Biometric
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School children Aadhaar biometric update: UIDAI covers 1.2 crore students across 1 lakh schools
Technology | Mar 04, 2026, 04:32 PM ISTUIDAI has completed Aadhaar mandatory biometric updates for 1.2 crore students across 1 lakh schools within six months. The MBU drive for children aged 7–15 is free for one year from October 1, 2025.
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NTA to roll out facial biometric verification, live photography in entrance exams from 2026
Education | Dec 23, 2025, 06:03 PM ISTThe 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 | Nov 05, 2025, 07:41 AM ISTIndia 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
Personal Finance | Jul 17, 2025, 05:10 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 31, 2024, 04:56 PM ISTIn 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 | Feb 21, 2023, 10:09 AM ISTChar 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 | Nov 22, 2020, 09:39 PM ISTCentral 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 | Aug 28, 2019, 10:49 AM ISTThe 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 | Jul 24, 2019, 06:46 PM ISTThe 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 | Oct 04, 2018, 12:40 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 15, 2018, 06:46 PM ISTThe 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 | Dec 27, 2017, 07:11 PM ISTThey 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 | Oct 25, 2014, 02:37 PM ISTIslamabad: 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 | Jul 15, 2014, 01:32 PM ISTMadurai: 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.