India Brings More Gold Home for Safe Keeping
By Michael Maharrey India has brought more of its gold home. Last spring, the Reserve Bank of India repatriated 100 tons of gold, moving it…
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The Rape of India
By Emily Thompson India has a problem with women, mainly that its laws are unfairly skewed towards men. There’s very little that Indian women can…
India to Digitize the Agricultural Sector Through Unique Digital Farmer ID
By Abhishek Jadhav India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the implementation of DPI for agriculture in the Union Budget 2024-25. The approved Digital Agriculture Mission…
Facial recognition and AI monitoring deployed in India’s largest railway network
By Joel R. McConvey India’s rail networks are adding AI and facial recognition systems to their stations, part of a growing biometrics and surveillance market…
Indian police adopt facial recognition despite risk of massive data breaches
By Joel McConvey “Real-time facial recognition” typically refers to continuous biometric monitoring. But it applies equally as well to the experience of watching in real…
Environmental Minister Bans Cell Towers in Tiger Habitats; Issues Other Guidelines to Protect Wildlife from Radiation Exposure
By B.N. Frank Decades of research have already determined that exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) from cell towers, and other wireless “Wi-Fi” radiation emitting sources…
Air Travelers Allegedly Having Biometrics Enrolled in Digi Yatra Without Consent
By Chris Burt Some security personnel and private staff at airports in India have been capturing air travelers’ face biometrics to enroll them in the…
Biometric Authentication Pilot for Online Tax Registration Begins in India
By Ayang Macdonald A pilot that will require Indians to submit their biometrics while registering for a new Goods and Services Tax (GST) number on…
The World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India’s Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach
By Nick Corbishley In one fell swoop, roughly 10% of the global population appears to have had some of their most valuable personal identifiable information…
Mumbai Railways Installing Thousands of Facial Recognition Cameras
By Masha Borak Indian Railways is planning to install thousands of CCTV cameras equipped with facial recognition across greater Mumbai in an effort to boost…
India Suspends Visas For Canadians, Denounces Terrorist “Safe Haven”
By Tyler Durden The India-Canada row has continued escalating, with India having suspended visa services for all Canadian nationals on Thursday. A statement said the…
India Embraces Facial Recognition for Smart City, Railways
By Beverly Crawford-Westre NEC Corporation India has launched the latest smart-city project in Tirupati, India, on behalf of Tirupati Smart City Corporation Limited, in one…
Violence Against Manipur’s Women Must be Addressed
By Emily Thompson Videos of two tribal Kuki women being paraded naked by a mob of allegedly majority Meitei men surfaced last month, attracting international…
Indian District Rolls Out Live Facial Recognition to Fight Crime Wave
By Masha Borak A district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is rolling out a crime-fighting search engine powered by live facial recognition called…