Data can be weaponized to suit a political purpose. The absence of data is useful in a similar manner. This was evident from the Centre’s recent confession to the Supreme Court that it had no da...

Like alchemy, which was an obsessive concern for the medieval world, modern democracies are forever preoccupied with unearthing the secrets of winning elections. In the not-so-distant past, striking t...

The Kerala government has come under a cloud of suspicion with the state police summoning socio-political activists and a few journalists seeking their personal details, including Aadhaar numbers, as ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the last date for periodic KYC update till March 31, amid omicron uncertainties and has advised banks and other regulated entities not to take restrictive ...

Over 100 retired senior bureaucrats on Wednesday called for “strong judicial intervention” to stop the Centre’s plans to link the voter identity card with Aadhaar following the passa...

The income tax department has brought in changes to the existing faceless appeal scheme, easing the process for taxpayers wanting a personal hearing through video conference while appealing against a ...

White lie Sir — The eyes are perhaps the first sensory organ to be aroused by food. But visual appeal can come at a steep cost. The European Union has banned the use and import of all food ite...

Kharge was referring to a constitution bench verdict of August 2017 that affirmed that privacy was a fundamental right. The Opposition says the Aadhaar-linking of the voter list would violate privacy....

Earlier, the Opposition had protested the haste with which the government was moving ahead with the contentious Election Laws Amendment Bill without giving them enough time to submit resolutions. At l...

For elections to be fair and free, one condition is the systematic registration of voters. Which is why cleaning electoral rolls of multiple registrations for the same voter ID has long been needed. N...