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"Natural to fix their own immigration targets, closely watching it": India
Updated : 1 week, 4 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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Delhi High Court issues notice on plea challenging biometric data law
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 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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80 lakh e-passports issued till date; all Indian passports to be chipped b
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Over 80 lakh e-passports have been issued in India since May 2025, when the country fully switched to the next-generation chipped passports under Passport Seva Programme Version 2.0, a senior official said on Monday.
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Aadhaar set for major upgrade, expert committee constituted to provide str
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Aadhaar, India's 12-digit unique identification number, has reshaped the nation's approach to identity verification and service delivery since its inception in 2009. The program was launched with a mission to provide every resident with a reliable, digitally verifiable identity using minimal
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Madhya Pradesh: 21 cases filed for using fake Aadhaar cards in police cons
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
As many as 21 cases have been registered, and 22 candidates have been named as accused for allegedly using fake Aadhar cards for the police constable exams in Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer said.
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Congress MP Manickam Tagore credits Manmohan Singh as Trump cites India's
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Manickam Tagore has credited former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for the Aadhaar platform after US President Donald Trump referenced India's voter ID system in his executive order reforming the US election process.
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US President Trump signs executive order overhauling US elections, mention
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Citing examples of India and some other nations, the US president stated that voters will now be required to show proof of citizenship during federal elections and restricted the time states are able to receive mail-in votes.
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Roundglass Living Forecasts Wellbeing Trends for 2024: Cold Water Plunges,
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6: AI, mental health, and longevity are global trends driving the ever-expanding wellbeing space in 2024. Experts at Roundglass Living, a wholistic wellbeing app, forecast that personalized wellbeing will continue to be an area of growing importance with a sharper fo
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Mantra Softech's Biometric Excellence Fuels Gujarat's Landmark Biometric-B
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15: As Gujarat achieves the milestone of being the inaugural state to introduce a Goods and Service Tax (GST) procedure founded on biometric data, Mantra Softech has been chosen as the hardware provider for the biometric registration kiosk and they are extending s
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Psychological stress impedes performance, even for Olympic athletes: Resea
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Not only did the 2020 Tokyo Olympics take place during the COVID-19 epidemic, but it was also the first athletic event to measure and broadcast competitors' heart rates while world-class archers competed for Olympic gold. Yunfeng Lu (Nanjing University) and Songfa Zhong (the National Univers
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China steps up Tibet DNA collection, including taking blood samples from k
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hong Kong, September 7 (ANI): China has stepped up DNA collection efforts across Tibet, including taking blood samples from children as young as five years old.
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New evidence that biometric data systems imperil Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Taliban control systems holding sensitive biometric data that Western donor governments left behind in Afghanistan in August 2021, put thousands of Afghans at
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