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UIDAI introduces new QR code for offline Aadhaar verification; top updates

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has brought an updated QR code on e-Aadhaar. Aadhaar card holders can now download and print their biometric ID from the UIDAI website. Details here

Not sure if Aadhaar is best model to accord benefits, says Supreme Court

The bench observed, liberating people from poverty is at one end of the spectrum and the right to privacy is on the other

SC stays verdict on pleas challenging validity of Aadhaar: Top 5 points

A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by CJI Dipak Misra, is hearing a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme and its enabling law

Aadhaar dare: Challenged them as ordinary citizen, says Trai's RS Sharma

Giving out his full Aadhaar number, Sharma (@rssharma3) had tweeted: 'Now I give this challenge to you: Show me one concrete example where you can do any harm to me!'

Don't display Aadhaar number publicly, says UIDAI after Trai chief's dare

The Authority reiterated the Aadhaar number should be shared only if there was a need to do so for establishing identity and for legitimate transactions

No information was discovered about me: TRAI chief on Aadhaar challenge

The move had caused a social media flutter and a tsunami of tweets had ensued in the aftermath of the Aadhaar dare

For India's poorest, Aadhaar can be the difference between life and death

At least 14 people have died of starvation in Jharkhand, the state where the Malhars live

RBI says not connected with study on Aadhaar security aspects

IDRBT in a statement said that views expressed in the study "have been wrongly" attributed to RBI researchers

Fear of Aadhaar misuse? Use biometric lock feature to protect details

Not many know a feature called the biometric lock that allows to seal or lock theirbiometric information

Now, UIDAI allows face recognition for Aadhaar biometric authentication

The move will enable easy authentication for those individuals who face a difficulty in other biometric authentication like fingerprint and iris

Twin existential crisis: Ways in which Aadhaar violates right to privacy

Let me explain how the use of Aadhaar in welfare delivery is the anti-thesis of 'life with dignity' and endangers right to life

Aadhaar a giant 'electronic leash', reduces citizens to numbers: SC told

The court was told this by senior counsel Shyam Divan as the Constitution Bench commenced hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act

Aadhaar hearing: Scheme unconstitutional from beginning to end, SC told

The Supreme Court pointed out that people already give personal information to private insurance or mobile companies voluntarily

Constant attempts made to infiltrate Aadhaar database: UIDAI CEO

I have sleepless nights every third day over hacking threats, says Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Aadhaar for identification, not surveillance; won't collect DNA data: UIDAI

The UIDAI chief dismissed concerns that linking of various information with Aadhaar could lead to government monitoring, surveillance or possible misuse

2016 Aadhaar law can't cure right to privacy invasion since 2009: SC told

The bench is hearing challenges to the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme on the touchstone of the fundamental right to privacy

Aadhaar safety: Trai chief throws challenge, French expert 'leaks' his data

Alleged personal details of Trai chairman R S Sharma were leaked after he threw a challenge and tweeted his 12-digit Aadhaar number

SC on Aadhaar: Citizens share info with cos to get insurance, mobile number

The argument was made during the hearing on the Aadhaar issue by senior advocate Shyam Divan before a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra

Aadhaar scheme: Govt seeks SC's permission for PowerPoint presentation

Attorney General K K Venugopal, who argued for the Centre, said the UIDAI chief executive may deal with technical aspects with more clarity

Aadhaar data kept behind 13-feet high walls: Attorney General to SC

The judges, meanwhile, asked the attorney general to first argue on the legal contentions first and asked the government to respond to all the arguments made by the petitioners