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SC to examine plea challenging decision to link electoral roll data with Aadhaar

A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka tagged the petition filed by former Major General S G Vombatkere with a similar pending matter

31 Oct 2022 12:41 PM

Prime Minister Modi, with his love for technology, is enthused to bring everything into digital order, and all that he wants is to keep a close eye on every citizen. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Aadhaar’s use and misuse: Govt spreads its tentacles

The Modi government is misusing this gap in the definition of Aadhaar to extend the power of the State to identify and monitor citizens

22 Dec 2021 11:52 PM

TMC MP Derek O'Brien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Electoral reforms bill passed in Rajya Sabha amid din; O'Brien suspended

No voting allowed, Opposition walks out, TMC MP threw rule book at Chair?

21 Dec 2021 3:56 PM

No application will be rejected on the grounds that Aadhaar number has not been provided, the sources added. (Photo: PTI/File)

Linking Aadhaar with electoral roll will clean voters' list of multiple enrolment

The government sources said the bill incorporates various electoral reforms which have been discussed for a long time

21 Dec 2021 3:45 PM

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Electoral reforms bill 2021 gets Lok Sabha nod amid din

The bill proposes to link Aadhaar with voter ID cards

21 Dec 2021 6:51 AM

Dilip Cherian | Shadow boxing over Aadhaar seems puzzling

Suspension of Indian Forest Service officer Bennichen Thomas by the Kerala govt has created a row between the Centre and the Pinarayi govt

09 Dec 2021 9:40 AM

The solution must be easy to use and low-resource, like Logmore, which uses QR codes that are trackable through any smartphone. — By arrangement

How tech can help India reach vaccine goals and slow down its COVID-19 disaster

India’s vaccine chain has to protect against contamination before vaccines arrive, using tamper-proof seals and a transparent supply chain

30 Aug 2021 9:57 PM

The survey results will be submitted to key stakeholders of the Digital Health ID initiative, says community social media platform LocalCircles that conducted the survey. (Photo | Pixabay - Mohamed Hasan)

59 pc of people surveyed about Digital Health ID do not want personal data shared

Forty eight per cent of respondents did not want external agencies to access their data for research or promotional purposes.

06 Sep 2020 10:03 PM

Sebi allows e-KYC using Aadhaar for 8 entities

Sebi lists 8 entities that can undertake e-KYC Aadhaar authentication. (PTI Photo)

13 May 2020 9:42 AM

The Prime Minister asserted that his government took steps to stabilise the economy that was heading for a disaster in the last five years. (Photo: ANI)

Talks on making India USD 5 tn economy didn't come all of sudden, says PM

'Credit for every achieved target goes to the people and not to the government,' PM Modi added.

20 Dec 2019 1:07 PM

'If such type of direction for linkage of Aadhaar, PAN or Voter ID is ordered by the court, there may be a situation where data of genuine account holder (who are 80 per cent of the total) will also go in a foreign country, which may be unnecessary,' the court said. (Photo : File | Representational)

Delhi HC refuses to pass directions to Centre to link social media with Aadhaar

The Centre apprised the court that the government is under consideration and also got some suggestions from law commission.

09 Dec 2019 3:56 PM

The Union Cabinet on November 20 approved the import of 1.2 lakh metric tonnes of onion in view of the high prices of the essential commodity in the market. (Photo: Representational)

Varanasi shops give onions on loan by keeping Aadhaar Card as mortgage

This comes after the Congress party workers in Lucknow on Friday sold onions at Rs 40 per kg outside the Assembly.

01 Dec 2019 5:18 PM

While holding that the linking of Aadhaar with bank account was not mandatory, the court had said that the earlier government’s notification of making linking mandatory amounted to depriving a person of his property rights. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court seeks govt’s response on use of Aadhaar as ID

The PIL has been jointly moved by retired Indian Army officer S.G. Vombatkare and human rights activist Bezwada Wilson.

23 Nov 2019 1:39 AM

The social media platforms — Facebook, WhatsApp and others had moved the top court seeking the transfer of cases pending before different high court to the apex court. (Photo: PTI)

Aadhaar, social media linking: SC transfers all cases to itself

The petitions that the Supreme Court transferred are currently before Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh high courts.

23 Oct 2019 2:22 AM

Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose expressed serious concern over some social media platforms not being able to trace the originator of a message or an online content. (Photo: File)

SC says Centre should frame guidelines to deal with social media misuse

The Supreme Court today demanded that the Central government chart out guidelines regulating speech and behaviour on social media platforms

24 Sep 2019 2:48 PM

The ministry further said the beneficiaries under the Anganwadi Services Scheme are identified on the basis of Aadhaar which is used as identity document for delivery of services or benefits in a bid to bring transparency and efficiency. (Photo: Representational)

19.96 lakh ghost beneficiaries identified at Assam Anganwadi centres: RTI reply

The Centre has asked all states to conduct headcount of all beneficiaries of Anganwadi centres.

22 Sep 2019 11:25 AM

Council also decided to a withdraw a circular issued in June which prescribed that the additional discount given by a company to a dealer.

In-principle decision to link Aadhaar with GST registration

The GST Council may consider merging the two brackets 12 per cent and 18 per cent to a single bracket.

21 Sep 2019 10:42 AM

A bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose said 'at this stage we do not know whether we could decide this issue or the high court will decide'. (Photo: File | Representational)

Need to decide soon: SC on linking of social media profiles with Aadhaar

The bench further said it will not go into the merit of the case and would simply decide the transfer petition filed by Facebook.

13 Sep 2019 1:20 PM

A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice R F Nariman said that like Aadhaar data, an appropriate regime be enacted for securing the Assam NRC data. (Photo: File)

Assam NRC: SC orders list of exclusion be published only online on Aug 31

SC also said that the ongoing NRC exercise cannot be ordered to be reopened on the basis of certain legal challenges raised before it.

13 Aug 2019 6:10 PM

This budget is a paradigm shift in saying that we will achieve accelerated growth and job generation but with the primacy of private investment. That is what our focus is - that will then generate the jobs, said Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar. (Photo: File)

India will achieve 8 pc plus growth from FY 2020-2021 onwards: NITI Aayog

The foundation has been laid and transformation has begun with reforms like GST, IBC said Niti Aayog V-C Rajiv Kumar.

22 Jul 2019 7:04 PM

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