Month: July 2023

  Aadhaar based face authentication transactions for service delivery are gaining robust momentum with monthly transactions in May touching an all time high of 10.6 million, since its launch in October 2021.   This is the second consecutive month to register more than 10 million face authentication transactions. The number of face authentication transactions is on an upward trajectory and the monthly numbers clocked in May is an increase of 38 per cent, compared with such transactions reported in January 2023, indicative of its growing usage.   The AI/ML based…

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  First of its kind exhibition ‘Banking on World Heritage’  was Inaugurated at IGNCA, New Delhi by the Minister of Culture and External Affairs, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi on Friday 30th June. The exhibition displays banknotes of G20 member nations,  depicting world heritage sites listed by UNESCO,  in a unique manner. The exhibition will be on display till Sunday, July 9th 2023.  The exhibition has been curated by the scholar Ms. Rukmini Dahanukar. The inauguration was attended by High Commissioners and Ambassadors of G20 Countries.     On this occasion ,…

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In a significant milestone towards completion of the 2,000 Mega Watt Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project located in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam and being executed by NHPC Limited, the construction of dam till the top level of Elevation Level (EL) 210 M has been completed in all blocks on June 29, 2023. [Elevation level here means height with respect to mean sea level.] The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh had, on May 31, 2023, reviewed the progress of the project, at which time…

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