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Topic: Aadhar

G20 to IMF, why global players want to replicate India’s Digital Public Infrastructure

Aadhar, UPI, Account Aggregator – the core of India’s DPI's embedded design functions is based on robustness, reliability, safety and security.

SubscriberWrites: Digital Public Infrastructure and the future of Governance

Ecosystem Innovation is critical to realize the vision of Inclusive governance that can reach citizens across all strata of society, writes MV Sandilya.

Aadhaar card not mandatory for registration on CoWIN portal, Centre tells SC

The top court was informed by health ministry that one of nine identity documents including passport, driving licence, PAN card, voter's card, ration card can be produced for vaccination.

Copyright issue, says UIDAI, days after ‘Aadhaar’ maker says release of film put on hold

Directed by Suman Ghosh, the film was cleared by the censor board in 2019 and premiered in Busan the same year. But its India release in February was stalled over objections by UIDAI.

India shows the world how to take 1.3 billion people to the bank

While it began with Manmohan Singh's govt, Aadhaar became the backbone of India’s public digital infrastructure in 2014 when PM Modi combined it with his govt’s Jan Dhan initiative

UN study cites Aadhaar, commends India for using tech to reduce disparities among citizens

The UN report highlighted India's use of the Aadhaar identification system to achieve financial inclusion, and said the process could likely to be replicated in other countries in future.

Aadhaar now valid travel document for under-15 & over-65 Indians travelling to Nepal & Bhutan

The Aadhaar card has now been added to the list which includes PAN card, driving licence, Central Government Health Service card or ration card.

Now, the Philippines aims to replicate success of India’s Aadhaar

Manila has proposed a new biometric system where a national identity card can open up access to everything from government services and bank accounts to jobs.

The NRC update is ‘not final’, and scientists just found a new shape

Front page 40 lakh in Assam labelled ‘illegals’. The Times of India has pegged its report on the NRC update on the 40 lakh people left...

CBI is a divided house, and WhatsApp rumour strikes again

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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.