Aadhaar authentication rose to 2.31 billion in March 2023: IT Ministry data

Aadhaar authentication rose to 2.31 billion in March 2023: IT Ministry data

[ad_1] Representational Image New Delhi: Aadhaar authentication transactions have climbed to 2.31 billion in March 2023, against 2.26 billion authentication transactions recorded in February 2023, according to IT Ministry data. Also, Aadhaar-enabled e-KYC rose by 16 per cent as 21.47 million Aadhaars were updated successfully in March 2023. While a majority of the authentications transaction … Read more

Centre plans to enable Aadhaar authentication by entities other than govt depts

Centre plans to enable Aadhaar authentication by entities other than govt depts

[ad_1] Representational Image New Delhi: The Centre plans to allow entities other than a central or state government ministry or department that plan to use Aadhaar for providing various public services to authenticate it. The Ministry for Electronics and IT proposes to amend the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance Rules, 2020 for this purpose and … Read more

Centre directs state govts to carry out Aadhaar authentication for prisoners

Centre directs state govts to carry out Aadhaar authentication for prisoners

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Centre has authorised state governments to carry out Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates on a voluntary basis so that they will be able to get health care, skilling, vocational training, interview with relatives and legal aid, among other services. In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said the decision has been … Read more

Twitter to limit SMS two-factor authentication to Blue users

Twitter to limit SMS two-factor authentication to Blue users

[ad_1] San Francisco; Micro-blogging platform Twitter has announced that it will no longer allow non-Twitter Blue users to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method, after March 20. Also, users will now not be able to enroll in the text message/SMS method of 2FA unless they are Blue subscribers, the company said in … Read more