Governments pass the buck, deny any role in hunger deaths
Since September 2017, at least 18 deaths due to starvation, hunger or extreme destitution have been reported in Jharkhand. In most cases, independent
Does Arun Jaitley’s blog on Aadhaar accidentally reveal much more than intended?
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley has written a flog on Aadhaar, which makes several statements that should cause concern to the citizens of India.
The Aadhaar verdict – A dark cloud with a slim silver lining
While it is true that the Verdict on the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar reads down the Aadhaar Act in several key areas, the
Aadhaar enabled banking frauds
Title of article Source Location Date Fraud Online banking fraud racket busted – 4 including kingpin held Hindustan Times Delhi 25-05-2018 Banking Fraud
Aadhaar conjures ghosts and duplicates out of thin air
Ghosts! The very term is evocative. Widely perceived as parasitical and feeding off the human body, the term generates the strong unconscious reaction
The Aadhaar Digital Highway, and the biometric bypass – a compilation
The UIDAI keeps insisting that Aadhaar is secure. Biometics can’t be bypassed, enrolment software can’t be hacked, and so on. So I put
Kozhikode Cyber Cell sounds latest alarm on Aadhaar linking card fraud
Frequent warnings by banks and police are apparently not the solution to combating debit/credit card fraud. The Hindu reports that Cyber Cell officials
7 questions for UIDAI
There are seven questions we challenge UIDAI to give a proper answer for (and one bonus). What happens when stolen biometrics compromise a
At least 10% failure in MNREGA payments in Telangana due to Aadhaar
Telangana Benefit Disbursement Portal shows dropping authentication success ratio in 2018 with regard to NREGA and social pensions at 86.14% – it was
10,767 lose pension in Faridabad because #AadhaarFail
Failure to link Aadhaar numbers has resulted in the termination of pensions for 10,767 people in Faridabad. These include pensions for old age, widows,