The Registrar General India (RGI), in a notification, stated that the Aadhaar-linked death registration will start from October 1. If an applicant is not aware of the Aadhaar number or Enrolment ID Number (EID) of the deceased, he or she will be required to provide a certificate that the deceased person did not possess Aadhaar number to the best of their knowledge. Aadhaar not mandatory for booking rail tickets: GovtThe Aadhaar number is not mandatory for booking rail tickets, the Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. “At present, there is no proposal to make the Aadhaar number compulsory for booking tickets for rail journey. Flores said: “The complaint alleges racial discrimination against Asian-Americans in a university’s admission policy and practices.” Read the story here.

Source: Hindustan Times August 05, 2017 01:41 UTC