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  ‘Orchestrated campaign’ underway to malign Aadhaar, claims former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani

  India | January 11, 2018 15:13 IST

  Delhi Police had on Monday registered the FIR on a complaint by an UIDAI official following the newspaper report on data breach of more than 1 billion Aadhaar cards, naming the journalist behind the story.

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  Majority concerned about protection of Aadhaar details, says survey

  India | January 10, 2018 12:27 IST

  The survey to find people's take on the cyber security mechanism to protect their data said that 20 per cent were "somewhat confident" while 23 per cent were "quite confident" about UIDAI being able to protect their Aadhaar details

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  Snowden attacks Aadhaar authorities, says journalist who exposed data breach deserves an award

  India | January 09, 2018 12:00 IST

  Criticising Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Twitter, Snowden said instead of an investigation, the journalist needed to be rewarded for exposing that the Aadhaar data was not fullproof and could be obtained at a cost of only Rs 50

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  Aadhaar data breach: FIR filed against 'unknown' entities, Govt committed to Freedom of Press, says Law Minister

  India | January 08, 2018 16:46 IST

  “Government is fully committed to freedom of Press as well as to maintaining security and sanctity of Aadhaar for India’s development. FIR is against unknown,” Union law minister said.

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  Aadhaar data breach: Delhi Police registers FIR against scribe, The Tribune says 'story was in response to a very genuine concern'

  India | January 07, 2018 23:01 IST

  The FIR mentions the names of the journalist and the people the reporter reached out to purchase the Aadhaar data, but they have not been shown as accused, the police said.

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  Congress slams Modi govt for FIR against The Tribune; UIDAI says 'not shooting the messenger'

  India | January 07, 2018 21:04 IST

  "The government does not shy away from filing FIR against innocents, while those who spew communal propaganda are honoured with high posts," alleged party spokesperson Shobha Oza.

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  Aadhaar data fully safe, no breach possible, says UIDAI

  India | January 04, 2018 15:11 IST

  UIDAI denied breach or leak of Aadhaar data after a newspaper reported it bought unrestricted access to the details of over one billion Aadhaar numbers -- for just Rs 500.

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  Aadhaar data fully safe and secure, no breach possible, says UIDAI

  India | January 04, 2018 15:31 IST

  "The Aadhaar data, including biometric information, is fully safe and secure," the authority said in a statement.

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  Here’s how you can link Aadhaar with your mobile number for re-verification using IVR

  Technology | January 03, 2018 18:43 IST

  The government on Tuesday issued a single number for Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services to facilitate the process of Aadhaar linking.

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  Sitaram Yechuri hits out at PM Modi, says 'people are dying due to Aadhaar, is this something Modi is proud of?'

  India | December 30, 2017 11:52 IST

  "People are dying due to Aadhaar. Is this something Modi is proud of? Aadhaar was pushed as a Money bill by this govt, all the amendments suggested by Rajya Sabha were ignored. We have now landed up here", Yechury tweeted.

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  Millions denied benefits due to non-matching of thumb print with Aadhaar records: BJP MP Sushil Kumar Singh

  India | December 29, 2017 14:38 IST

  Sushil Kumar Singh raised the issue in the Zero Hour and asked the Centre to consider the matter seriously and resolve the problem.

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  Facebook asks new users to give name 'as per Aadhaar' and its nothing new!

  Internet | December 27, 2017 16:42 IST

  Select users across India can see a message encouraging them to register on social networking site with their Aadhaar name on sign up page so that friends can find them easily.

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  Airtel fiasco: CEO Gopal Vittal admits to Aadhaar lapse, says situation could have been handled better

  Business | December 26, 2017 11:04 IST

  Oil ministry claimed that Rs 167 crore of LPG subsidies had been deposited in the accounts of Airtel Payments Bank without the customers knowing that such accounts had been opened.

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  Govt open to improvements in Aadhaar-based privacy framework, says Arun Jaitley

  Business | December 23, 2017 21:43 IST

  Jaitley further said that the issue of 'right to privacy' was "hopefully" settled by the Supreme Court judgement

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  Airtel debacle fallout: No change in subsidy-receiving account without customer’s nod, UIDAI tells banks

  Business | December 20, 2017 10:45 IST

  Subsidies totaling over Rs. 190 crore had flown into the 'unsolicited' accounts opened by Airtel Payments Bank.

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  UIDAI suspends Airtel, Airtel Payments Bank's eKYC licence over Aadhaar misuse

  Business | December 16, 2017 19:45 IST

  The UIDAI has temporarily barred Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank from conducting Aadhaar-based SIM verification of mobile customers using eKYC process as well as e-KYC of payments bank clients.

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  Aadhaar as Money Bill: SC seeks Centre's response, tags plea with other petitions for hearing

  India | December 15, 2017 20:13 IST

  Senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Ramesh, said the government wrongly decided to term Aadhaar bill as a money bill and the issue needed to be debated and decided by the court.

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  SC extends deadline for linking Aadhaar with various services till March 31

  India | December 15, 2017 11:39 IST

  The Supreme Court also ruled new bank accounts can be opened without Aadhaar but applicant needs to submit proof that he has applied for the card.

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  Will Aadhaar linking stay or go? Supreme Court to pronounce crucial verdict today

  India | December 15, 2017 9:13 IST

  The government has already issued 139 notifications mandating the linking of Unique Identification Number with various schemes including rural job guarantee, old age pensions, provident fund and the Jan Dhan Yojana.

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  Mandatory Aadhaar linking: SC to pronounce judgment tomorrow

  Business | December 14, 2017 16:27 IST

  The apex court is hearing the pleas of petitioners pressing for an extension of interim relief on the mandatory linking of Aadhaar to various schemes, including bank accounts and mobile numbers.