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DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) restricted the access of all designated officials — numbering about 5,000 — to the Aadhaar portal after a January 4 newspaper report said demographic details of those enrolled in the system were available for as little as Rs 500. “All the privileges given to designated officers for access have been ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today addressed the Valedictory Ceremony at the Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police at BSF Academy at Tekanpur. The Prime Minister recalled how the nature and scope of the Conference have changed since 2014, beginning with its being shifted out of Delhi. He appreciated the officers who have been ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Indian Railways has decided to deploy “Drone” cameras (UAV/NETRA) for various railway activities especially project monitoring and maintenance of tracks and other railway infrastructure. It has been given directions to Zonal Railways to procure such cameras. This is in-line with Railways’ desire to use technology to enhance safety and efficiency in train operations. “Drone” cameras shall be deployed to ...

The Supreme Court on Monday decided to review the contentious Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, five years after its two-judge bench set aside a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexuality. A three-judge bench of Supreme Court, headed by CJI, said it would reconsider and examine the Constitutional validity of Section 377. The SC today also issued a notice ...

ARUN JAITLEY UNION FINANCE MINSITER DAINIK NATION BUREAU “India is the largest democracy in the world.  However, despite strengthening various institutions for the last seven decades, India has not been able to evolve a transparent political funding system.  Elections and political parties are a fundamental feature of Parliamentary democracy.  Elections cost money.  The round the year functioning of the political ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A police case has been filed against The Tribune journalist who exposed how people could illegally access demographic data of individuals from UIDAI, the authority that issues Aadhaar numbers. The complaint, which also names people who sold unauthorised access details to the journalist, was filed within days of the news report. The report had renewed privacy concerns ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has asked the Army to correct anomalies in the retirement age of Colonels and bring them on a par with similar ranks in the Air Force and the Navy. The AFT Principal Bench, comprising Justice VK Shali and Lt Gen SK Singh (retd), said the anomalies needed to be removed. “We strongly ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Army Day is celebrated on 15 January every year in recognition of Field Marshal KM Cariappa’s taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher, the last British Commander, in 1948. On the occasion of Army Day, in a bid to reach out and energise the civil society, deepen a sense of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU A person, whose business got haywire due to demonetisation and GST, has visited janta darbar after consuming poison at state BJP head office on Saturday. The Janta Darbar was being led by state agriculture minister Subodh Uniyal. Prakash Pandey, who is a transporter, alleged that he has been running here and there to seek solution of their ...

After 500, 50 and 200 rupees, the Reserve Bank of India has issued the first look of a new note of Rs 10. The new note will be of Chocolate Brown color. The Sun Temple of Konark will be printed on the note. The last time there was a change in the notes of ten rupees was in 2005. According ...