12 April 2023 - News Deck

Special Trains to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes

12 April 202312 April 2023 Vijay Raman

In this summer season, for the convenience of railway travelers and to clear extra rush of passengers, Indian Railways is running 4010 trips of 217 special trains this year. Special Trains have been planned to connect major destinations across the country on railway routes. A watch on any malpractices – like cornering of seats, over-charging and touting activity etc. is being done and strictly monitored. Source

UIDAI – IIT Bombay join hands to develop touchless biometric capture system

12 April 202312 April 2023 Vijay Raman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has joined hands with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) to develop a robust touchless biometric capture system for easier usage by people anytime, anywhere. As part of the memorandum of understanding, UIDAI and IIT Bombay will carry out joint research to build a mobile capture system for fingerprints along with liveness model integrated with the capture system. The touchless biometric capture system, once developed and operational, will allow fingerprint authentication from home alike face authentication. The new system is expected to…