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  NTA to roll out facial biometric verification, live photography in entrance exams from 2026

  Education | December 23, 2025 18:03 IST

  The move is aimed at curbing impersonation and other malpractices by ensuring real-time identity verification of candidates at multiple stages of the examination process.

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  e-Passport now officially out in India: Faster immigration, higher security, but challenges too!

  Technology | November 05, 2025 7:41 IST

  India has officially launched e-Passports to enhance travel security and expedite immigration processes. These passports contain an embedded chip with biometric details, making them highly secure and nearly impossible to forge.

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  Alert: UIDAI issues advisory, urges parents to do this to avoid deactivation of child’s Aadhaar

  July 17, 2025 17:10 IST

  The agency has started notifying users by sending SMS messages to their registered mobile numbers, urging them to complete the first mandatory biometric update (MBU) exercise.

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  Apple is working on new technology that will unlock iPhones using heartbeat

  Technology | July 31, 2024 16:56 IST

  In a recently granted patent, Apple describes a method for identifying users based on their unique cardiovascular measurements.

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  Char Dham Yatra 2023: How to register online and offline, registration fee, documents required

  Travel | February 21, 2023 10:09 IST

  Char Dham Yatra 2023: In 2023, the Uttarakhand government mandated Chardham Yatra registration for all tourists, and online and offline registration options are available. The registration process involves biometric registration and a free Yatra registration letter.

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  Online GST registration: GST Council's law panel suggests live photo, biometrics

  Business | November 22, 2020 21:39 IST

  Central and state tax officials have suggested the option of online GST registration with live photo and use of biometrics to weed out the menace of fake firms claiming input tax credit, sources said. 

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  1.5 crore UP primary school kids to use biometric attendance

  India | August 28, 2019 10:49 IST

  The system would check attendance and bring down the dropout rate, the minister said. The facility would also help check anomalies like bogus and inflated enrolment.  

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  Cabinet clears changes to Aadhaar Amendment Bill for use of biometric ID in state schemes

  India | July 24, 2019 18:46 IST

  The Cabinet on Wednesday approved official changes to Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 that incorporates a clause to allow the use of Aadhaar data for state schemes and subsidies.

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  Air travel made hassle-free; airports to introduce facial recognition instead of boarding pass in domestic flights

  India | October 04, 2018 12:40 IST

  The new process will soon roll out at the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) metro airports Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru and the four run by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) – Varanasi, Vijayawada, Pune and Kolkata.

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  Aadhaar biometric data 'safe' and 'secure', cannot be hacked, says Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

  India | July 15, 2018 18:46 IST

  The Minister said that Aadhaar authorities conduct nearly one crore authentications every second.   

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  Passport biometrics not compulsory for children up to 5 years

  India | December 27, 2017 19:11 IST

  They would, however, be required to be “physically present” at the Passport Seva Kendra for their photographs to be taken for printing on the passport.

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  Pakistan to install biometric at airports to check fake passports

  World | October 25, 2014 14:37 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to introduce biometric machines at airports to check the use of fake passports, weeks after 10 Afghans were caught travelling on fake Pakistani passports at a London airport.The Federal Investigation Agency

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  Madurai Kamaraj University to install Biometric time and Attendance system

  India | July 15, 2014 13:32 IST

  Madurai: The Madurai Kamaraj University would install "Biometric time and Attendance system" for its teaching and non-teaching staff following complaints regarding teachers participating in protests and skipping classes, the University Vice-Chancellor Kalyani Mathivanan today said.