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CERT-In secures thousands of Aadhaar, PAN card details exposed to hackers

A major threat was averted by India CERT team when alerted about thousands of vulnerable PAN and Aadhaar cards stored online.

Jan 3, 2019

Aadhaar amendment bill introduced in Lok Sabha; Opposition up in arms against it

As the Oppositions raised concerns, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asserted that the proposed amendment is in compliance with the Supreme Court judgement and that there will be no infringement of privacy.

Jan 2, 2019

Karnataka farmers asked to apply for loan waivers by January 10 next year

The farmers who are eligible for the loan waivers will receive up to Rs 2 lakh.

Dec 22, 2018

Aadhaar to be voluntary for mobiles, bank accounts

The changes in the relevant sections of the Telegraph Act and PMLA will be effected through the original Aadhaar Act.

Dec 18, 2018

8 lakh fake beneficiaries identified in Maharashtra anganwadis: WCD

A senior WCD official said a total of 61 lakh beneficiaries registered in these anganwadis and of them 8 lakh names were fake. Anganwadis or rural childcare centres were set up by the government to combat undernutrition and stunting among children below the age of six years.

Dec 17, 2018

Robot 2.0, Karnataka elections, FIFA World Cup 2018 among top internet searches this year

Google has revealed "Year in Search" data, which gives us insights into what people searched for most in 2018.

Dec 12, 2018

Aadhaar bail-out option will have limited utility for most

Deleting data on UIDAI servers will invalidate systems like PAN that are required for banking and financial transactions.

Dec 6, 2018

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Supreme Court approves Centre's draft witness protection scheme

The issue of witness protection scheme had cropped up earlier when the top court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking protection for witnesses in rape cases involving self-styled preacher Asaram Bapu.

Dec 5, 2018

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Former CJI Dipak Misra was 'controlled' from outside, says retired SC judge Kurian Joseph

Joseph was one of the four judges who addressed press while in office alleging foul play in the top court's functioning.

Dec 3, 2018

Quoting father's name in PAN application forms not mandatory from Dec 5

Currently, furnishing father's name is mandatory for the allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN).

Nov 21, 2018

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PM Modi invites global tech firms to be part of India's fintech success by investing in innovation

Pitching India as a favourite destination for technology-based investment, PM Modi said cell phone and Aadhar were the vital enablers of this model.

Nov 14, 2018

Plea filed in Delhi HC to use Aadhaar biometrics to identify unnamed dead bodies

The plea said despite registering biometrics and scanning more than 1.22 billion citizens at the Aadhaar Portal, the same was not being utilised for the purpose of identifying unidentified dead bodies

Nov 11, 2018

Arun Jaitley takes on demonetisation critics; calls it a key step to formalise economy

Congress has launched a campaign using hashtag '#DestructionByDemonetisation'. And responding to the campaign, the BJP has started a Twitter war by using hashtag #CorruptCongressFearDemo.

Nov 8, 2018

India will become fifth largest economy in 2019: Finance minister Arun Jaitley

India emerged as the world's sixth largest economy in 2017, surpassing France, and is likely to go past the United Kingdom, which is at the fifth position, according to an analysis of data compiled by the World Bank.

Nov 3, 2018

DoT, telecoms fear rise in frauds after Aadhaar era ends

Companies are working on digital forms of verification and DoT has started work to test the prototypes, but everyone affected says that none of the methods will prove to be as fool-proof as the biometric-based Aadhaar verification.

Nov 1, 2018

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