-NDTV The government wants to integrate the database with the population register and electoral rolls, Aadhaar card, ration card, passport and Driving licences and has moved a cabinet note to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act. New Delhi: In what is being seen as the first step towards a nationwide National Register of Citizens, the Union Home Ministry plans to set up a national database of all Indian citizens, registering...
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Centre wants to keep birth, death database -Vijaita Singh
-The Hindu Keen to be parallel repository of data, along with States The Centre has proposed amendments to a 1969 law that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”. The database may be used to update the Population Register and the electoral register, and Aadhaar, ration card, passport and Driving licence databases, says the proposed amendment to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act...
More »Face recognition software used in 137 of 1,800 arrests in Northeast Delhi riots, says Police -Jignasa Sinha
-The Indian Express A total 231 of the 1,818 arrests so far had been made possible using the latest technological tools, Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava said. More than a hundred individuals arrested in connection with last year’s riots in Northeast Delhi were identified by a facial recognition system (FRS), the Commissioner of Delhi Police said on Friday. A total 231 of the 1,818 arrests so far had been made possible using...
More »Delhi’s hospitals only for its ‘residents’, says Arvind Kejriwal
-The Hindu Central government facilities are open to all. As complaints mounted on social media of poor treatment at Delhi’s hospitals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that all government and private hospitals in the city would only treat Delhi residents till the rising COVID-19 cases are contained. While informing people of this first-of-its-kind decision in the country to “reserve” hospitals even as cases mushroomed in the national capital, Mr. Kejriwal, said...
More »Changes in Motor Vehicle law could open floodgates to graft: Experts -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Drivers and riders will become “ATMs for traffic policemen and transport department officials”, traffic and safety experts have cautioned the government while suggesting that preparatory steps be taken before high penalties for violations kick in. Amendments in the motor vehicle law have been passed by Rajya Sabha and are all set to pass through Lok Sabha on Monday where BJP has a majority. One of the...
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