WOMEN: Women across world rally for change …

Women across world rally for change
This Bengaluru girl was slut-shamed by an auto driver for wearing a dress
86,000 girls apply to be power angels in Uttar Pradesh
International Women’s Day 2016: All you need to know about the femininity and their day-to-day struggle
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Women across world rally for change

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 22, 2018
LONDON: Thousands of people on two continents picked up the baton from the United States and rallied on Sunday in solidarity with women demanding equality, justice and an end to sexual harassment.
Demonstrations in London, Paris, Sydney and other European and Australian cities followed much larger women’s marches held on Saturday across the US to mark the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, as well as the protests it inspired. In the British capital, demonstrators carried placards reading ‘We Are Powerful’ and ‘Time’s Up’ and chanted outside PM Theresa May’s office as they raised grievances ranging from workplace inequities to misogynistic abuse on social media. …

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This Bengaluru girl was slut-shamed by an auto driver for wearing a dress   

Indianexpress.com
April 26, 2016
“Please don’t mind me but what you are wearing is inappropriate,” said the auto driver.
A few days ago, an auto-driver in Mumbai body-shamed a girl and asked her to get out of his auto because she was ‘too fat’. On April 24, a Bengaluru-based journalist Aishwarya Subramanian claimed that an auto driver slut-shamed her and advised her to not wear the kind of short clothes she was wearing. …

86,000 girls apply to be power angels in Uttar Pradesh    

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 28, 2016
LUCKNOW: Aparna had to stop going to college for some time due to a stalker. She didn’t have the courage to report the matter to police. …

International Women's Day
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International Women’s Day 2016: All you need to know about the femininity and their day-to-day struggle

India.com 
International Women’s Day was first celebrated on March 19, 1911 as several women’s demanded rights including right to vote, to hold public office and also raised a voice against employment sex discrimination.
March 7, 2016 … …

Working Girl
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Govt may give 50% quota for women in urban local bodies   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 4, 2016
NEW DELHI: A proposal to increase the representation of women in urban local bodies from the present 33% to 50% was under consideration, the government said on Thursday. …

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AADHAAR: Aadhaar an ‘improper gate to service’, says Snowden …

Aadhaar an ‘improper gate to service’, says Snowden
We’re all in this together: Aadhaar isn’t building a surveillance dystopia, it asserts your individual identity vis-à-vis the state
UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar
No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told
More …

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Aadhaar an ‘improper gate to service’, says Snowden

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 22, 2018
NEW DELHI: American whistleblower-in-exile Edward Snowden on Sunday called Aadhaar “an improper gate to service” and said demands to link it to various services “must be criminalised.” Snowden tweeted this while sharing an online article authored by former head of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) K C Verma. This is the third time the former US National Security Agency contractor has tweeted about Aadhaar this month. …

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We’re all in this together: Aadhaar isn’t building a surveillance dystopia, it asserts your individual identity vis-à-vis the state

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
January 17, 2018
John F Kennedy popularised an important idea from one of GK Chesterton’s books, known as Chesterton’s Fence. Imagine a fence in the middle of a road. Chesterton postulated that the modern reformist who sees no point of the fence, must first figure out why it is there, before proposing to destroy it. If you don’t know why the fence exists, you should be humble enough to admit you don’t know enough to change it. Self-regulating communities such as Wikipedia uphold Chesterton’s fence as a way to temper ugly debates and encourage empathy for opposing views. …

UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 15, 2018
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has decided to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar for people encountering issues with other forms of biometric verification, like fingerprint and iris scanning.
The new feature is expected to be available in fusion mode – that is, with existing means of authentication – on registered devices by July 1 this year. …

No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 6, 2018
CHENNAI: From hospital treatment to birth certificates, agencies are insisting on the production of Aadhaar cards despite the government extending the deadline till March 31.
On Thursday night, Chennai resident Jayashree faced hurdles in getting cashless treatment at Fortis Malar. Health insurer Cigna TTK Health Insurance apparently told her that she could not avail of cashless treatment as she did not have an Aadhaar card. Her case created a Twitter storm — with more than 1,300 retweets — and well known figures like Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nandy and others stepped in to say that the insurer was leaving itself open to civil and criminal litigation as services could not be denied in view of the March 31extension agreed to in the Supreme Court by the government. …

How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges

Yourstory.com
Jan 4, 2018
Over 80,000 teachers are found to be employed by more than one college or university, according to a recent survey conducted for all higher educational institutions across India. This massive irregularity was revealed after the HRD Ministry made disclosure of Aadhaar details, which was mandatory as a part of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17 (AISHE). According to the survey, there were lecturers found employed by as many as four institutions. …

Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number

Ndtv.com
December 25, 2017
Are you an Aadhaar holder? Are your basic details such as address given on Aadhaar updated and accurate? The UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India – the issuer of the 12-digit Unique Identity Number (UID) as well as Aadhaar card – provides some online tools on its portal. Among these online tools by the UIDAI is one that enables an Aadhaar holder to request an update in the address given on Aadhaar. March 31 is the deadline to link Aadhaar with bank account, insurance policy and mobile number, among other things. Financial planners say it is paramount to keep the latest information updated in Aadhaar. …

Full Aadhaar data access for Rs 500? UIDAI says misuse traceable, system secure

Hindustantimes.com 

Jan 04, 2018
The UIDAI on Thursday dismissed reports of full Aadhaar details being made available on payment of Rs 500 by anonymous sellers, asserting that its system is “secure” and any misuse can be traced and action taken as it maintains a complete log of various functions.
In a statement, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated that there “has not been any Aadhaar data breach”. …

Aadhaar: Rapidly Disempowering the Old and Needy

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
02 January 2018
The mindless mandatory linkage of biometric Aadhaar numbers to every aspect of our lives—from birth to death, plus telephones and banks accounts—is causing widespread harassment. It has, finally, woken up many who believed the hype that biometric identification was a gift to citizens and a world-beating technological leap. The number of people who are wary about the risks involved in linking Aadhaar to all activities has now risen dramatically, with details of its fallibility being reported every day by the media. …

Deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage extended to March 31

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 8, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018.
This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID.
The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes. …

How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online

Gadgetsnow.com
Dec 6, 2017
How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online
The 12-digit identification number Aadhaar has now become essential for a number of important tasks.
We need to link it to our bank accounts, PAN number, Mutual Funds, PPF account and insurance policies. …

Internet firms ask for Aadhaar to provide services

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Nov 30, 2017 
BENGALURU: Internet companies are now making Aadhaar —the 12-digit unique identity number—mandatory for customers to avail their services. Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages, while Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won’t accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. 
Amazon said it was a necessary means of authenticating customer identity. “We ask customers to submit a government–certified ID. We understand Aadhaar is the most widely held. So it is our preferred one,” said an Amazon India spokesperson. …

Government simplifies Aadhaar-based verification of existing SIMs

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Oct 25, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The process of re-verification of existing mobile subscribers using Aadhaar is set to become simpler and more convenient, according to an official source.
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers’ doorstep and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers. …

Adhaar Services
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Aadhaar now a must for post office deposits, PPF, KVP

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 6, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, 2017 to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. …

Banks get one more month’s time to open Aadhaar units

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Sep 6, 2017 
NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in 10% of their branches as the deadline ended on August 30.
The UIDAI will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30. In July, the UIDAI had asked all scheduled and commercial banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility in one out of 10 branches by August-end. The reprieve of one month has now been granted as many banks sought additional time from the authority for setting up Aadhaar facility on their premises. …

Over 81 lakh Aadhaar cards deactivated: How to check if yours is active

Gadgetsnow.com 
Aug 16, 2017 
Government recently announced that it has deactivated over 81 lakh Aadhar cards. The minister of state for electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary revealed this in Rajya Sabha recently. Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha, “Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The state-, year- and reason-wise data is not maintained by the UIDAI.” …

Aadhaar all set to replace PIN, password

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 2, 2016 
NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number is all set to become an alternative for all online and card transactions which require password and PIN. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is developing a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers, merchants or individuals for receiving payments. …

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INDIA: Now, government to start mapping your address digitally …

Now, government to start mapping your address digitally 
Govt lacking ‘brain power’ to understand importance of innovation: Sam Pitroda

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Now, government to start mapping your address digitally

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Nov 16, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The government wants to map your address — residential or professional — digitally, something done by Aadhaar for an individual’s identification. 
The department of posts – which is under the ministry of communications — has ordered a pilot project that will accord a six-character alphanumeric digital address for every property for three postal pin code locations.
The idea is to provide e-locations (like on Google Maps) for the addresses therein and then provide possibilities to link them to other information, such as property title and ownership, property tax records, information on utilities like electricity, water and gas. …

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Govt lacking ‘brain power’ to understand importance of innovation: Sam Pitroda

Economicstimes.indiatimes.com 
Oct 18, 2017
AHMEDABAD: Telecom inventor and entrepreneur Sam Pitroda has said that the central government was lacking “brain power” to understand the importance of innovation for creating more jobs and expressed disappointment at its decision to close the National Innovation Council.
Delivering a lecture on innovation at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) here, Pitroda also opined that people should move on from the issues such as Ram Temple or about history. …

 

PM Modi’s address to the nation: Top announcements

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Dec31, 2016 
PM Narendra Modi addressed the nation today, 50 days after the demonetisation decision. Here is what the PM said:

  1. 8% interest rate will be guaranteed on deposits of up to Rs 7.5 lakh for 10 years for senior citizens; interest will be paid monthly
  2. Rs 6,000 to be put into accounts of pregnant women in 650 districts for vaccination and other medical use … …

PM Modi’s stern warning: ‘Law will come down with full force on the dishonest’

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 

Dec 31, 2016 
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday sent out a stern warning of tough action against the “dishonest”, even as he assured that for the honest his government will act as a friend. ….

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AADHAAR: We’re all in this together: Aadhaar isn’t building a surveillance dystopia, it asserts your individual identity vis-à-vis the state …

We’re all in this together: Aadhaar isn’t building a surveillance dystopia, it asserts your individual identity vis-à-vis the state
UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar
No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told
How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges
Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number
More …

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We’re all in this together: Aadhaar isn’t building a surveillance dystopia, it asserts your individual identity vis-à-vis the state

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
January 17, 2018
John F Kennedy popularised an important idea from one of GK Chesterton’s books, known as Chesterton’s Fence. Imagine a fence in the middle of a road. Chesterton postulated that the modern reformist who sees no point of the fence, must first figure out why it is there, before proposing to destroy it. If you don’t know why the fence exists, you should be humble enough to admit you don’t know enough to change it. Self-regulating communities such as Wikipedia uphold Chesterton’s fence as a way to temper ugly debates and encourage empathy for opposing views. …

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CGHS Circulars/Empanelled Hospitals/Package Rates

UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 15, 2018
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has decided to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar for people encountering issues with other forms of biometric verification, like fingerprint and iris scanning.
The new feature is expected to be available in fusion mode – that is, with existing means of authentication – on registered devices by July 1 this year. …

No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 6, 2018
CHENNAI: From hospital treatment to birth certificates, agencies are insisting on the production of Aadhaar cards despite the government extending the deadline till March 31.
On Thursday night, Chennai resident Jayashree faced hurdles in getting cashless treatment at Fortis Malar. Health insurer Cigna TTK Health Insurance apparently told her that she could not avail of cashless treatment as she did not have an Aadhaar card. Her case created a Twitter storm — with more than 1,300 retweets — and well known figures like Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nandy and others stepped in to say that the insurer was leaving itself open to civil and criminal litigation as services could not be denied in view of the March 31extension agreed to in the Supreme Court by the government. …

How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges

Yourstory.com
Jan 4, 2018
Over 80,000 teachers are found to be employed by more than one college or university, according to a recent survey conducted for all higher educational institutions across India. This massive irregularity was revealed after the HRD Ministry made disclosure of Aadhaar details, which was mandatory as a part of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17 (AISHE). According to the survey, there were lecturers found employed by as many as four institutions. …

Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number

Ndtv.com
December 25, 2017
Are you an Aadhaar holder? Are your basic details such as address given on Aadhaar updated and accurate? The UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India – the issuer of the 12-digit Unique Identity Number (UID) as well as Aadhaar card – provides some online tools on its portal. Among these online tools by the UIDAI is one that enables an Aadhaar holder to request an update in the address given on Aadhaar. March 31 is the deadline to link Aadhaar with bank account, insurance policy and mobile number, among other things. Financial planners say it is paramount to keep the latest information updated in Aadhaar. …

Full Aadhaar data access for Rs 500? UIDAI says misuse traceable, system secure

Hindustantimes.com 

Jan 04, 2018
The UIDAI on Thursday dismissed reports of full Aadhaar details being made available on payment of Rs 500 by anonymous sellers, asserting that its system is “secure” and any misuse can be traced and action taken as it maintains a complete log of various functions.
In a statement, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated that there “has not been any Aadhaar data breach”. …

Aadhaar: Rapidly Disempowering the Old and Needy

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
02 January 2018
The mindless mandatory linkage of biometric Aadhaar numbers to every aspect of our lives—from birth to death, plus telephones and banks accounts—is causing widespread harassment. It has, finally, woken up many who believed the hype that biometric identification was a gift to citizens and a world-beating technological leap. The number of people who are wary about the risks involved in linking Aadhaar to all activities has now risen dramatically, with details of its fallibility being reported every day by the media. …

Deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage extended to March 31

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 8, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018.
This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID.
The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes. …

How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online

Gadgetsnow.com
Dec 6, 2017
How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online
The 12-digit identification number Aadhaar has now become essential for a number of important tasks.
We need to link it to our bank accounts, PAN number, Mutual Funds, PPF account and insurance policies. …

Internet firms ask for Aadhaar to provide services

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Nov 30, 2017 
BENGALURU: Internet companies are now making Aadhaar —the 12-digit unique identity number—mandatory for customers to avail their services. Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages, while Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won’t accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. 
Amazon said it was a necessary means of authenticating customer identity. “We ask customers to submit a government–certified ID. We understand Aadhaar is the most widely held. So it is our preferred one,” said an Amazon India spokesperson. …

Government simplifies Aadhaar-based verification of existing SIMs

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Oct 25, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The process of re-verification of existing mobile subscribers using Aadhaar is set to become simpler and more convenient, according to an official source.
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers’ doorstep and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers. …

Adhaar Services
Aadhaar Services (Image Courtesy: uidai website)

Aadhaar now a must for post office deposits, PPF, KVP

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 6, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, 2017 to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. …

Banks get one more month’s time to open Aadhaar units

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Sep 6, 2017 
NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in 10% of their branches as the deadline ended on August 30.
The UIDAI will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30. In July, the UIDAI had asked all scheduled and commercial banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility in one out of 10 branches by August-end. The reprieve of one month has now been granted as many banks sought additional time from the authority for setting up Aadhaar facility on their premises. …

Over 81 lakh Aadhaar cards deactivated: How to check if yours is active

Gadgetsnow.com 
Aug 16, 2017 
Government recently announced that it has deactivated over 81 lakh Aadhar cards. The minister of state for electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary revealed this in Rajya Sabha recently. Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha, “Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The state-, year- and reason-wise data is not maintained by the UIDAI.” …

Aadhaar all set to replace PIN, password

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 2, 2016 
NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number is all set to become an alternative for all online and card transactions which require password and PIN. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is developing a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers, merchants or individuals for receiving payments. …

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AADHAAR: UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar …

UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar
No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told
How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges
Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number
More …

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UIDAI to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 15, 2018
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has decided to introduce facial authentication for Aadhaar for people encountering issues with other forms of biometric verification, like fingerprint and iris scanning.
The new feature is expected to be available in fusion mode – that is, with existing means of authentication – on registered devices by July 1 this year. …

You may like to click on any of the following links:- 
Latest DOPT/CVC/RTI/MOF/CGHS/DPE Orders/Circulars; News 
RBI Circulars / Orders / Guidelines / Reports / Policy Documents; Master Circulars (Subject-Wise) 
Vigilance Related GOI/CVC Orders/Circulars 
Right to Information (RTI) – Rules/ Notifications/Circulars/Guidelines (Subject-Wise) 
Decisions of Central Information Commission – Section-Wise 
CGHS Circulars/Empanelled Hospitals/Package Rates

No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 6, 2018
CHENNAI: From hospital treatment to birth certificates, agencies are insisting on the production of Aadhaar cards despite the government extending the deadline till March 31.
On Thursday night, Chennai resident Jayashree faced hurdles in getting cashless treatment at Fortis Malar. Health insurer Cigna TTK Health Insurance apparently told her that she could not avail of cashless treatment as she did not have an Aadhaar card. Her case created a Twitter storm — with more than 1,300 retweets — and well known figures like Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nandy and others stepped in to say that the insurer was leaving itself open to civil and criminal litigation as services could not be denied in view of the March 31extension agreed to in the Supreme Court by the government. …

How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges

Yourstory.com
Jan 4, 2018
Over 80,000 teachers are found to be employed by more than one college or university, according to a recent survey conducted for all higher educational institutions across India. This massive irregularity was revealed after the HRD Ministry made disclosure of Aadhaar details, which was mandatory as a part of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17 (AISHE). According to the survey, there were lecturers found employed by as many as four institutions. …

Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number

Ndtv.com
December 25, 2017
Are you an Aadhaar holder? Are your basic details such as address given on Aadhaar updated and accurate? The UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India – the issuer of the 12-digit Unique Identity Number (UID) as well as Aadhaar card – provides some online tools on its portal. Among these online tools by the UIDAI is one that enables an Aadhaar holder to request an update in the address given on Aadhaar. March 31 is the deadline to link Aadhaar with bank account, insurance policy and mobile number, among other things. Financial planners say it is paramount to keep the latest information updated in Aadhaar. …

Full Aadhaar data access for Rs 500? UIDAI says misuse traceable, system secure

Hindustantimes.com 

Jan 04, 2018
The UIDAI on Thursday dismissed reports of full Aadhaar details being made available on payment of Rs 500 by anonymous sellers, asserting that its system is “secure” and any misuse can be traced and action taken as it maintains a complete log of various functions.
In a statement, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated that there “has not been any Aadhaar data breach”. …

Aadhaar: Rapidly Disempowering the Old and Needy

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
02 January 2018
The mindless mandatory linkage of biometric Aadhaar numbers to every aspect of our lives—from birth to death, plus telephones and banks accounts—is causing widespread harassment. It has, finally, woken up many who believed the hype that biometric identification was a gift to citizens and a world-beating technological leap. The number of people who are wary about the risks involved in linking Aadhaar to all activities has now risen dramatically, with details of its fallibility being reported every day by the media. …

Deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage extended to March 31

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 8, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018.
This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID.
The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes. …

How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online

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Dec 6, 2017
How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online
The 12-digit identification number Aadhaar has now become essential for a number of important tasks.
We need to link it to our bank accounts, PAN number, Mutual Funds, PPF account and insurance policies. …

Internet firms ask for Aadhaar to provide services

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Nov 30, 2017 
BENGALURU: Internet companies are now making Aadhaar —the 12-digit unique identity number—mandatory for customers to avail their services. Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages, while Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won’t accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. 
Amazon said it was a necessary means of authenticating customer identity. “We ask customers to submit a government–certified ID. We understand Aadhaar is the most widely held. So it is our preferred one,” said an Amazon India spokesperson. …

Government simplifies Aadhaar-based verification of existing SIMs

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Oct 25, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The process of re-verification of existing mobile subscribers using Aadhaar is set to become simpler and more convenient, according to an official source.
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers’ doorstep and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers. …

Adhaar Services
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Aadhaar now a must for post office deposits, PPF, KVP

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 6, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, 2017 to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. …

Banks get one more month’s time to open Aadhaar units

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Sep 6, 2017 
NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in 10% of their branches as the deadline ended on August 30.
The UIDAI will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30. In July, the UIDAI had asked all scheduled and commercial banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility in one out of 10 branches by August-end. The reprieve of one month has now been granted as many banks sought additional time from the authority for setting up Aadhaar facility on their premises. …

Over 81 lakh Aadhaar cards deactivated: How to check if yours is active

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Aug 16, 2017 
Government recently announced that it has deactivated over 81 lakh Aadhar cards. The minister of state for electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary revealed this in Rajya Sabha recently. Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha, “Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The state-, year- and reason-wise data is not maintained by the UIDAI.” …

Aadhaar all set to replace PIN, password

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 2, 2016 
NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number is all set to become an alternative for all online and card transactions which require password and PIN. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is developing a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers, merchants or individuals for receiving payments. …

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GST: Traders come up with new ways to evade GST …

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Traders come up with new ways to evade GST
Relief for exporters & SMEs as GST Council reduces compliance issues, rates cut on 27 items
GST Council meet: No PAN card required for jewellery purchase above Rs 50,000
Print post-GST rates on items or go to jail, government warns traders
MRP rules under GST released. Read here
Government, banks kill rumours on card payments under GST

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Traders come up with new ways to evade GST

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 17, 2018
NEW DELHI: The government may try to put in place rules to check tax evasion but trust ingenious businessmen to come up with ways to beat it. That’s precisely what’s happening with goods and services tax (GST), where protests by traders have forced the government to go slow on enforcing several elements, such as matching of sales and purchase invoices and electronic way bill, that were meant to plug evasion. …

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Inter-state supplies of up to Rs 20 lakh allowed without GST registration

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October 10, 2017
We are small service providers mostly rendering services within the state, but occasionally receive small amounts from our clients in other states. Our aggregate value of services on an all-India basis does not exceed the threshold limit. Is there any way to avoid registration and compliance rigours of GST?
The GST Council has now decided that service providers will be allowed to make inter-state supplies of up to Rs 20 lakh without GST registration. A notification is expected within a week.
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GST Council meet: No PAN card required for jewellery purchase above Rs 50,000

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October 6, 2017
The government on Friday scrapped GST notification on gems and jewellery stating that PAN card will no longer be mandatory on the purchase of jewellery for over Rs 50,000, ANI reported
Also, government need not be informed on jewellery purchase of over Rs 50,000, which means that jewellers will not have to report data on buyers to Financial Intelligence Unit, it said. …

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Relief for exporters & SMEs as GST Council reduces compliance issues, rates cut on 27 items

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7 Oct, 2017
The Goods and Services tax (GST) council on Friday cut rates on 27 items and 12 services, and approved sweeping changes in rules to soothe frayed nerves of millions of small enterprises and exporters that have been battling with procedural irritants, delayed refunds and technical glitches on returns filing.

The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley-headed panel pushed for big changes in its 22nd meeting to iron out rough edges of the new tax system that has been hit by multiple pain points since it was rolled out on July 1. …

Print post-GST rates on items or go to jail, government warns traders

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jul 8, 2017,
A grocery store in India (PTI photograph)A grocery store in India (PTI photograph)
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday warned manufacturer, importer and sellers of pre-packaged goods of penalties ranging from fines of up to Rs 1 lakh or prison terms up to a year for repeat offence of not printing the post-GST rates on product labels. The consumer affairs ministry has come out with the new norm for affixing the revised maximum retail price (MRP) on the old stocks, which were manufactured and packed before July 1. …

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MRP rules under GST released. Read here

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jul 4, 2017,
The government on Tuesday announced rules regarding MRP or maximum retail price for goods under the GST (goods and services tax) regime that was rolled out at the midnight of Friday and Saturday. There has been ample confusion among both consumers and retailers regarding how the MRP changes will reflect under GST.
“Under the GST regime, if a price of a product has increased the manufacturer/ importer/ packer will have to give an advertisement in two newspapers about the new MRP and put a revised sticker on the packaging,”, Department of Consumer Affairs Secretary Avinash Srivastava said. Both the new and the old MRP must show on the packaging, he added. …

Government, banks kill rumours on card payments under GST

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jul 2, 2017,      
MUMBAI: The government and banks have scotched rumours that payments by credit cards or other electronic modes of payment would lead to double taxation under the newly-launched Goods and Services Tax.
Revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia clarified by way of a tweet that “A wrong message is doing rounds on social media that if you make payment of utility bills by credit cards, you will be paying GST twice. This is completely untrue. Please do not recirculate such message without checking it with authority,” he said. …

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WORLD: Red carpet highlights from the Golden Globes – in pictures …

Red carpet highlights from the Golden Globes – in pictures
US economist Richard Thaler wins Nobel economics prize
British author Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
How the World Celebrated International Women’s Day 2017
China sets precedent in handling bank defaulters, restricts them buying plane tickets

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Red carpet highlights from the Golden Globes – in pictures

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Jan 08, 2018
The 75th annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel played host to scores of actors wearing black in support of anti sexual harassment campaigns. …

US economist Richard Thaler wins Nobel economics prize

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 9, 2017
STOCKHOLM: US economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioural economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
“In total, Richard Thaler’s contributions have built a bridge between the economic and psychological analyses of individual decision-making,” the award-giving body said on announcing the 9 million Swedish crown ($1.1 million) prize. …

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Nobel Prize 2017British author Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature

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October 5, 2017
Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “Remains of the Day”, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. Japan-born Ishiguro won the Man Booker Prize for the 1989 novel that was made into an Oscar-nominated movie. The Swedish Academy hailed his ability to reveal “the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. The award of the 9 million crown ($1.1 million) prize marks a return to a more mainstream interpretation of literature after it went to American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan last year. The works of Ishiguro, who moved to Britain as a young child, often touch on memory, time and self-delusion, the Academy said. “He is a little bit like a mix of Jane Austen, comedy of manners and Franz Kafka. If you mix this a little, not too much, you get Ishiguro in a nutshell,” said Sara Danius, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. …

Happy Women's DayHow the World Celebrated International Women’s Day 2017

Time.com 
Mar 08, 2017
On March 8, people around the world observed International Women’s Day — a day to commemorate the struggle for women’s rights and celebrate the political, social, economic and cultural achievements of women throughout history. …

Banking NewsChina sets precedent in handling bank defaulters, restricts them buying plane tickets

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February 21, 2017
New Delhi : It could be a precedent for India that how to handle bank defaulters and debtors, the Supreme People’s Court of China passed a stern order restricting them travelling by plane, applying for loans and credit cards. The court has also blacklisted 6.73 million bank defaulters.
As per report of Global Times, the Chinese government had launched a massive crackdown on defaulters and had barred 6.15 million people from buying plane tickets and 2.22 million from travelling by high-speed train. …

Have we found the 8th continent? It’s called Zealandia

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Feb 18, 2017
Zealandia meets all the criteria that are satisfied by the existing seven continents 
There is an entire, submerged and unrecognised continent that has been hiding until now, according to scientists. New Zealand is sitting on top of the geological entity, most of which sits underneath the South Pacific and so can’t be seen, according to a major new paper.
In a paper published in the Geological Society of America’s Journal, researchers explain that Zealandia measures five million sq km which is about two thirds of neighbouring Australia.

Businessman buys photograph of a potato for €1m   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 25, 2016
A celebrated photographer has sold a picture of an Irish potato for 1m (£750,000).
Kevin Abosch, 46, confirmed he had sold the photograph of an organic potato shot on a black background to an unnamed European businessman. … 

Harbin Ice Festival, China
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in pictures   

Telegraph.co.uk 
December 24, 2015

 

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AADHAAR NEWS

No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told
How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges
Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number
Full Aadhaar data access for Rs 500? UIDAI says misuse traceable, system secure
Aadhaar: Rapidly Disempowering the Old and Needy
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No Aadhaar, no cashless treatment, woman told

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 6, 2018
CHENNAI: From hospital treatment to birth certificates, agencies are insisting on the production of Aadhaar cards despite the government extending the deadline till March 31.
On Thursday night, Chennai resident Jayashree faced hurdles in getting cashless treatment at Fortis Malar. Health insurer Cigna TTK Health Insurance apparently told her that she could not avail of cashless treatment as she did not have an Aadhaar card. Her case created a Twitter storm — with more than 1,300 retweets — and well known figures like Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nandy and others stepped in to say that the insurer was leaving itself open to civil and criminal litigation as services could not be denied in view of the March 31extension agreed to in the Supreme Court by the government. …

How Aadhaar helped catch over 80,000 teachers who ‘work’ in multiple colleges

Yourstory.com
Jan 4, 2018
Over 80,000 teachers are found to be employed by more than one college or university, according to a recent survey conducted for all higher educational institutions across India. This massive irregularity was revealed after the HRD Ministry made disclosure of Aadhaar details, which was mandatory as a part of the All India Survey on Higher Education 2016-17 (AISHE). According to the survey, there were lecturers found employed by as many as four institutions. …

Aadhaar Card: How To Update Address, Registered Mobile Number

Ndtv.com
December 25, 2017
Are you an Aadhaar holder? Are your basic details such as address given on Aadhaar updated and accurate? The UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India – the issuer of the 12-digit Unique Identity Number (UID) as well as Aadhaar card – provides some online tools on its portal. Among these online tools by the UIDAI is one that enables an Aadhaar holder to request an update in the address given on Aadhaar. March 31 is the deadline to link Aadhaar with bank account, insurance policy and mobile number, among other things. Financial planners say it is paramount to keep the latest information updated in Aadhaar. …

Full Aadhaar data access for Rs 500? UIDAI says misuse traceable, system secure

Hindustantimes.com 

Jan 04, 2018
The UIDAI on Thursday dismissed reports of full Aadhaar details being made available on payment of Rs 500 by anonymous sellers, asserting that its system is “secure” and any misuse can be traced and action taken as it maintains a complete log of various functions.
In a statement, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated that there “has not been any Aadhaar data breach”. …

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Aadhaar: Rapidly Disempowering the Old and Needy

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
02 January 2018
The mindless mandatory linkage of biometric Aadhaar numbers to every aspect of our lives—from birth to death, plus telephones and banks accounts—is causing widespread harassment. It has, finally, woken up many who believed the hype that biometric identification was a gift to citizens and a world-beating technological leap. The number of people who are wary about the risks involved in linking Aadhaar to all activities has now risen dramatically, with details of its fallibility being reported every day by the media. …

Deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage extended to March 31

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 8, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018.
This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID.
The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes. …

How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online

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Dec 6, 2017
How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online
The 12-digit identification number Aadhaar has now become essential for a number of important tasks.
We need to link it to our bank accounts, PAN number, Mutual Funds, PPF account and insurance policies. …

Internet firms ask for Aadhaar to provide services

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Nov 30, 2017 
BENGALURU: Internet companies are now making Aadhaar —the 12-digit unique identity number—mandatory for customers to avail their services. Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages, while Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won’t accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. 
Amazon said it was a necessary means of authenticating customer identity. “We ask customers to submit a government–certified ID. We understand Aadhaar is the most widely held. So it is our preferred one,” said an Amazon India spokesperson. …

Government simplifies Aadhaar-based verification of existing SIMs

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Oct 25, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The process of re-verification of existing mobile subscribers using Aadhaar is set to become simpler and more convenient, according to an official source.
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers’ doorstep and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers. …

Adhaar Services
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Aadhaar now a must for post office deposits, PPF, KVP

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 6, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, 2017 to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. …

Banks get one more month’s time to open Aadhaar units

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Sep 6, 2017 
NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in 10% of their branches as the deadline ended on August 30.
The UIDAI will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30. In July, the UIDAI had asked all scheduled and commercial banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility in one out of 10 branches by August-end. The reprieve of one month has now been granted as many banks sought additional time from the authority for setting up Aadhaar facility on their premises. …

Over 81 lakh Aadhaar cards deactivated: How to check if yours is active

Gadgetsnow.com 
Aug 16, 2017 
Government recently announced that it has deactivated over 81 lakh Aadhar cards. The minister of state for electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary revealed this in Rajya Sabha recently. Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha, “Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The state-, year- and reason-wise data is not maintained by the UIDAI.” …

Aadhaar all set to replace PIN, password

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 2, 2016 
NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number is all set to become an alternative for all online and card transactions which require password and PIN. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is developing a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers, merchants or individuals for receiving payments. …

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LAW: Adult girl has a right to live life of her choice: SC …

Adult girl has a right to live life of her choice: SC
Why punish married men alone for adultery, asks SC 
A Public Authority cannot act arbitrarily: SC
SC favours audio/video recording of court proceedings, to examine issue
2-month deadline to complete rape trials unrealistic: Study 
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Adult girl has a right to live life of her choice: SC

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 6, 2018
NEW DELHI: Striking hard at the societal tendency to impose restrictions on girls with regard to their choice of dress, profession and life partner, the Supreme Court on Friday declared that an adult woman enjoyed an unfettered right to lead a life of her choice.
“It needs no special emphasis to state that attaining the age of majority in an individual’s life has its own significance. S/he is entitled to make her/his choice. The courts cannot, as long as the choice remains, assume the role of parens patriae (legal protector),” said a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. …

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Why punish married men alone for adultery, asks SC

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Dec 9, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to examine the constitutional validity of a 157-year-old ‘gender discriminatory’ provision in Indian Penal Code which punishes a married man for adultery for consensual sexual relations with another man’s wife.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud sought the Centre’s response in four weeks to a PIL by Joseph Shine from Kerala who is employed at Trento in Italy on why a married man alone and not the consenting wife of another should be hauled up. …

A Public Authority cannot act arbitrarily: SC

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Hon’ble Supreme Court in its judgement dated 24.08.2017 has, inter alia, held as under:-
“Undoubtedly, a development authority as a public body cannot act arbitrarily or at its own whims, in deciding whether or not to renew the lease. Its decisions must be guided by public interest. … However, exercise of discretion must meet the touchstone of Article 14 of the Constitution. As a public authority, the decision must be fair, reasonable and guided by public interest.”
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SC favours audio/video recording of court proceedings, to examine issue

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Aug 15, 2017
NEW DELHI: Shedding its reluctance for years for audio-video recording of court proceedings, the Supreme Court on Monday favoured installation of CCTV cameras in all courts, including in the apex court itself, to record proceedings after the Centre backed the proposal.
In 2015, an SC bench, headed by then CJI H L Dattu, dismissed a PIL seeking its direction for video-recording of court proceedings. Similarly, the Bombay HC last year denied permission to introduce video recording, saying, “These are courts, not stages and sets from The Truman Show.” … Continue reading.

2-month deadline to complete rape trials unrealistic: Study

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Jul 17, 2017 
NEW DELHI: A 15-month-long study commissioned by the law ministry on trials of rape survivors has concluded that the provision under Section 309 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to complete a rape trial within two months of filing of the chargesheet was unrealistic. 
The study said contrary to the provision in Section 309, even the survivor’s deposition was not completed in two months. The average time for deposition of the survivor was eight-and-a-half months, which continued beyond 15 months in some cases. …

Supreme Court sets timeline for courts for speedy trial, says bail should be decided in a week

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Mar 10, 2017 
NEW DELHI: Holding that speedy trial in criminal cases is part of the fundamental rights of an accused, the Supreme Court has suggested a time-frame for lower courts to decide a case to ensure that the accused do not languish in jail due to prolonged proceedings. …

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Can’t restrain law portal, Google from posting court orders online: Gujarat high court

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 21, 2017  
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has ruled that it cannot restrain any website or internet search engine Google from posting any of its orders online. 
Justice RM Chhaya on Thursday turned down a petition filed by one Dharmraj Dave, who had urged the court to direct a law portal and tech-giant Google to delete an HC judgement from internet because such a public exhibition of the order might jeopardize his chances of migrating to Australia. …

Don’t try to play lawmaker, Supreme Court tells judges

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Dec 9, 2016 
NEW DELHI: Judges should not exhibit “judicial valour” by passing sweeping orders that encroach on the domain of the executive and legislature as the separation of powers among the organs of the state must be honoured, the Supreme Court has said. …

Adult son has no legal right to stay in parents’ house, rules HC

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Nov 30, 2016
NEW DELHI: An adult son has no legal right to stay in his parents’ self-acquired property, the Delhi high court has ruled while upholding the wishes of an elderly couple who wanted their son and daughter-in-law evicted from their house. …

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No copyright over our judgments: SC

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Nov 24, 2016
NEW DELHI: For long, a couple of firms had a virtual monopoly over printing judgments of the Supreme Court in book format and selling it to advocates, institutions and others. So much so that one of them claimed copyright over the manner in which it edited and published the judgments.
But on Wednesday, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V Ramana ruled that no one could have copyright over judgments delivered by the apex court. It could be reproduced in its raw form by anyone without the risk of being accused of infringing copyright, the bench said, settling a long-standing dispute. …

Centre issues real estate guidelines to counter rampant discrimination

Newindianexpress.com 
25th June 2016 
NEW DELHI: The Centre has introduced an anti-discriminatory clause in the recently passed Real Estate Act making it clear that promoters can’t discriminate against anyone in the allotment of any apartment, plot or building on any ground. …

SC allows accused to produce taped phone conversation as defence
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SC allows accused to produce taped phone conversation as defence

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Nov 25, 2015
NEW DELHI: Prosecution has been using electronic evidence to seek conviction of accused for a decade but for the first time, the Supreme Court on Monday permitted an accused to bring on record taped telephonic conversations to prove his innocence in a child sexual abuse case. …

Supreme Court sets 2005 cut-off on women’s right to ancestral property

Indianexpress.com
Nov 02, 2015
The court said the father would have had to be alive on September 9, 2005, if the daughter were to become a co-sharer with her male siblings. …

SC erred in junking decriminalization of gay sex; Justice Shah   

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Sep 5, 2015
NEW DELHI: Former Law Commission chairman Justice A P Shah, who as chief justice of Delhi high court delivered the landmark judgment decriminalizing homosexuality by reading down Section 377 of IPC, has slammed the Supreme Court for reviving the controversial penal provisions by quashing the HC verdict. …

Judge goes by circumstantial evidence, awards man life term    

TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Jul 7, 2015 
BAREILLY: Passing a “historic” verdict based purely on circumstantial evidence, the court of additional district and sessions judge has sentenced a man to life imprisonment even after all eight witnesses turned hostile. The man had been charged with the murder of his wife and the judge saw it fit to go with the circumstantial evidence produced by the prosecution. …

Courts can skip empty formalities: SC    .Business-standard.com
June 28, 2015
It is a basic principle of law that no action shall be taken without providing a hearing to the affected party. This principle, called the law of natural justice, is “flexible” according to situations, and it need not be followed as an empty formality, Supreme Court stated in its recent judgment, Dharampal Satyapal vs Deputy Commissioner. The doctrine cannot be applied as a “strait-jacket formula. …

India to get own version of class action lawsuits   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
May 21, 2015
NEW DELHI: India is set to have a stronger consumer protection law with its own version of class action suits. As the term is usually defined, a class action suit is one in which one or several persons sue on behalf of a larger group of persons, referred to as “the class”. …

Testimony of sole witness enough for conviction: SC   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com
Apr 11, 2015
CHENNAI: An accused can be convicted on the testimony of a sole witness if the person is completely reliable, said the Supreme Court, upholding the verdict of the Madras high court which awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to people facing conspiracy charge in a murder case. …

PMO plans to merge tribunals for efficiency, Company Law Board and CAT could be merged  Economictimes.indiatimes.com 
27 Feb, 2015 
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister’s Office is planning to prune the list of all important national tribunals and merge some of them to create larger entities and ensure efficiency. …

Proxy counsel cannot argue a case: High court   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Feb 16, 2015 
Background: There are times when the advocate on record is stuck in some other court and cannot attend to another matter. In such cases, he appoints a “proxy counsel” to take care of the case in his absence. …

HC asks 2 cops to face trial 23 years after torturing woman   TimesofIndia.indiatimes.com 
Jan 25, 2015 
MUMBAI: Police can’t torture an accused to extract information, the Bombay high court has ruled in a landmark judgment, and ordered two policemen to face trial for brutally assaulting a woman in custody 23 years ago. …

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Full Aadhaar data access for Rs 500? UIDAI says misuse traceable, system secure

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Jan 04, 2018
The UIDAI on Thursday dismissed reports of full Aadhaar details being made available on payment of Rs 500 by anonymous sellers, asserting that its system is “secure” and any misuse can be traced and action taken as it maintains a complete log of various functions.
In a statement, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) reiterated that there “has not been any Aadhaar data breach”. …

Aadhaar: Rapidly Disempowering the Old and Needy

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
02 January 2018
The mindless mandatory linkage of biometric Aadhaar numbers to every aspect of our lives—from birth to death, plus telephones and banks accounts—is causing widespread harassment. It has, finally, woken up many who believed the hype that biometric identification was a gift to citizens and a world-beating technological leap. The number of people who are wary about the risks involved in linking Aadhaar to all activities has now risen dramatically, with details of its fallibility being reported every day by the media. …

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Deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage extended to March 31

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 8, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018.
This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID.
The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes. …

How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online

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Dec 6, 2017
How to verify your Aadhaar-linked mobile number and email ID online
The 12-digit identification number Aadhaar has now become essential for a number of important tasks.
We need to link it to our bank accounts, PAN number, Mutual Funds, PPF account and insurance policies. …

Internet firms ask for Aadhaar to provide services

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Nov 30, 2017 
BENGALURU: Internet companies are now making Aadhaar —the 12-digit unique identity number—mandatory for customers to avail their services. Amazon has asked customers to upload their Aadhaar numbers to track lost packages, while Bengaluru-based car rental platform Zoomcar has said it won’t accept bookings without Aadhaar as proof of identity. 
Amazon said it was a necessary means of authenticating customer identity. “We ask customers to submit a government–certified ID. We understand Aadhaar is the most widely held. So it is our preferred one,” said an Amazon India spokesperson. …

Government simplifies Aadhaar-based verification of existing SIMs

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com  
Oct 25, 2017 
NEW DELHI: The process of re-verification of existing mobile subscribers using Aadhaar is set to become simpler and more convenient, according to an official source.
The government has initiated a series of measures, including allowing re-verification at subscribers’ doorstep and One Time Password (OTP) based authentication of existing users, to make the entire exercise easier for telecom subscribers. …

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Aadhaar now a must for post office deposits, PPF, KVP

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Oct 6, 2017
NEW DELHI: The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, 2017 to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. …

Banks get one more month’s time to open Aadhaar units

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Sep 6, 2017 
NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in 10% of their branches as the deadline ended on August 30.
The UIDAI will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30. In July, the UIDAI had asked all scheduled and commercial banks to open Aadhaar enrolment and updation facility in one out of 10 branches by August-end. The reprieve of one month has now been granted as many banks sought additional time from the authority for setting up Aadhaar facility on their premises. …

Over 81 lakh Aadhaar cards deactivated: How to check if yours is active

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Aug 16, 2017 
Government recently announced that it has deactivated over 81 lakh Aadhar cards. The minister of state for electronics and IT, PP Chaudhary revealed this in Rajya Sabha recently. Chaudhary told Rajya Sabha, “Till date, approximately 81 lakh Aadhaar numbers have been deactivated. The state-, year- and reason-wise data is not maintained by the UIDAI.” …

Aadhaar all set to replace PIN, password

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com 
Dec 2, 2016 
NEW DELHI: The Aadhaar number is all set to become an alternative for all online and card transactions which require password and PIN. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is developing a mobile app that can be used by shopkeepers, merchants or individuals for receiving payments. …

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