Joe C Mathew Going by the complaint made by Delhi-based NGO Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties (CFCL), the recent decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC) could be the first pain point that needs to be addressed by Prakash Javadekar,… Continue Reading →
Aditi Gyanesh| TNN | BHOPAL: After Track-II diplomacy failed to help reunite Karachi runaway boy Ramzan with his mother in Pakistan through the Bangladesh route, Madhya pradesh government is now embroiled in the controversy over issuing an aadhar card… Continue Reading →
By PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU | PALLAVA BAGLA / CORBIS Like many legislations passed in India, Aadhaar is excessively transfers law-making power to the government at the centre, and its appointed bureaucrats. On 11 March 2016, the Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar (Targeted… Continue Reading →
Unique Idiotic Dilemma: Aadhar officer says woman without dupatta can’t get ID photo clicked! LATHA SRINIVASAN | Tue, 5 Apr 2016-03:10pm , dna webdesk Despite the govt saying that there is no dress code, officers continue to insist that women wear a… Continue Reading →
BY REETIKA KHERA We need to reboot the Aadhaar debate by asking why we want to create a centralised biometric database of Indian residents in the first place Stand up and get your fingerprints analysed! Credit: julian correa, CC BY 2.0/Flickr… Continue Reading →
It will be able to collect more specific data on citizens. Image credit: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP M Rajshekhar, Anumeha Yadav Last week, Rajya Sabha made a last-ditch attempt to modify the contentious Aadhaar legislation introduced by the Modi government. Since the legislation… Continue Reading →
= Newsclick Production, The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016 has been passed in Lok Sabha. What does this Bill mean for people and what does it entail? Aadhaar, the 12-digit individual… Continue Reading →
The structural basis is being laid out for future authoritarianism at the behest of foreign biometric and surveillance technology GOPAL KRISHNA FILE PHOTO – NILOTPAL BARUAH What distinguishes Barack Obama and David Cameron from Narendra Modi? Obama and Cameron oppose… Continue Reading →
Even before the Aadhaar Bill becomes law, corporate ambition to use the massive database has spilled out in the open. Usha Ramanathan In recent days, radio listeners may have heard advertisements for a company called TrustID offering “India’s 1st Aadhaar… Continue Reading →
There is reason to wonder if this law is intended to be taken seriously, except in getting everyone on the data base, making it a scheme to number the population, and giving extraordinary powers to the UIDAI. Written by Usha Ramanathan |… Continue Reading →
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