Biometric Authentication

SC seeks Centre, EC's reply on biometric voter verification plea

The Supreme Court sought responses from the Centre and ECI on a plea for biometric and facial voter verification, noting legal changes and costs would be required

SC seeks Centre, EC's response on plea for biometric voter verification

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, Election Commission and others on a plea seeking to implement finger and iris biometric identification system at polling stations to prevent duplicate voting. While agreeing to hear the plea, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made clear that the prayer sought in the petition can't be considered for the current state Assembly elections in some states. "However, whether such a recourse deserves to be followed before the next parliamentary election and/or state assembly elections needs to be examined. Issue notice," the bench said. The top court issued notice to the Centre, the poll panel and several other states seeking their responses on the plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. Upadhyay, who appeared in person, told the bench that the prayer sought in the plea would prevent bribery and proxy voting. The bench observed that it would require major changes in the rules and would incur

SC notice to Centre, EC on plea to implement biometrics at polling stations

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to implement finger and iris biometric identification system at polling stations to prevent duplicate voting. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi made clear that the prayer sought in the plea can't be considered for the current state Assembly elections in some states. "However, whether such a recourse deserves to be followed before the next parliamentary election and/or state assembly elections needs to be examined. Issue notice," the bench said. The top court sought responses from the Centre, the poll panel and several other states on the plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. "The injury to citizens is extremely large as bribery, undue influence, personation, duplicate voting and ghost voting still affects the purity and integrity of the electoral process," the plea submitted.

Razorpay rolls out biometric authentication to boost payment success rates

Company partners Mastercard, with Visa integration underway, to replace OTPs with biometrics, aiming to improve security and boost transaction success rates

Going OTP-less: Mastercard, Visa rolling out passkeys for card transactions

For the first time in India, an at-scale, OTP-less authentication framework will allow users to complete credit and debit card transactions

UIDAI plans fund to back tech companies innovating around Aadhaar

UIDAI is exploring setting up a fund to back seed-stage start-ups building innovative Aadhaar-based solutions, aimed at improving the quality, security and trustworthiness of the system

Amazon Pay rolls out biometric authentication for UPI payments in India

Amazon Pay now lets Android users approve eligible UPI transactions with fingerprint or facial recognition, reducing PIN friction for payments up to ₹5,000, the company said

Explained: How digital payments are fuelling India's economic growth

Govt plans to introduce biometric authentication for UPI payments, but what exactly is a digital payment system and why is it important for the Indian economy?

Europe to start biometric checks for non-EU travellers from Oct 12: Details

The EU's new entry/exit system requires non-EU travellers to register fingerprints, facial scans, and personal details on first entry to the Schengen area, excluding Ireland and Cyprus

Centre to allow digital payments via biometric authentication from today

Authentications will be done using biometric data stored under the Government of India's unique identification system - Aadhar

UPI payments through biometrics likely soon; PIN may become optional

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is preparing to roll out this update to UPI, which is expected to enhance security and convenience

UIDAI plans to start biometric update of children through schools soon

UIDAI will be sending biometric machines to each district where they will be rotated from one school to another

Meta brings passkey support to Facebook for password-less sign-ins: Details

Meta said passkeys offer a more secure and convenient way to sign in compared to traditional passwords

Shah emphasises use of biometrics tech to identify unidentified bodies

Union Home Minster Amit Shah on Tuesday stressed the need for using biometrics technology to identify unidentified bodies and unidentified "found persons". Chairing a review meeting on the implementation of the three new criminal laws with the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) here, Shah also emphasised the use of technology in all criminal investigation matters. He said alerts should be generated for all the cases at predefined stages and timelines should be fixed -- from the registration to disposal of the case -- for the benefit of victims and complainants. Biometrics technology should be adopted to identify unidentified bodies and unidentified found persons, Shah asserted. According to an official statement, Shah said regular dispatch of alerts to investigating officers as well as senior officers as per pre-defined timelines will help expedite the process of investigation. The meeting reviewed the implementation and integration of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & ...

Adani Airport Holdings teams up with Thales for cloud-based solutions

Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL) and Thales have joined hands for the implementation of cloud-based solutions at AAHL managed airports in India for streamlining the operations

Soon, board flight at Abu Dhabi airport sans passport, ticket: Here's how

By 2025, Zayed International Airport wants to be the world's first fully document-free airport

Cure for OTP frauds: IIT Mandi develops system based on behaviour patterns

Does the rising number of OTP frauds and password hacking instances concern you? Researchers at IIT Mandi have developed a revolutionary system which will capture unique user biometric-based behaviour patterns for secure authentication, eliminating the use of conventional methods. The system called "adapID" has been developed in collaboration with Deep Algorithms with Amit Shukla from the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi and J P Mishra from Deep Algorithms, spearheading the development of the tool -- a behaviour biometric-based authentication system leveraging haptics data. Deep Algorithms is an IIT Mandi and IIT Kanpur incubated company with its head office in Hyderabad, Research and Development office in IIT Mandi and partner office in the USA. The system has already been granted a patent and has been deployed at a bank and a forensic company. The team is currently in talks with the Ministry of Electronics and ...

Govt plans biometrics-based immigration for international passengers

Government initiative aims to streamline airport processes and elevate India's airports as global transit hubs

JEE-Main: Frisking, biometric attendance to be repeated after toilet breaks

Candidates appearing for engineering entrance exam JEE-Main will have to undergo frisking and biometric attendance after toilet breaks as well, according to National Testing Agency (NTA) officials. Officials, observers, staff members and even helps serving refreshments will have to undergo the same process, they said. "The move is aimed at ensuring there are no cases of use of unfair means or proxy attendance. We have strict mechanisms in place already but the idea is to make the exam completely foolproof to ensure there are zero incidents," NTA Director Subodh Kumar Singh said. At present, aspirants are screened at the entry and biometric attendance is also recorded there. "The same process will be extended to other exams as well in the longer run," Singh added. The Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main is the screening test for admissions to centrally-funded technical institutions such as NITs and IIITs. The top 20 per cent of the merit list becomes eligible to sit for the JEE (Advance

Aadhaar data on sale: A step-by-step guide to locking your biometric data

Aadhaar update: Last week, reports stated that the Aadhaar data of 815 million Indians was on sale on the internet. What can you do to protect your biometric data? Know here