NEW DELHI: Little over a week ago Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP), housed in the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, inked a partnership with the National Civil Registration Authority (NCRA), Sierra Leone, to build and launch a pilot program for a national digital ID system—similar to Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identity accorded to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India has ceded ground to the Chinese in Ladakh in the last few years, says Lt. Gen. Rakesh Sharma (Retd), who commanded a corps there. But in this conversation on The Gist, he pointed that even the Chinese no longer have access to territory on our side of the LAC. Gen. Sharma believes […]Read More
NEW DELHI: As Pakistan reels under multiple crises—political instability, economic turmoil, high inflation, uncertainty over an IMF bailout package, etc—Monday delivered an explosive blow. A suicide bomber blew himself in a mosque at the Police Lines in Peshawar, killing over 80 people (the toll continues to rise) and leaving many more critically injured. The Pakistani […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On February 1, the Indian Coast Guard will celebrate its 47th Raising Day. Despite being an old maritime force, there has been inadequate focus on its diverse functions and how they are different from what the Navy does. “The Navy is required to be silent and invisible but visibility is key to the Coast […]Read More
PML-N senior vice president Maryam Nawaz has returned to Pakistan after a nearly four-month sojourn in London. Earlier, party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb said Maryam was returning to begin the “reorganisation of the party”. It is understood that she will build the party’s election narrative, as formulated by her father Nawaz Sharif, holding Imran Khan, former […]Read More