'Linking Aadhar With Voter ID Is Very Dangerous'

'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.' IMAGE: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) conducts door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms and collection of filled forms......

'Imagine hostile forces getting their hands on data'

'Maybe the State wants to be watching people all the time. But when they are watching, others too may be watching!''The State is becoming more and more secretive while throwing people to the......

Data Breach: 'Government is always in denial'

'Why does a State that sees a national security issue at every turn not recognise the seriousness of the data from sensitive databases being breached?' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

5 reasons to be wary of Aadhaar

Not only is your privacy stripped stark naked, says Mitali Saran, the system itself is illegal and vulnerable.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Indians have serious red tape PTSD. We live with......

An RBI governor, two finance ministers and a quiet war

'Governments that did not respect the central bank's independence would sooner or later come to rue the day they undermined the institution,' RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya warned on Friday.The......

Chidambaram greeted all but ignored me at a G20 meet: Subbarao

The former RBI governor launched his memoir earlier this month, entitled Who Moved My Interest Rates -- Leading the Reserve Bank of India through Five Turbulent Years. Admitting that he was not......

Big concerns about the Aadhaar card

'There are requiring agencies under the law and these are going to use Aadhaar for authentication of various kinds – these can be anybody including a person, a private entity or the......

SEE: Asian Games opens with futuristic ceremony

Photograph: Screengrab of Indian contingent at the Asian Games Blending elements of artificial intelligence and environmentally friendly technology, the Hangzhou Asian Games began......

Indian-origin Banerjee lifts Wimbledon boys' singles title

IMAGE: Samir Banerjee won 7-5, 6-3. Photograph: Wimbledon/Facebook Indo-American tennis player Samir Banerjee lifted the Wimbledon boys' singles title on Sunday, a remarkable triumph for the......

Kumble in running for Coach of the Year award

IMAGE: Former India coach Anil Kumble. Photograph: BCCI Former India coach Anil Kumble is in the running for the Coach of the Year award in the inaugural edition of the Indian Sports Honours,......