Identity Project
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From history to lungis: How this Assam politician is battling for a distinct Miya Muslim identity
Sherman Ali Ahmed is asking: If the state's 1 crore Miya Muslims are not Assamese, what are they?
Rokibuz Zaman
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Because of Aadhaar, over one million children in India were denied admission to schools
The refusal to enrol students is a violation of the Supreme Court order on the unique identification programme.
IndiaSpend Team
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How Aadhaar is making it harder for Indian women to access their maternity benefits
Women have to produce their own Aadhaar number as well as that of the father of the child.
Reetika Khera
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Why are Sikhs abroad more pro-Khalistan than community members living in India?
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Are your UPI payments farming your personal data without your consent?
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UP man who rescued sarus crane booked under Wildlife Protection Act
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Jamia violence: Delhi HC sets aside discharge order of Sharjeel Imam, 10 others
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Digital India bill may change the internet as we know it
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In Jharkhand, Aadhaar woes are depriving NREGA workers of their wages
Because of Aadhaar authentication failures, some workers have not yet received wages for work they did in August.
Aarefa Johari
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Why Indian ministers shouldn’t cite World Bank to brag about $11 billion savings from Aadhaar
Emails from a World Bank official reveal that the international body was privately critical of the government’s execution of the digital identity programme.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
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A year after Jharkhand girl died of starvation, Aadhaar tragedies are on the rise
Of the 57 starvation deaths investigated by the Right to Food campaign since 2015, at least 19 were directly linked with Aadhaar.
Aarefa Johari
Video
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Watch: Rescuer scales 65-foot telecom tower in Pune to save bird tangled in kite string
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Watch: Major pipeline bursts in Mumbai’s Mulund, sends water gushing high into the air
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Watch: Musician plays Sidhu Moose Wala’s song ‘295’ on the sarangi in a shopping area in Chandigarh
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Watch: A group of Pakistani artists creates huge portrait of Shah Rukh Khan on a beach
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Watch: Thunderstorm wrecks cars, brings down power lines, in Dibrugarh, Assam
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Scroll Explainer: What is the Aadhaar case and what is at stake for Indians?
With the top court set to decide on its constitutional validity on Wednesday, here’s a quick primer on the government’s controversial unique identity project.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Chhattisgarh is giving citizens smartphones but wants consent to use their Aadhaar numbers
And the government is not explaining how it intends to use that information.
Abhishek Dey
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Can saving a language help a community that’s under threat in a globalised world?
Words give their users cultural power, but in many places that freedom is under threat.
Padmaparna Ghosh
The Reel
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Netflix India’s latest mantra: ‘You can’t be successful globally without being successful locally’
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Start the week with a film: The very violent and very clever ‘Battle Royale’
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Review: ‘Boston Strangler’ looks for the woman in the serial killer story
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‘Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga’ review: A smart and entertaining thriller
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‘Jubilee’ trailer: Series is set in the Hindi film industry of the 1940s and 1950s
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In the gig economy era, how are our identities shaped by work?
Across the world, ways of thinking about our relationship with work are shifting
Padmaparna Ghosh
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As countries across the world forge ahead with digital ID projects, where does privacy fit in?
India’s Aadhaar could be a blueprint for identity systems, but there’s a difference between what institutions want and what individuals need.
Padmaparna Ghosh
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‘We will be constantly tracked’: Why university teachers are uneasy about submitting Aadhaar numbers
The government claims collecting the identity numbers will help weed out ‘ghost teachers’, but many fear the real purpose is to establish a surveillance system.
Shreya Roy Chowdhury
The Field
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Watch: Sunil Chhetri relives iconic 2017 goal against Kyrgyz Republic
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Impact player at IPL 2023: All you need to know about the new rule in Indian Premier League
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Boxing: High Performance Director Dunne on the Nitu-Nikhat conundrum, selection policy and more
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Sports world daily: Tsitsipas, Rybakina progress in Miami; France, Netherlands win Euro qualifiers
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India vs Australia: Indore pitch rating reversed from poor to below average