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The Economist says Indian govt can’t build good websites. Broken links, outdated CAPTCHAs

A 2016 audit of central government websites found that only 31 of 957 portals complied with the government's own guidelines.

Aadhaar being misused, restrict its use, seeks plea; SC seeks responses from Centre, states

Citing national security and electoral integrity concerns, the plea has alleged that Aadhaar is being misused as proof of citizenship for electoral roll registration.

Indian AI firms staring at a structural trap—building on open-source models that will soon plateau

Being shut out of open-source models and Clouds that belong to someone else is a real possibility, they say, raising spectre of 'cognitive colonialism' and lack of AI laws.

Aadhaar card in name of Donald Trump—Rohit Pawar terms sections invoked in FIR ‘laughable’

Pawar, the NCP (SP) MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed constituency, termed sections invoked in FIR lodged by Maharashtra Cyber Police ‘laughable’.

Aadhaar gets Starmer’s stamp of approval & Panipat factory workers caught in textile waste trap

Financial Times & The Economist report on Starmer’s endorsement of Aadhaar and concerns in the UK over unique ID database. The Guardian reports on health issues faced by Panipat factory workers.

SC allows draft voter list publication in Bihar, but tells EC to accept Aadhaar and voter ID as proof

New Delhi: Reiterating the presumption of authenticity attached to official government documents, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI)...

From Delhi, Jaipur to Pune, rampant misuse of Aadhaar uncovered in drives against illegal Bangladeshis

Card bearing 12 digit individual identification number is being forged rampantly. For instance, 21 Aadhaar cards belonging to Bangladeshis were seized from Delhi's Sangam Vihar area.

Rajasthan’s elderly are victims of ‘digital murder’. eKYC gaps leave lakhs without pension

Digital verification issues are excluding Rajasthan’s elderly and disabled from pensions, with lakhs incorrectly declared ‘dead’ or missing. There’s an embarrassing KYC-shaped hole in Digital India.

AI has done more than just help govts do things right. It let them also do the right things

From Singapore's eCitizen portal to UK's Smart motorways, these examples merely scratch the surface of how tech is helping govts do more with less – a necessity in today’s world.

Govt offices just can’t handle my South Indian name. A saga of dots and initials

This isn’t a rant. It’s a major issue faced by lakhs of people — predominantly from South India — when they try to navigate the myriad of government IDs and their differing rules.

On Camera

VN Sharma wasn’t just the former Army Chief of Staff. He was an institution

A champion of cross-border diplomacy, the former Army Chief brought together Indian and Pakistani military leaders to celebrate their shared alma mater.

Indian govt bets on battery storage boom to help abate mounting solar power losses

India’s transmission system failed to absorb more than 8 billion kilowatt-hours of power in April to June, when 63 billion actually reached the system.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman