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Face authentification now in PM-Kisan mobile app, a first for Govt schemes

  Sharing details of the new feature, Meherda said, “PM-Kisan scheme has become the first scheme of the government to do e-KYC through facial authentication mobile app. This app is very much useful for the farmers who are aged and also their mobile number is not linked with their Aadhaar.” Listen to this article Face authentification now in PM-Kisan mobile app, a first for Govt schemes IN A first for any central welfare scheme, the government Thursday rolled out a face authentification feature in the PM-Kisan app, which will enable beneficiary farmers to complete their e-KYC process by just scanning their face on mobile phones instead of using one-time password or fingerprints. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched the app feature at an event, which was attended by Minister of State for Agriculture Kailash Choudhary, Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja, Additional Secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda and senior officials from the s...

2009 Shopian deaths: J&K sacks 2 docs, says fudged autopsies at Pak behest

 As the protests continued in the Valley, the government handed the case over to CBI, which ruled out rape and murder in December 2009. (PTI Photo/File) Listen to this article 2009 Shopian deaths: J&K sacks 2 docs, says fudged autopsies at Pak behest x Fourteen years after widespread protests in the Valley over allegations of the rape and murder of two women by security forces in Shopian — a charge which a CBI probe later found to be untrue — the J&K administration has terminated the services of two doctors involved in the autopsies of the two women. Dr Nighat Shaheen Chiloo and Dr Bilal Ahmad Dalal were dismissed Thursday with government sources saying that the two doctors had “actively worked with Pakistan and hatched a conspiracy with its assets within Kashmir to falsify the post-mortem report”. The two were among 13 chargesheeted by the CBI for allegedly fabricating evidence in 2009. An order issued by the General Administration Department stated: “Whereas the Lieutenan...