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| Your face is on camera |
| The Election Commission is using face-recognition technology to weed out bogus voters. But is the system foolproof, asks Prasun Chaudhuri |
| When you go to polling booths to cast your votes this Thursday (April 27), you may feel intimidated by digital cameras that capture snapshots of your face. Using facial-recognition software, officials at the Election Commission (EC) of India are trying to match your face with those of hundreds of th... | Read.. |
| Can you trust voting machines' |
| Ever since the Election Commission (EC) of India introduced electronic voting machines (EVMs) in 2001, the last few elections have witnessed greater t ... | Read.. |
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| No more conjectures |
| It has been a great journey for Byomkes Chandra Ghosh from the crowded outskirts of Barrackpore, near Calcutta, to the pristine ambience of Honolulu i ... | Read.. |
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| Internet irritants |
 How should you safeguard against unwanted pop-ups' Where should you go for genuine registry cleaners' ... | Read.. |
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| QED: A controversial pill |
 The debate over opting for abortion has got murkier with over-the-counter access to the “morning-after pill” or “emergency contraception” (EC) as it is known. It is taken after sex, but before an embryo attaches itself to the womb. ... | Read.. |
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IN SEARCH OF MEMORY
Eric R. Kandel
W. W. Norton; $ 29.95... | Read.. |
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Life-giving liquid flows in death-laden pipes. This could be the statutory warning carried by water distribution authorities in the country’s cities and towns. Yet the innocuous looking asbestos pipes transporting water have failed to raise a st ... | 
