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Aadhaar card is often used as identity and address proof.

UIDAI extends free Aadhaar update deadline to June 2026: Here's how to do it online

June 18, 2025 12:30 pm

Aadhaar Card Free Update 2025: It has recently extended the deadline for Aadhaar cardholders to do so until June 14, 2025; however, it is now free for the entire year until June 2026.

When is the last date for free Aadhaar update in 2025?

June 12, 2025 8:13 am

Aadhaar Update 2025 Last Date: It's advisable to update your 12-digit unique Aadhaar ID details for free until June 14, 2025.

Here's how to use the Aadhaar biometric lock and unlock feature to protect your personal data and ensure secure authentication.

All you need to know about the Aadhaar biometric lock and unlock feature

June 03, 2025 1:09 pm

Aadhaar Lock/Unlock Biometric Update It's advisable to link the mobile number with their Aadhaar before starting this process, as the OTPs (One-Time Passwords) will be sent to the registered phone number.

Make sure you update your Aadhaar card information before the June 14 deadline.

Free Aadhaar update ends June 14: Here's how to do it online

May 24, 2025 9:31 am

Want to update your Aadhaar card information for free? Here's a quick step-by-step guide that can help you do so.

Aadhaar Card Mandatory Biometric Update: All you need to know

Aadhaar Mandatory Biometric Update: Know the rules, updation process, fee, and more details

May 19, 2025 8:26 am

Aadhaar Card Mandatory Biometric Update 2025: Aadhaar card holders must visit an Aadhaar Enrolment Centre with their unique UIDAI number for Mandatory Biometric Update.

Aadhaar Card for differently-abled: Aadhaar Regulation 6 (Enrolment & Update) allows residents to be enrolled with biometric exclusions, which include the following provisions, among others:

Aadhaar Card for differently-abled: Here's all you need to know

March 06, 2025 11:23 am

Aadhaar Card for differently-abled: Residents who are disabled and unable to attend the Aadhaar facility to enrol in Aadhaar can seek home enrolment through UIDAI by calling the UIDAI toll-free number or send an email.

Here's a step-by-step process on how to apply for a PVC Aadhaar Card in 2025. (Image: UIDAI)

How to apply for PVC Aadhaar card? Know the step-by-step process

January 20, 2025 11:52 am

PVC Aadhaar Card 2025: The most appealing feature is that it fits nicely in your wallet and appears to be like an ATM card, as the card is made of synthetic plastic and is 86 mm x 54 mm.

Aadhaar card free update valid until September 14: A step-by-step guide on how to do it

September 07, 2024 10:10 am

The Government of India recommends Aadhaar card holders to update their details at least once every 10 years.

Aadhar Card Update: Here is a step-by-step guide on how one can update Aadhaar online before the deadline June 15, 2024. (File Photo)

No Aadhaar number has been cancelled, says UIDAI

February 20, 2024 8:49 am

"In the course of activities undertaken to keep the Aadhaar database updated, intimations are issued from time to time to Aadhaar number holders. In this connection, it is clarified that no Aadhaar number has been cancelled," UIDAI said.

The UIDAI issued a strong rebuttal to Moody's Investors Service which claimed that the Aadhaar system often results in service denials and the reliability of biometric technologies, especially for manual labourers, in hot and humid climates is questionable.

Moody's report on Aadhaar made sweeping assertions without citing any evidence: UIDAI

September 26, 2023 10:47 am

International credit agency Moody's Investors Service has made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any evidence, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Monday.

UIDAI VIDEOS

Why you cannot compare Aadhaar to the US Social Security Number

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

Desc: Among the many questions about Aadhaar is this one. Isn't it like the US Social Security Number? In the third story on the Aadhaar series, three experts explain how the two are not at all comparable.

Aadhaar: Three experts explain how biometrics DID NOT make it more secure

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

Second in the Aadhaar series, in this video Usha Ramanathan, Ramanjit Singh Chima and Reetika Khera explain how biometrics were brought into the Aadhaar process without enough research and why it is unprecedented in a dangerous way.

Aadhaar: Three experts explain how biometrics DID NOT make it more secure

September 20, 2018 12:05 pm

Idea Exchange with UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

June 22, 2020 6:25 pm

In this edition of the Idea Exchange, Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey insists that although no technology is 100 per cent secure, all Aadhaar data is safe and cannot be used for any surveillance. He also spoke about various other issues regarding data protection and authentication in an interactive session

Will go after other targets if no peace, says Trump as US strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran

IndiaSeptember 25, 2025

President Donald Trump said that the United States military had struck three nuclear-related facilities in Iran, marking a dramatic escalation in the ongoing conflict and a direct American role in efforts to dismantle Tehran’s infrastructure. The strikes represent the most significant direct US military action against Iranian territory in years and come amid rising regional tensions.

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