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Aadhaar must for benefits to victims of terror, Naxals

Aadhaar will be required for getting benefits under a central government scheme for providing financial assistance to family members of victims of violence perpetrated by terrorists or Naxals, and......

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.......

'Trump will be tougher on Pakistan'

'If there's one administration that would be likely to put the squeeze on Pakistan, it's the Trump administration.''This is an administration that views terrorists as a black and white issue (kill......

Aarushi's murder trial and a tale about India

'If the State does want to come after you, in India, it can do pretty much anything. And often it isn't as though the orders are coming from the President or prime minister, no, the systems have......

Fool-proof UID system for Indians? Blah!

The much publicised Unique Identification number may not be as infallible as it is touted to be. Though Aadhaar -- the implementation programme of the UID -- records both the biometric and......

Aadhaar's next goal: Financial inclusion in rural areas

Since the first Aadhaar number was issued in September 2010, more than 1.33 billion Aadhaar cards have been generated till June 2022. Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the Aadhaar enrolment......

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

'When resources are few; when frugality demands repairing a broken thing rather than replacing it with a brand new and expensive option, enterprising commoners in rural and urban India improvise on......

How India Posts trained its postmen into bank officials

Each postman has undergone a three-tier training process, after which they were evaluated by the National Institute of Banking and Finance and given certificates. IMAGE: Postal staff look on at......

Aadhaar-based PDS reforms fail the last-mile test

Last-mile verification with Aadhaar-Based Biometric Authentication have the worst record among other options available to check PDS pilferage. So the Centre’s insistence on that option......

Budget 2017: What's costlier, what's cheaper

Smokers and tobacco consumers will have to shell out more for their indulgence as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley continued with the crackdown on cigarettes and tobacco products by increasing taxes......

Satyajit Ray's Feluda turns 50

While Calcutta has transitioned to Kolkata, Satyajit Ray's detective, Feluda, has remained unchanged in the Bengali consciousness Here’s a mystery for Prodosh C Mitter to solve. How can a......

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Aadhaar must for benefits to victims of terror, Naxals

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

'Trump will be tougher on Pakistan'

Aarushi's murder trial and a tale about India

Fool-proof UID system for Indians? Blah!

Aadhaar's next goal: Financial inclusion in rural areas

Jugaad An Insult To Indian Innovation?

How India Posts trained its postmen into bank officials

Aadhaar-based PDS reforms fail the last-mile test

Budget 2017: What's costlier, what's cheaper

Satyajit Ray's Feluda turns 50

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