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TopicAadhaar Act

Topic: Aadhaar Act

The lazy person’s guide to the Supreme Court’s landmark Aadhaar judgment

Ritika Jain -
The Supreme Court's majority judgment on the Aadhaar Act held that the unique identification system did not create a surveillance state.

Aadhaar verdict is a criticism of the way Indian engineers look at world

Praveen Chakravarty -
An engineer, who was part of UIDAI’s Aadhaar project, says there is a sobering and profound learning in Supreme Court’s judgment.

Were Indian activist-elites using poor to oppose Aadhaar or were their concerns genuine?

ThePrint Team -
The Supreme Court Wednesday ruled in favour of Aadhaar, putting to rest a hotly-contested debate on its constitutional validity and issues of privacy. However,...

5 key takeaways from Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgment

Apurva Vishwanath -
From bar on private companies to allowing citizens the right to redress a breach, Supreme Court has put in restrictions in use of Aadhaar. 

Here’s what you can do if your Aadhaar is linked to phone and banks accounts

Maneesh Chhibber -
Supreme Court strikes down part of Section 57 of Aadhaar Act that allowed private entities to demand Aadhaar details for authentication.

What will Supreme Court do with Aadhaar? Here are 3 possible scenarios

Apurva Vishwanath -
The court will examine Aadhaar in light of last year’s landmark privacy judgment, and decide issues like its legality and if it can be made mandatory.

Only a new law that addresses concerns can save Aadhaar

Madhav Khosla -
There are procedural and substantive issues plaguing the scheme, from rights violations to excessive delegation to the UIDAI.

Another Aadhaar challenge Supreme Court must address: Excessive delegation

Madhav Khosla -
The issue here is one of procedure: which body has the authority to pass what kinds of rules.

TalkPoint: Are the fears over the security of Aadhaar overblown?

ThePrint Team -
The latest controversy over Aadhaar details being sold for as little as Rs 500 has once again raised concerns about the safety of information with UIDAI.

UIDAI stands ground for filing FIR against reporter, says she committed crime

Chitleen K Sethi -
Regulator says FIR is against the crime that reporter Rachna Khaira committed to get the story. Reporter says she stands by her story. Chandigarh/New Delhi:...
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My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

Vaibhav Pant -
‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case still haunts Indian policy-making in Kashmir

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Economy

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

Udit Bubna -
December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

Defence

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

National Interest

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

Shekhar Gupta -
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.

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