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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicFacial recognition

Topic: facial recognition

From new year, NTA to verify candidates in NEET, JEE & other entrance exams with facial recognition

Aadhaar card will be used for verification. Decision taken after a small trial at some exam centres for NEET-UG this year.

Paying with your face—what will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?

While facial recognition technology isn’t new, facial recognition payment technology is—and it’s growing very quickly. About 495 million Chinese shoppers used it in 2021.

Hyderabad wants to be smart, efficient. But face recognition tech, CCTVs making it paranoid

The streets of Hyderabad are under constant watch, but not everyone feels safe. People are wearing masks to protests, avoiding praying at mosque.

Modi govt plans face authentication for MGNREGS attendance, eyes 2024 launch

Move comes almost a year after Centre made digital capturing of attendance under MGNREGS universal. Aim is to weed out ghost beneficiaries and reduce financial irregularities.    

Another ‘MCU’ to help crack crime — efforts to build database for face recognition, DNA in full swing

Preliminary work to set up Measurement Collection Units as part of Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, done. Police officers say it would be a big push to crime-solving.

Why India can’t let private sector develop facial recognition tech for law enforcement

Venture capital funded FRT companies can discount the price of facial recognition technology and push its use in law enforcement contexts without any public input or scrutiny.

Jubilation over number of CCTVs is bizarre. India needs to make privacy laws, not become China

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Modi govt now plans a ‘touchless’ vaccination process, with Aadhaar-based facial recognition

In an interview, National Health Authority chief R.S. Sharma says UIDAI's facial recognition algorithms will soon be rolled out at vaccination centres.

NCRB wants its automated facial recognition system to detect mask-covered faces too

NCRB's planned Automated Facial Recognition System is aimed at automatic identification and verification. It will be implemented at the national level.

Delhi Police’s use of facial recognition doesn’t fit into idea of democracy: Shashi Tharoor

Speaking at the CPR Dialogues 2020, Congress MP says Artificial Intelligence (AI) has ‘positive potential’ but ‘far greater propensity’ to interfere with human rights.

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This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

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.