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.
India's star cricketer Virat Kohli's Instagram account was restored on Friday morning, ending hours of confusion and speculation among his 274 million followers. The Indian cricket star's profile had mysteriously disappeared overnight, sparking theories.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has deactivated more than two crore Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals, marking one of the largest clean-up exercises of the national identity database. According to a Ministry of Electronics & IT press release, this step ai
In case of the death of a person, it is essential that his/her Aadhaar number is deactivated to prevent identity fraud and unauthorised usage of such Aadhaar number.
Phone signal will be deactivated at 3 pm (local time) on Wednesday, an hour and a half before the cardinals are scheduled to proceed to the Sistine Chapel to start the papal conclave, CNN reported, citing Italian state broadcaster RAI reported on Monday.
Rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, appears to have deactivated his X (formerly Twitter) account after a series of controversial posts in recent days, reported The Hollywood Reporter.
Actor Karla Sofia Gascon, best known for her role in Oscar-nominated film 'Emilia Perez', has deactivated her X account (formerly Twitter) after apologising for offensive posts that resurfaced Thursday.
Barry Keoghan, the Oscar-nominated actor known for his role in 'The Banshees of Inisherin' and 'Saltburn', has deactivated his Instagram account in response to relentless and hurtful online harassment.
Jamie Lee Curtis has become the latest Hollywood star to leave Elon Musk's social media platform X (formerly Twitter), deactivating her account and reflecting on the broader cultural and political changes that may have influenced her decision.
More than 115,000 US users deactivated their X accounts the day after the election, and this figure only includes those who deactivated through the website, excluding mobile app users, CNN reported citing a report of digital intelligence platform Similarweb.
"How can they deactivate Aadhaar cards of Matuas? No one knows why? They struck off their names just to consider them as foreigner. Afterb 5 years they have to listen to slurs that they are foreigners. Then they (BJP) will say that a card will be given to them. This is a political ploy, a pl