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Questions raised over facial recognition use in Indian prisons
Government agencies in India have been providing contradictory information on the introduction of facial recognition use in prisons amid rising scrutiny against the technology. In March, the Indian...
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India okays 22 financial entities to perform Aadhaar biometric authentication
Twenty-two financial institutions have been granted the right to perform authentication using the Aadhaar biometric ID, in line with stipulations of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002...
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Live facial recognition coming to Chandigarh, India security center
A new hub for cyber security is to be opened in India. The Times of India reports that the Centre for Cyber Operations & Security (CenCOPS) in Chandigarh will be equipped with live facial...
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India’s election commission to implement biometric voting for local elections
The Election Commission (EC) of India has announced intentions to equip polling booths in the state of Karnataka with face biometrics for voter authentication, reports MoneyControl. To use the...
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India launches Aadhaar operator training campaign to reduce errors
Indian authorities are conducting a nationwide campaign to increase the efficiency of the country’s biometric identity scheme Aadhaar after miscommunications and reports of procedural issues,...
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India fighting fake SIMs despite facial recognition tools, new penalties
India's Telecom Department and police are fighting distribution of SIM cards that are obtained through fake documents and biometrics scams. The campaign has canceled 3 million fraudulent SIM cards so...
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7 countries partner with India to adopt its digital public infrastructure model
Member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan have agreed on adopting India’s model of building and deploying...
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India’s Aadhaar-based UPI payment platform allures Japan
Japan and India plan to take their digital cooperation to a new level with the former confessing a strong attraction to be part of the latter’s Universal Payment Interface (UPI) platform which is...
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Student data grab grows as facial recognition planned for Hong Kong schools
Children attending school in Hong Kong will be monitored in classes and around educational facilities with security cameras and a system that includes facial recognition, according to plans published...
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Proposal to change Aadhaar authentication rules faces more opposition
The plan by India’s government to make rule changes that will allow private entities carry out ID authentication using the Aadhaar digital ID has already been criticized. However, the move seems to be...
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India uses G20 presidency to champion Global South and digital public...
India assumed the G20 Presidency in December under the theme "One Earth, One Family, One Future." A goal for the presidency is promoting participation of the Global South in multilateral discourse...
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Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks
Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks Delhi, India July 20 - 21, 2023 Digital Transformation via Open Public Stacks (DTOPS) is an extension of the successful Identity India 2022 forum and...
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J-PAL shares lessons from India’s digital ID program Aadhaar
The story of the Aadhaar biometric identity scheme in India continues to be shared as an example of how countries can implement effective digital ID systems that are properly designed to meet critical...
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Facial recognition helps Indian authorities identify SIM fraudsters
Authorities in two Indian states have deactivated 17,000 SIM cards after using facial recognition technology to detect subscribers issued SIM cards against regulations. The Department of...
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Indian police to share fingerprint data, more biometrics introduced in prisons
Indian law enforcement agencies will be able to access and share biometric fingerprint data with the country’s National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS). Among the agencies that...
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ORF issues policy brief on digital public infrastructure for G20 members
Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a global think tank based in Delhi, India, has published a new policy brief highlighting the importance of interoperability of digital public infrastructure (DPI)...
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Indian PM warned of rising Aadhaar payment fraud
Financial fraud related to the country’s unique biometric identifier Aadhaar is rising rapidly in India with, Indian Parliament member John Brittas warning that its victims are often the most...
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Facial recognition used to identify victims of deadly train accident in India
Railway authorities have used facial recognition technology to determine the identity of at least 50 dead bodies from the recent train derailment in the Indian state of Odisha, which killed nearly 300...
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Mixed progress for digital IDs linked to payments in Japan, Australia and India
In a wave of digital transformations across multiple nations, Japan has faced challenges with its My Number digital ID system, Australia has introduced a new strategic plan for payments, and India's...
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Rumored breach of India’s vaccination data portal threatens to undermine DPI...
Reports are swirling that India’s public vaccination portal, CoWIN, has suffered a breach of huge volumes of personal information, including Aadhaar numbers. The government denies that a breach has...
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