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Topic: Aadhaar card

Bihar SIR: SC to hear final plea on 7 Oct, refuses to modify order allowing Aadhaar as ID proof

Justices Surya Kant & Joymalya Bagchi said the order last week was only interim, & Aadhaar was not proof of citizenship, adding ECI is entitled to verify if the card is genuine.

SC asks EC to instruct officials on ground to start accepting Aadhaar as 12th SIR document

The order comes on pleas by RJD & others who claimed ECI officials were not accepting Aadhaar as standalone document for inclusion in electoral roll despite court's prior directions.

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.

Election Commission proposes making paid news and false affidavits electoral offences

CEC Sunil Arora, Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra also discussed linking of voters list or electoral roll with Aadhaar numbers to clean up duplicate entries.

Supreme Court transfers all pending social media-Aadhaar linking cases to itself

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to submit a report in January on the notification of rules by which social media misuse can be checked.

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.

Review petition in Supreme Court wants Aadhaar verdict re-examined

The petition has also sought an open court hearing in the matter.

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

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On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.