India’s COVID vaccination management system ‘issued over 110M unique health IDs’
India’s biometrics-backed COVID vaccination management system, CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) has issued 110,542,794 unique health IDs (UHIDs) as part…
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Finance regulatory norms are changing in India. Can banks keep up?
By Ayesha Kapoor, Product Marketing Specialist at IDcentral. India ranks as one of the top two countries in the world in…
Corsight AI partners for facial recognition projects in India
Amtron, an agency implementing IT projects in the Indian State of Assam, says it has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding…
NEC India CEO sees increasing role for AI in country’s digital journey
The President and Chief Executive Officer of NEC Corporation India, Aalok Kumar, has recalled the significant contribution which the company…
Indian gov consults UIDAI on Aadhaar biometrics for voter registration
India’s Ministry of Law is consulting with the Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) for the possibility of using the Aadhaar biometrics-based…
India’s centralized biometrics systems allegedly increase exclusion they are intended to solve
The use of biometrics for an Indian government healthcare initiative has drawn intensive criticism from a researcher, who claims it…
India seeks biometric verification system provider for 4k examination centers nationwide
India’s National Testing Agency (NTA) – the government body in charge of organizing entrance examinations for university admissions — is…
India plans to enable deactivation of dead persons’ Aadhaar numbers
It will soon be possible to deactivate the Aadhaar biometrics-based digital ID numbers of the deceased in India once a…
India trials biometric boarding; new study evaluates facial recognition accuracy for Indian faces
Six Indian airports are trialing facial recognition technology for biometric boarding while Indian researchers have re-run large-scale tests that proved…
Facial recognition plans for millions of Indian examination candidates
Millions of examination candidates a year will be subject to biometric verification to take common exams administered by the National…
