 years or more, the RBI has been turning down dozens of applications under the RTI Act that sought disclosing the list of wilful defaulters and the RBI’s inspection reports. In......

Major reshuffle of top posts in PSU banks

A major reshuffle of top executives in 11 PSU banks is on the cards with the chairmen of Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank, Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India and Vijaya Bank slated to retire......

Loans getting more expensive

Commercial banks began jacking up their lending rates on Wednesday, a day after the Reserve Bank of India raised the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points, even as the foreign exchange and money......

North Block picks fresh names for bank ED posts

The selection of executive directors in various public sector banks has taken a new twist with the finance ministry once again drawing up a list of 83 eligible general managers for interviews.With......

Indian football: 10-man FC Goa hold SC East Bengal

IMAGE: FC Goa failed to hold on to the lead and SCEB found the equaliser in the 65th minute. Photograph: ISL/Twitter SC East Bengal (SCEB) failed to make use of a numerical advantage to......

SC rejects plea to stop Srinivasan from taking up ICC top post

The decks were cleared for Narayanaswami Srinivasan to contest the ICC presidential election on June 27 after the Supreme Court refused to entertain the Cricket Association of Bihar’s plea......

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