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Aman Sethi

Aman Sethi

Aman Sethi was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.

Articles by Aman Sethi

Why state data hubs pose a risk to Aadhaar security

Mismatches during inorganic seeding could explain periodic news-reports of villagers being denied food rations.

Updated on Mar 13, 2018 06:03 IST

Existence of other biometric databases may pose new challenge to Aadhaar

Employees mark their attendance through Aadhaar-based system at the Yojana Bhawan.

Updated on Jan 21, 2018 02:09 IST

Aadhaar verification at airports raises need for stricter data privacy regulations

Passengers show their identity cards at the entrance to the airport.

Updated on Nov 27, 2017 06:09 IST

Fresh concerns after cops bust gang cloning fingerprints of Aadhaar operators

Fingerprints were cloned and used to access the Unique Identification Authority of India’s enrolment service to create fake Aadhaar numbers.

Updated on Sep 11, 2017 19:00 IST

Bihar floods: State looks at new plans to combat an old enemy

A man carries a table as he shifts to safe place from a flood-hit village in Araria district of Bihar on Monday.

Updated on Sep 10, 2017 18:21 IST

Araria to Kishenganj, Bihar’s decades-old flood tragedy has a worrying new trend

A villager carries grains on a banana raft as he shifts from a flooded village in Araria district of Bihar.

Updated on Sep 10, 2017 09:48 IST

‘Reporting about anything can prompt backlash’: Gauri Lankesh’s murder shows journalists are in line of fire

Journalists hold placards during a protest against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Updated on Sep 7, 2017 04:41 IST

Post alliance, communal row in Bihar points to slow rise of BJP’s Hindutva

A crowd gathers after police recovered alleged cow meat from a home in Araria, Bihar. The mob protested the alleged sacrifice of a cow on the occasion of Eid ul-Adha. (HT photo)

Updated on Sep 5, 2017 04:24 IST

Right to privacy: Data shows states using Aadhaar to build profiles of citizens

Updated on Aug 25, 2017 03:28 IST

NPA crisis: Banking on a new law for answers

Banks played a crucial role in the crisis by propping up ailing companies with fresh loans, even as firms struggled to repay old debts.

Updated on Aug 10, 2017 04:52 IST

NPA crisis: Why banks keep lending big bucks, try to hide the distress signals

The IDBI Bank building photographed in Mumbai. IDBI’s distress is reflective of India’s banking system as a whole

Updated on Aug 9, 2017 04:23 IST

NPA crisis: The rise and fall of Bhushan Steel into the great Indian debt trap

Men ride their bicycles in front of the Bhushan Steel plant in Odisha. Bhushan Steel is part of India’s “NPA crisis” that have choked the banking system and pushed lending, the lifeblood of the economy, to its lowest point in 20 years.

Updated on Aug 8, 2017 05:41 IST

MP’s ‘jeans-and-smartphone’ farmers fighting price wars from Indore to Chicago

Kedar Sirohi of the Aam Kisaan Union has an M.Sc in Farm Management and Agricultural Market, and is networking farmers to work together at a time when crop prices are increasingly set by international markets.

Updated on Jun 28, 2017 07:13 IST

Why Madhya Pradesh farmers are crying over bumper onion produce

Labourers load sacks of onion on a truck at a government procurement centre in Ujjain. The Madhya Pradesh government opened the centres in the wake of farmers’ stir in Mandsaur.

Updated on Jun 14, 2017 02:37 IST

Finance Bill: Govt merges ‘autonomous’ tribunals, assumes power to appoint chiefs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with other BJP leaders after the party’s parliamentary meeting at Parliament in New Delhi.

Updated on Apr 14, 2017 03:45 IST

Maruti case judgment: Can life and death be decided on the basis of dubious clues?

Gurgaon, India - March 17, 2017: Maruti accused who were convicted taken into custody, in 2012 factory violence case at District Court, in Gurgaon, India, on Friday, March 17, 2017. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Mar 22, 2017 18:26 IST

13 guilty of murder in 2012 Maruti factory riot that killed one, 117 acquitted

Security guards stand near a burnt down reception block of Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar, near New Delhi, in July 2012.

Updated on Mar 17, 2017 10:17 IST

How the legal battle united Maruti workers

Police take the 2012 Maruti case convicts into custody at a district court in Gurgaon on Friday.

Updated on Mar 10, 2017 17:12 IST

UP polls: Promotion struggles consolidate Dalit govt staff behind Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati during an election campaign rally for forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election at Soraon, near Allahabad.

Updated on Feb 24, 2017 06:08 IST

In Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati’s foot soldiers spread her message

The BSP’s Bahujan Volunteer Force spreads party message through its members.

Updated on Mar 6, 2017 01:22 IST

Chhattisgarh top cop Kalluri posted back to police HQs from Bastar: Here’s why

Bastar’s inspector general SRP Kalluri was posted back to Chhattisgarh police headquarters on Feb 7, 2017.

Updated on Feb 8, 2017 14:51 IST

Budget 2017: Mudra loans miss targets, FM quotes old figures, Shah overstates numbers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and FM Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo / TV Grab

Updated on Feb 2, 2017 11:31 IST

Budget 2017: Actual MNREGA funds hike is just 1% and here’s why

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. (PTI Photo / TV Grab )

Updated on Feb 2, 2017 02:06 IST

This Goa election, parties hedge their votes on thriving casinos

For many Goans, casinos are the most visible symbol of the unaccountable nexus between politics and big business.

Updated on Jan 25, 2017 11:22 IST

Goa election 2017: In saffron vs saffron fight, why this man makes BJP see red

Former RSS Goa leader Subhash Velingkar addresses a press conference in Panaji.

Updated on Jan 18, 2017 17:43 IST

Rift in Goa: Central leader could return as CM says Nitin Gadkari

Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari with Goa Chief Minister Lakshmikant Parsekar and AYUSH minister Shripad Yesso Naik addressing a press conference in Panaji, Goa on Thursday.

Updated on Jan 12, 2017 18:19 IST

‘BJP in Goa has become completely corrupt’: RSS rebel leader in Q&A with HT

Ousted RSS Goa chief Subhash Velingkar addressing a press conference in Panaji.

Updated on Jan 12, 2017 18:05 IST

‘Ready for change’: Underdog AAP fancies chances in Goa elections

AAP members see the perfect platform for the party to establish its credentials as a national alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Updated on Jan 12, 2017 03:17 IST

There comes a time when you say enough is enough: Elvis Gomes, AAP’s Goa CM face

AAP chief ministerial candidate Elvis Gomes canvasses at Cuncolim, the village he was raised in.

Updated on Jan 10, 2017 14:05 IST

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Updated on Jan 8, 2010 16:33 IST

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