Digi Yatra app users face glitches, data privacy concerns
Travelers at Kolkata Airport are struggling to upload their boarding passes into the Digi Yatra app, which is intended to…
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Indian wearables apply biometrics, tokenization for accessibility and convenience
A youth innovator competition in India spawned an assistive device that leverages biometrics to help the visually impaired better navigate…
Indian biometric counterterrorism database passes 1B entries
The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) is a counterterrorism and counter-radicalization division operating under the Government of India. As part of…
Staqu’s biometric Crime GPT helps Uttar Pradesh police take a byte out of crime
India’s Staqu Technologies has launched an AI-powered bot for law enforcement called Crime GPT, a digital sidekick that can search…
2.7M people in India’s Assam state may get digital ID after activation of citizenship law
The biometric data of 27 lakh (2.7 million) people in the northern Indian state of Assam could be unlocked following…
Delhi airport adds more Digi Yatra checkpoints amid concerns over security breaches
India’s largest airport has unveiled a new expansion and with it, more checkpoints utilizing biometric security clearance system Digi Yatra….
Telangana police tender a big biometric upgrade with a short turnaround
The Indian state of Telangana has published a rushed tender call to upgrade the police’s automated multimodal biometric identification hardware…
Mumbai-based IDfy to use US$27M in funding for biometrics expansion, development
IDfy, an identity verification, biometrics and risk assessment platform based in Mumbai, has secured a US$27 million (approximately 2.2 billion…
SIMS not registered, verified with digital IDs in Nigeria blocked
Millions of SIM cards in Nigeria have been disconnected by mobile network operators with the passing of the February 28…
Are Indian police using facial recognition to identify protesting farmers?
Police in Ambala, in India’s state of Haryana have announced that they have begun the process to cancel passports and…
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