UIDAI selects 20 bug bounty hunters to bolster India’s digital ID security
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a structured bug bounty program. The authority will open its core…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
India will not force smartphone makers to preinstall Aadhaar app
Following pushback from smartphone manufacturers such as Apple and Samsung, the Indian government has abandoned its plans to pre-install the…
OEMs push back on UIDAI request to preload Aadhaar biometric app on phones
A proposal by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to pre-load the Aadhaar biometric authentication app onto mobile phones…
India is leading example of digital infrastructure, IMF says
Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is being recognized as a foundational public good and a new paper from the International Monetary…
India mandates medical colleges to issue ABHA patient IDs in digital health push
India’s National Medical Commission (NMC) has directed that all medical colleges must generate and issue patient IDs to all those…
UIDAI rolls out home-grown biometric deduplication platform, ID document verification
India’s identity authority is in the midst of rolling out a nationwide biometric deduplication platform to protect the integrity of…
Will India’s success with population-scale digital infrastructure translate to AI
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes the next frontier of inclusive digital development is to be found in the convergence…
UIDAI tightens rules on Baal Aadhaar, updates biometrics for 10M schoolchildren
India is tightening up its signature Aadhaar national ID, making sure duplicates and any redundant looseness that remains in the…
India’s DPI model continues global expansion with 23 country partnerships
India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Stack, commonly known as India Stack, keeps inspiring nations around the world with more of…
New Aadhaar app launches, India’s digital ID coming to Google Wallet
India has launched a new Aadhaar mobile app with updated features for biometric liveness, age verification, data minimization and credential…
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