While it is true that the Verdict on the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar reads down the Aadhaar Act in several key areas, the overall effect is one of deep disappointment about the readiness of the Indian judiciary for the digital age. The judgment is rife with a lack of comprehension Read more…
Title of article Source Location Date Fraud How Aadhaar in Database Other Documents Fringe area tenants under cop scanner The Telegraph Palamu 23-09-2018 Property rent Forged NA Y Aligarh killings: Police to quiz ex-SP MLA over ‘fake encounter’ charge The Times of India Aligarh 23-09-2018 NA NA NA Y Two Read more…
Poem: Ramu Ramanathan Narrated by: Omkar Govardhan Photo:Anand Deshpande Night falls down from the sky The Warkari gathers a bit of a cloud on his thigh The darkness embraces him as he sighs He invokes Namdeo / Eknath / Janabai Did they also have an Aadhaar? Or Nir-Aadhaar did they Read more…
In what is a clear violation of a Supreme Court order that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory for bank accounts till the case in the Supreme Court is concluded, the Finacle banking software used by banks requires Aadhaar in order to create bank accounts, reports Moneylife. The Supreme Court, in Read more…
ആധാര്‍ കേസില്‍ ഭരണഘടനാബെഞ്ച് രൂപീകരിക്കാതെ നവംബര്‍ മാസവും കടന്നുപോയി. 851 ദിവസങ്ങള്‍ പിന്നിടുന്നു, ഭരണഘടനാബെഞ്ച് രൂപീകരിക്കാന്‍ സുപ്രീംകോടതി തീരുമാനിച്ചിട്ട്. 2 വര്‍ഷവും 3 മാസവും 21 ദിവസവും. അവസാനമായി ആധാര്‍ കേസില്‍ കോടതി വാദം കേട്ടു എന്ന് പറയാവുന്നത് 2015 ആഗസ്ത് മാസത്തിലാണ്. രാജ്യത്തെ മുഴുവന്‍ ജനങ്ങളെയും ബാധിക്കുന്ന, നമ്മുടെ വ്യവസ്ഥിതിയുടെ തന്നെ ഭാഗധേയം നിര്‍ണയിക്കാന്‍ പോന്ന ഒരു ബൃഹത് പദ്ധതിയുടെ ഭരണഘടനാ സാധുതയാണ് പരിശോധിക്കപ്പെടേണ്ടത്. 2015ലെ വിധിയ്ക്ക് വിരുദ്ധമായി Read more…
Poem: Ramu Ramanathan Narration: Puja Sarup Hello Mr Aadhaar! Will you stop playing the fool! My biometric is complaining! You are changing all the rules! All of this began, in another age When you pinged me: a message: Oye Citizen Ji: Your existence is a top secret deal It’ll be Read more…
Ghosts! The very term is evocative. Widely perceived as parasitical and feeding off the human body, the term generates the strong unconscious reaction of wanting to get rid off them. The hard part though is to convince people that ghosts exist because otherwise they would not be too willing to Read more…
On August 24th 2017, WikiLeaks published secret documents from the ExpressLane project of the CIA pertaining to the cyber operations the OTS (Office of Technical Services), a branch within the CIA conducts against liaison services. The OTS provides a biometric collection system to liaison services around the world with the Read more…
India Post website appears to have added the option to de-link Aadhaar to their form for Aadhaar linking. This is actually a requirement for AUAs and KUAs according to the rules, which is being ignored in the push for linking Aadhaar with everything, as we pointed out in the post Read more…
The Direct Benefit Transfer pilot for the Public Distribution system in Ranchi’s Nagri block in Jharkhand resulted in widespread exclusion and denial of food to some of the most needy in the state, as reported by the Right To Food Campaign in February this year. Aadhaar’s ghosts, that the government Read more…