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77,692 Phones Recovered in July: Sanchar Saathi’s Big Win Raises Fresh Privacy Fears

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recovered 77,692 lost or stolen mobile handsets in July, the first time the citizen-facing Sanchar Saathi platform has reached 75,000 recoveries in a single month since its launch in May 2023, the Ministry of Communications reported on August 28 via Press Information Bureau. Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia attributed…

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India’s Nutrition Tracker Introduces Facial Recognition — But Is It the Right Move?

India has added facial recognition to the Poshan Tracker to ensure nutrition benefits reach the right people and reduce leakages. However, it raises concerns about privacy, consent, and the risk of excluding genuine beneficiaries. The Problem it Hopes to Solve Arguably, India has one of the world’s largest child nutrition programmes. Every day, nearly millions…

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