Meta-sponsored India roundtable urges literacy, design changes over age checks
India is both the world’s largest market for digital identity, and among the most complex. The Aadhaar mandatory national digital…
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Hopae extends reach to 1.45 billion people in India via Hopae Connect integration
India’s DigiLocker and India PAN are live on Hopae Connect, according to a post from digital identity and credentials company…
India considers nationwide facial recognition network for airports
India’s Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) wants to deploy facial recognition cameras across all major Indian airports. It comes as…
Indian identity verification firm IDfy raises $23M at $256M valuation
India-based digital identity verification startup IDfy has raised 2.2 billion rupees (US$23 million) at a post-money valuation of 24.2 billion…
India pushes for strategic autonomy in biometrics, DPI and AI
Governments are increasingly pursuing technological sovereignty as concerns grow around dependence on foreign AI, cloud and biometric infrastructure. S. Krishnan,…
India’s digital health ID system surpasses 900 million accounts
India’s digital health identity program has surpassed 900 million registered accounts, marking a major milestone for one of the world’s…
Digi Yatra passes 100M journeys as IATA trial validates global interoperability
India’s Digi Yatra platform is making moves toward international deployment after an IATA-led trial showed it can interoperate with global…
UIDAI shifts Aadhaar users to new app with selective data sharing
India is preparing to retire its long‑running mAadhaar mobile app as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) pushes users…
Report demystifies India’s unique face biometrics market beyond the benchmarks
Biometric authentication is taking off in India as the country’s government and market align around identity as a trust layer…
Mindgrove, Pinetics target biometric and identity applications with Indian-designed chips
As countries push to localize identity infrastructure, biometric systems are emerging as a key battleground for semiconductor independence. Indian fabless…
