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India Gazette
2 days ago
- Business
- India Gazette
Govt job aspirants can now apply for SSC exams via new mobile app
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Aspiring candidates for government jobs can now apply for Staff Selection Commission (SSC) recruitment exams using an enhanced mobile application developed by the Commission. In partnership with Cubastion Consulting Pvt. Ltd., SSC has launched a significantly upgraded version of its official app -- My SSC -- to streamline and secure the application and registration process for candidates nationwide. The new version, available since 2 June 2025, incorporates advanced features such as Aadhaar-linked OTP authentication, one-time registration, and face recognition using the Aadhaar Face RD app. The goal of the updated system is to ensure foolproof and impersonation-free registration for Group B and Group C posts under SSC. Applicants register once using their Aadhaar number, verify via OTP sent to their Aadhaar-linked phone number, and complete KYC and facial authentication during application submission. A UID token is generated post-verification to ensure that only genuine applicants can proceed. 'This is a national milestone. We are launching Face RD integration in SSC for the first time at this scale. This will substantially cut impersonation and enhance trust in our recruitment systems,' said S Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, SSC. So far, 40,000 applications have been successfully completed through this system, with over 2 lakh more in progress. Officials estimate around 30 lakh total applications. The verification process at exam centres uses the UID token and registration ID, positioning it as the most secure recruitment procedure currently in place in India. The My SSC app is available for download on the Google Play Store, enabling millions of job seekers to apply confidently and independently. (ANI)
Time of India
30-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
The future that monetisation of anti-establishment posturing can usher in
A nomad interested in twisting the kaleidoscope of science and looking for new patterns Humanity has obviously gone through various transformations in how we communicate with each other, starting from languages to fiction-creation to books and then mass media that print and TV ushered in the last century. Each of these growth spurts have caused social transformations, and each changes till date are absorbed without a complete collapse of civilisation, but I am not too confident that same can be said about the arrival of social media. Social media is a shift beyond the ordinary and it needs to be understood because how humans communicate with each other decides the fate of the systems that we use to survive. To understand this better, we first need to understand what is a 'system'. A system, in very simple terms, is a coming together of individuals for more gain than what they can have if they work individually. In even simpler terms, if we are five friends making Rs 100 each, but we see that we can make more than Rs 500 if we all agree to abide by a set of rules, what we will create will be a 'system'. If you look at the above example closely, you will be dispelled of many of the myths that you could be harbouring. First myth is of 'privacy' that we see raging when concepts like UID or Aadhaar are introduced by the system called state. No system can offer any member of the system to remain hidden for a simple reason, i.e., the system has to pass on the share of collective gain to its each member and hence it must know who is a member (and who is not). While the myth of privacy is given priority in debates (probably it is psychologically more important to us), it is the second issue, i.e., allowing and encouraging dissent, that is the real deal-breaker for systems. The biggest myth that most humans harbour about systems is that they have to be dissent-friendly, and this myth gets extended into a the popular notion of free speech. There is nothing further from the truth if you understand how systems behave. A system is coming together of pieces where the sum is greater for the whole and hence it is not just in the benefit of the system but also for the parts that the system is self-preserving. This means that a system must fight aggressively and oppress all forces that try to disrupt its functioning. There is no place for an anti-system outlier in a system, and systems have inherent subsystems (like immune system in our body or police in the state) to identify and destroy such elements and force. If we bring both of issues, i.e., privacy and free speech into modern context of social media, we can easily extrapolate the future, as social media is not just an enabler for both but has taken out the bottom from the way they used to manifest in past. It is not that privacy and free speech have not existed in past. In fact, they always have and they have also been forces of the good as they have dethroned exploiting systems in past and ushered in much-needed changes. That is exactly why evolution has never aimed for total eradication of outliers. If we had outliers in past, what is so scary about having them now? What is scary is the removal of the key systemic force that kept outliers within a limit so that they do not disrupt the system constantly. This traditional anti-outlier systemic force was the risk and cost imposed by the system on anyone wanting to be one. Unfortunately for us, the arrival of social media has changed the above completely. In the entire history of before-social-media world, what really kept anti-establishment posturing at bay was not the dearth of people with such views, but the lack of affordability of expressing such views. Just a hundred years back, being anti-establishment came at a cost that made it economically difficult for most to afford. Today it is exactly opposite. In the new environment, it pays to keep expressing anti-establishment views on social media, and it is a lucrative and attractive vocational option. The net result is an explosion of anti-establishment opinion-makers. If we look at the above in a shallow way, it appears that we are heading for chaos ahead as hordes of self-proclaimed (in reality paid) outliers/influencers will keep disrupting the systems. But if we dig a bit further, the outcome can be exactly opposite. With social media crusaders upping the ante, the system is also (happily) going to do the same, and the system now has an advantage, i.e., never-before ability and tools to oppress. What the paid and unpaid 'influencers' will do is to provide a plausible excuse to the system to oppress opinions in the name of systemic stability that most of the masses will want and we will end up with what is already visible, i.e., authoritarian regimes. What we will have will be a very rigid system that will not go for incremental changes, but will pass through artificial stability imposed by brute forces and than a destructive collapse that will hopefully put an end to the age of technology and return us back into the folds of nature. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
Express Tribune
27-05-2025
- General
- Express Tribune
BISE extends registration date
A woman goes through the process of finger scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system, also known as Aadhaar, at a registration centre in New Delhi, India, January 17, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Bahawalpur has extended the date for registration, online data entry and admission into 9th Class for Session 2025-27. According to a spokesman for BISE Bahawalpur, date for registration, online data entry and admission into 9th Class for Session 2025-27 has been extended to 20th June. He said candidates can apply with Rs600 late fee till July 4.
Express Tribune
21-05-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
Govt simplifies birth, death registration laws
A woman goes through the process of finger scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system, also known as Aadhaar, at a registration centre in New Delhi, India, January 17, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS The Punjab Department of Local Government has simplified the laws regarding family records, birth and death certificates, and their registration. The registration period for birth and death has been extended, and birth registration for children up to seven years of age will now be freethis offer is valid until May 31, 2026. The authority to handle delayed registrations has been shifted from junior staff to senior officers, including assistant directors. The requirement of a court decree for late registration has been abolished. Following approval from the law secretary and secretary of local government, the new rules have been officially notified in the Punjab Gazette. According to the notification, birth and death registration will be completely free within the first year. After seven years, a birth registration fee of Rs200 will apply. For overseas Pakistanis, the fee will be Rs1,000; for foreigners, Rs2,000. The fee for death registration after seven years will be Rs1,000. Fees for corrections and changes will be Rs500, and duplicate copies will cost Rs200. The fee for computerised copies has been abolished. The new regulations, effective immediately, aim to make registration processes more accessible and user-friendly. The updated rules stipulate that registration of children up to one year old will fall under the authority of the relevant union council secretary, while children up to seven years will be under the jurisdiction of the assistant director. Registrations for those above seven years will be handled by the deputy director. Previously, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) developed a mobile application to facilitate online registration of births, deaths, and changes in marital status. The app, initially being launched in Punjab, allows citizens to register life events from home. Biometric verification is being made available at all union councils in the province.
Express Tribune
20-05-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
Free birth, death registration offered for 7 years
A woman goes through the process of finger scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system, also known as Aadhaar, at a registration centre in New Delhi, India, January 17, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS The Punjab government has enacted new rules to streamline and simplify the registration of births and deaths across the province, eliminating fees for timely registrations and easing procedural hurdles for delayed entries. The Punjab Local Government and Community Development Department has notified the Birth and Death Registration Rules, 2025, following approval from the secretaries of law and local government. Under the new rules, birth and death registrations within seven years of the event will be processed free of charge, and citizens will also be issued computerised certificates. According to the notification, the registration and issuance of birth or death certificates will remain free of charge for one year. However, a fee of Rs200 will apply for late registration of births after seven years.
