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Supreme Court ruling will only strengthen Aadhaar, says UIDAI chief

Ajay Bhushan Pandey says SC verdict on Aadhaar is historic since it rules biometric ID meets standards of good governance & is not for surveillance.

Why Justice D.Y. Chandrachud gave a dissenting judgment on Aadhaar

Legal experts have said that Justice Chandrachud’s loud dissent against the Aadhaar verdict will be valuable if ruling is reviewed in future.

Aadhaar undergoes ultimate scrutiny, SC judgment landmark: Nandan Nilekani

Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilkani insists the scheme is an inclusive one, says it has become stronger.

21.08 crore PAN-Aadhaar linkages till now, shows data

According to the data, the total issued permanent account numbers are over 41.02 crore as per the same time line.

Aadhaar verdict is a criticism of the way Indian engineers look at world

An engineer, who was part of UIDAI’s Aadhaar project, says there is a sobering and profound learning in Supreme Court’s judgment.

BJP heaves a sigh of relief after Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgment

BJP leaders say adverse ruling would have been a 'huge embarrassment' to Modi who pushed for Aadhaar, making it the basis of welfare schemes.

5 key takeaways from Supreme Court’s Aadhaar judgment

From bar on private companies to allowing citizens the right to redress a breach, Supreme Court has put in restrictions in use of Aadhaar. 

What will Supreme Court do with Aadhaar? Here are 3 possible scenarios

The court will examine Aadhaar in light of last year’s landmark privacy judgment, and decide issues like its legality and if it can be made mandatory.

India can offer a radically new way of looking at data: Nandan Nilekani

We must have protection. But there’s more than that. Is there a way to empower people to use their data to their own advantage? That’s really a whole new idea.

Trump’s tweets and Theresa May’s Brexit proposals

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

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Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Trump’s new trade tariff will have an impact not just on India but also South Asia. Here’s how

India's $86.5 bn in exports to US could be significantly impacted but it is expected to remain a preferred country for manufacturing.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.