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Biometric authentication

  • Opinion: It is time for judiciary to call out the Indian government’s lie on ‘voluntary Aadhaar’

    Opinion: It is time for judiciary to call out the Indian government’s lie on ‘voluntary Aadhaar’

    Reetika Khera
    · Dec 07, 2017 · 08:00 am
  • Readers’ comments: Don’t shift the capital from Delhi – government should breathe this dirty air too

    Readers’ comments: Don’t shift the capital from Delhi – government should breathe this dirty air too

    Scroll
    · Nov 19, 2017 · 10:30 pm
  • Now, even the fingerprints of urban Indians are failing during Aadhaar authentication

    Now, even the fingerprints of urban Indians are failing during Aadhaar authentication

    Aroon Deep
    · Nov 15, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Video: How mandatory Aadhaar authentication is leaving the poor without food rations

    Video: How mandatory Aadhaar authentication is leaving the poor without food rations

    Aamir Hasan Khan Waqar Akhtar
    · Oct 26, 2017 · 09:15 am
  • UPI upgrade aims to let India’s smartphone users make payments using Aadhaar-linked fingerprints

    UPI upgrade aims to let India’s smartphone users make payments using Aadhaar-linked fingerprints

    Mayank Jain
    · Sep 13, 2017 · 06:30 am