Dubai Residential Visa: You no longer need minimum 7.5 lakh Dirhams to buy a property, Dubai Land Department makes Visa rules easierDubai has removed the minimum property purchase value for sole owners seeking a two-year real estate investor residency visa. For jointly o...
30 Apr, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
ICICI Bank enables facial recognition, fingerprint authentication services for UPI transactions up to Rs 5,000: How to activate service on iMobile AppICICI Bank now allows users to authorize UPI payments up to Rs 5,000 using fingerprint or face recognition on its iMobile app. This feature...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
Delhi murder case: Accused raped IRS officer's daughter in rooftop study, changed blood-stained clothes before fleeingA shocking crime unfolded in Delhi's Kailash Hills. A 19-year-old former domestic help allegedly raped and murdered the daughter of a senio...
23 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Fast-track immigration in India: Eligibility, registration and key details explainedIndia's Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme is now operational at 13 airports, allowing eligible Indian citizens and OCI car...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
India drops proposal to mandate national ID app Aadhaar on smartphones after pushbackIndia's government has dropped a proposal to pre-install the Aadhaar app on smartphones. This decision follows opposition from smartphone m...
17 Apr, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
Visiting Europe this summer? Long airport queues may affect your travelTravellers to Europe face longer airport waits due to the EU's new digital border control system, EES. This system, fully operational from ...
31 Mar, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
UPSC has a foolproof plan to prevent NEET and Puja Khedkar like fiascoUPSC plans to revamp its exam system to prevent malpractices, incorporating Aadhaar-based fingerprint authentication, facial recognition, Q...
25 Jul, 2024, 01.10 PM IST
A safer & smarter iPhone coming up? Apple may add in-display fingerprint scanner, face ID to new deviceApple introduced fingerprint scanning on iPhones in 2013.
09 Sep, 2019, 06.09 PM IST
Biometrics can help identify careers: Manish Naidu, founder, BrainwondersWe have a biometric scanner and candidates take a fingerprint test. We take biometric scans (all fingers) and then a 24-page report comes o...
04 Mar, 2019, 12.14 PM IST
Aadhaar-based authentications lowest in JuneAadhaar was used 859 million times for authentication purposes in June, according to the UIDAI, the agency that administers the programme.
02 Jul, 2018, 10.48 AM IST
Facial biometrics make Aadhaar for elderly near foolproofA study for UIDAI showed that the acceptance of Aadhaar ID rose from 83% for senior citizens to close to 100% once facial recognition was m...
15 Apr, 2018, 02.41 PM IST
DeitY promotes iris and fingerprint scanner for smartphonesThe idea to integrate iris scanning into mobiles isn't new with companies such as Samsung and TCL introducing it in their Galaxy Tab Iris a...
22 Oct, 2016, 11.50 PM IST
Soon, 'selfies' to verify online payments!MasterCard is experimenting with a smartphone app which allows people to confirm their identity & authenticate online transactions via a fa...
05 Jul, 2015, 03.25 PM IST
Samsung to add eye scanners in smartphonesSamsung will also extend fingerprint sensors beyond its flagships to cheaper phones
21 May, 2014, 03.13 PM IST
- Missing biometrics create unique problems for UID project
The logo of Aadhaar, the government’s unique identification project headed by technocrat Nandan Nilekani, shows a part of a thumb impressio...
17 Jul, 2010, 03.26 AM IST
- Fingerprint checks at UK airports from Monday
British immigration authorities are introducing fingerprint checks at the border for Indian and other passengers with biometric UK visas, e...
29 Nov, 2009, 03.22 PM IST
- Nilekani plans fingerprint, iris scan
The government will capture all your 10 fingerprints or do an iris scan for the National Population Register. Top salary earners of India I...
17 Oct, 2009, 03.54 PM IST