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International Conference on Illegal Cross Border Migration highlights urge
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], March 5: Jai Narain Vyas University (formerly called Jodhpur University), convened a three-day International Conference on Challenges of Illegal migration. Across four technical sessions and three plenary deliberations, 122 research papers were presented by schol
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No more PIN; PhonePe's biometric authentication is UPI payments' future
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
With PhonePe's biometric authentication for UPI payments, the industry has reached a tipping point.
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UIDAI reaches 103,000 schools in nationwide biometric update drive: IT Min
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has saturated more than 103,000 schools across India and helped millions of school students complete their mandatory biometric update (MBU) in Aadhaar at ease and comfort of their school campuses. In a statement released by the Ministry of
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"Natural to fix their own immigration targets, closely watching it": India
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Kumaran noted that India views this as a "sovereign issue," but emphasised that Delhi is "closely watching" the consequences for its citizens.
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Realtime Biometrics Launches Aadhaar-Enabled face recognition & fingerpri
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26: Public sector offices and PSUs across India are confronting a critical administrative challenge, the inability to reliably verify the physical presence of personnel. For decades, dependence on manual registers and non-integrated systems has left government ins
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Delhi High Court issues notice on plea challenging biometric data law
Updated : 2 weeks, 3 days ago IST
The 2022 law allows police and prison authorities to collect and store various types of personal data, including fingerprints, photographs, iris and retina scans, biological samples and behavioural details such as signatures and handwriting.
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The New-Age AU Credit Card Redefines Everyday Payments in India
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23: India's digital payments landscape has expanded rapidly over the last few years, and credit cards have moved from being occasional-use instruments to becoming part of everyday financial behaviour. Consumers now rely on them not just for high-value p
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Amit Shah inaugurates CBDC-based public distribution system in Gandhinagar
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
This initiative is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India campaign, which aims to improve the delivery of essential services to the public.
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Govt deactivates 2.5 crore Aadhaar IDs of deceased to avoid fraud
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
This massive clean-up effort, aimed at maintaining an accurate database, was confirmed by the Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Jitin Prasada, in a submission to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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PRAGATI marks 50th milestone: PM Modi reviews maternity benefit scheme PMM
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently chaired the landmark 50th meeting of PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation), the flagship ICT-enabled platform launched in 2015, highlighting a decade of "transformative governance" that has accelerated infrastructure projects and w
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4.26 crore beneficiaries paid total Rs 20,060 cr in PMMVY
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) nationwide on January 1, 2017. Under this scheme, Rs. 5,000/- is provided as a cash incentive for the first child, and ₹6,000/- is provided for the second child (if a girl) through Direct Benefit Transfer (DB
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"Govt offices must begin at 10 am, biometric monitoring should be enforced
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday chaired a meeting of senior officials in Bhopal to discuss the time-bound implementation of public welfare schemes, construction projects, and other programmes for 2026, and issued necessary directions.
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