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Why CBSE making APAAR mandatory for board exam registration has sparked privacy debate

Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry or APAAR contains a student’s academic record from pre-primary to higher education level. It is part of NEP 2020.

Govt grants patent to Bengaluru firm for first-of-its-kind system to manage Aadhaar data

SISA says its newly patented system will help streamline automated detection, masking, and secure management of Aadhaar data across various platforms without user intervention.

Govt’s information wing cautions against sharing Aadhaar copy, retracts note 48 hours later

PIB's 27 May note had advised the general public not to share a photocopy of one’s Aadhaar with any unlicensed private entities.

Linking Aadhaar with voter ID — Election Commission to decide within weeks

EC is in favour of the idea, but studying how recent amendments to Aadhaar Act may affect this linkage, says official.

Supreme Court’s balancing act on Aadhaar, and adultery law’s fall

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Supreme Court to deliver landmark Aadhaar verdict tomorrow

Supreme Court will decide if Aadhaar is a breach of one’s right to privacy, and if the govt can make it compulsory for benefits & services.

Lucknow medical institute server not secure, ripe for data theft, says expert

Ethical hacker says server allows access to Aadhaar, PAN cards, and details of organ donors and recipients among others.

Aadhaar, 377, Babri: CJI Misra has to deliver 10 landmark judgments in 18 working days

Misra is just a month away from the end of his controversial tenure, but in that he could well alter India’s future.

Data protection report ready but still no agreement on including Aadhaar

Some members of Justice Srikrishna panel are also strongly opposed to making it mandatory to host data collected from Indian citizens in India.

BJP wants Aadhaar, voter ID details of journalists for Amit Shah event in Chennai

To obtain a press pass to attend Shah’s event in Tamil Nadu, journalists have to give personal identification details.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.