Biometric devices in Balasore hospitals to check staff absence

2 days, 9 hours ago

Delhi: Hidden Camera Found Dwarka Hospital Changing Room, Housekeeping Staffer Arrested

ABP News

A mobile phone hidden inside a women's changing room at a government hospital in the Dwarka district of Delhi sparked a furore on Friday. The mobile phone was hidden in the changing room allegedly by a housekeeping staffer of the hospital. Phone Camera Hidden At Bhopal Diagnostic Centre Changing Room A similar incident happened the same day at a diagnostic …

Phone Accused Room Changing Hidden

1 week, 5 days ago

Telangana Secretariat staff to record attendance through facial recognition

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Chief Secretary A Shanthi Kumar on Wednesday informed that the recording of attendance of all regular Secretariat officers and employees including the staff working on outsourcing basis of all departments, for whom payments are being made from the Secretariat Heads of accounts, will be through the Facial Recognition System with effect from December 12. In a note circulated to …

Attendance Secretariat

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Unused biometric system at Chennai airport helps smugglers ‘strike’ gold

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Gold smuggling cartels operating in collusion with the staff at Chennai international airport can largely be curbed if a biometric chip enabled access system, already installed five years ago, is put into use, say officials from multiple agencies. In December 2019, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the biometric-enabled Centralised Access Control System at 48 airports in the …

Airport Chennai Biometric System

2 weeks, 5 days ago

RML Hospital terminates four nursing officers, decision after biometric identity test failure

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Centre-run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital has terminated four nursing officers, who joined the institute through a common recruitment exam, after they failed a biometric identity verification test. on a careful consideration of the report of the Biometric Identity verification, the undersigned has come to the conclusion that Mr. Pavan Kumar Meena S/o Sh. The terminated officers were …

Norcet Rml Nursing Officer Identity Verification Meena Nursing

1 month ago

Tamil Nadu to implement biometric attendance for university staff to curb unauthorised absences

New Indian Express

V Thangaraj, president of Tamil Nadu All Government college UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers Association, said the move will help check exploitation of guest lecturers in universities. In many universities and government colleges, the permanent faculty members don’t come regularly or remain on unauthorised leave, and the guest lecturers are forced to do their share of work. Bharathiar University Registrar Rupa …

Guest Lecturers Biometric Attendance

1 month ago

Healthcare at your doorstep

New Indian Express

CHHATTISGARH: The Janjgir-Champa district administrat ion considers health as a fundamental right of every citizen, consequent ly, giving access to improved healthcare to everyone has become a wholehearted commitment. The campaign, relied upon govt health staff, including doctors, mitanins, rural health officers, and healthcare workers equipped with medical kits. “The goal was to screen 11.29 lakh residents of the district …

Healthcare Services Health Workers

2 months ago

AIIMS Introduces Facial Recognition for Enhanced Security in Hospitals

New Indian Express

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has launched a pilot project to enhance security and visitor management in the Mother and Child Block. The system will use facial recognition to control access to inpatient areas, diagnostic labs, office spaces, and research facilities. Patients, except those in emergency or critical conditions, will be required to undergo facial recognition upon admission. …

Technology Security Patient Safety Access Control New Delhi

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Police outposts to come up at all teaching hospitals in Telangana: Health Minister

The Hindu

Telangana Minister for Health C. Damodar Raja Narasimha held a review meeting on Monday with regards to the Supreme Court’s directives on enhancing security in government hospitals and medical colleges. During the meeting attended by senior officials from the home and health departments, the Minister asked the officials to create permanent police outposts in all teaching hospitals. “Ten teaching hospitals …

Hospitals Minister Telangana Senior Officials Telangana Health Police Outposts

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh government instructs hospitals to issue identity cards to attendants for night stays

The Hindu

In light of the brutal rape and murder of a female doctor in a government-run hospital in Kolkata in August, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday instructed hospitals to issue identity cards to the attendants serving the night shift at the wards, ICUs, resting rooms, emergency wards, and OPDs. Uttar Pradesh deputy CM and Health Minister Brajesh Pathak asserted that …

Uttar Pradesh Hospital Wards Identity Cards

4 months ago

Install cameras, train staff on howto tackle threats: Centre to hospitals

Hindustan Times

From installing CCTVs on campus to setting up control rooms to monitor activities in real time, the Union health ministry has suggested 12 measures to address security concerns in hospitals and medical institutions across the country. Install cameras, train staff on howto tackle threats: Centre to hospitals In a letter written to hospitals on Tuesday, the health ministry said that …

Health Security Hospitals Ministry Staff

4 months ago

Jharkhand Govt Doctors Boycott Biometric Attendance System

News 18

Jharkhand government doctors on Tuesday boycotted the biometric attendance system, terming it ”not feasible” for emergency services. The decision to boycott the biometric attendance system was taken during a joint meeting of the Jharkhand unit of the Indian Medical Association and Jharkhand Health Service Association on August 11 following a government order that says the system would be applicable to …

Emergency Services Duty Jharkhand Singh Doctor System Ima

4 months ago

Chandigarh: PGI to install panic buttons for safety of female staff

Hindustan Times

Amid the outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, is set to install a hi-tech panic button system in the women’s duty rooms, floors and blocks across the campus to ensure their safety. PGIMER, Chandigarh, has compiled inputs and demands from doctors, residents, nurses, research scholars …

Campus Chandigarh Department Rooms System Staff Pgimer

4 months, 1 week ago

5 crore kids, teens in UP haven’t updated their Aadhaar biometrics

Hindustan Times

LUCKNOW Over 5 crore children and teenagers in UP, which has a population of approximately 20 crore, have yet not updated their Aadhaar biometrics, including fingerprints and iris scans, as required by the Unique Identification Authority of India. As a result, many teenagers are facing problems while filling forms for competitive exams like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and availing …

Teenagers Children Aadhaar Biometrics Age Uidai

5 months, 1 week ago

‘Ensure secondary school teachers, other staff in U.P. mark biometric attendance’

Hindustan Times

With a view to ensuring punctuality, teachers and other employees working in government secondary schools across Uttar Pradesh will have to record their attendance through biometric machines that will be linked with their salaries. To implement the government order of August 2022, the director secondary education Mahendra Dev has asked all district inspector of schools to immediately take necessary action. …

School Teachers Order Schools Biometric Secondary Education Attendance

6 months ago

Centre fixes 9.15 am deadline for ‘latecomer’ employees: Report

Hindustan Times

In a move to crack down on “latecomers,” the Centre's department of personnel and training has mandated that all government employees, including senior officials, must arrive at the office by 9 am, allowing a grace period of 15 minutes. - While central government offices operate from 9 am to 5.30 pm, junior-level employees often arrive late and leave early, causing …

Employees Office

6 months ago

GHMC saves Rs 1.5 crore using AI tech for attendance

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation announced on Thursday that the recently implemented AI-driven, mobile-based facial recognition biometric attendance system for sanitation, entomology, and veterinary staff has increased transparency and reduced wage expenditures. In a press release, the corporation reported that the average monthly expenditure on sanitation wages decreased to ₹31 crore from ₹33.5 crore following the replacement of the …

Ghmc

6 months ago

GHMC Attendance System Turns a Flop

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: GHMC’s recently introduced AI-driven mobile-based facial recognition biometric system to mark the attendance of sweepers has turned out to be a flop due to technical glitches. Through this system, attendance can be marked by using a photograph of the employee, which in turn is reported to the corporation’s IT wing by its vigilance wing. This system was introduced recently …

Mark System Attendance Ghmc Vigilance Wing Proxy Attendance

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Government hospital workers asked to limit mobile phone use in critical areas

The Hindu

As a safety measure and to ensure robust infection control practices at the workplace, all Central Government hospital health workers are now required to remove all types of jewellery below the elbow while on duty. They have also been directed to restrict the use of mobile phones in patient areas and critical zones including ICUs, HDUs, post-operative wards and operation …

Health India Mobile Phone Hospital Patient Infection Control

9 months, 2 weeks ago

NMC adopts biometric system, ends manual inspections for medical colleges

India Today

The National Medical Commission is set to revolutionise the assessment process for medical colleges, aiming to enhance transparency and reduce manual interference. Leveraging the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System portal, the NMC will eliminate the need for physical inspections, relying instead on data accuracy and surprise inspections. Dr B Srinivas, Secretary of the NMC, highlighted that surprise inspections will still …

Medical Colleges Nmc Manual Inspections

1 year ago

Consider Proposal For Installing Biometric Machine To Facilitate Access Of Lawyers To NCLT: Delhi High Court To Centre

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to consider on priority basis the proposal for installation of a biometric machine to facilitate the access of lawyers to the National Company Law Tribunal premises.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna also directed the Land and Development Office to process the proposal within. The Delhi …

Law Court Delhi High Court Proposal Nclt Directed Biometric Machine

1 year, 1 month ago

NMC stresses need for Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for faculties in medical colleges

The Hindu

As part of efforts to weed out "ghost faculty" in medical colleges, the NMC has reiterated the importance of Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for faculty members before inspection. The Commission has come out with Medical Assessment and Rating Board guidelines aimed at standardising the application process to start new medical colleges or increase seats in existing institutions and dealing with …

Medical Examination Medical Colleges Colleges Nmc Examination Process Staff Faculty

1 year, 1 month ago

NMC tightens rules for new medical colleges, aims to weed out ghost faculty

The Hindu

India’s apex medical education regulator, the National Medical Commission, has released new rules aimed at standardising the application process to start new medical colleges or increase seats in existing institutions, dealing with ghost faculty, and ensuring the quality of undergraduate and postgraduate medical programmes. The guidelines, published this week, outline the procedure to establish new medical colleges and increase seats …

Medical Guidelines Faculty Medical Colleges Colleges Nmc New Medical Colleges

1 year, 2 months ago

MHA directs Manipur govt to complete biometric exercise of illegal immigrants

Hindustan Times

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday directed the Manipur government to fasten the process of capturing the biometric details of illegal migrants in the state. Manipur government began the process of capturing the biometrics of illegal migrants in June The foreigners division of the home ministry in a letter to the chief secretary said that on May 29, 2023, …

Exercise Biometric State Manipur Mha Illegal Migrants

1 year, 2 months ago

Madhya Pradesh likely to introduce DigiPass, a DigiYatra-like system for Government Offices

Firstpost

The Madhya Pradesh government is working to develop a DigiYatra-like system called DigiPass, that aims to make interactions between the general public and government institutions. As with DigiYatra, privacy advocates fear that this is yet another way to collect and sell data In a significant development, the government of Madhya Pradesh is planning to implement a program similar to the …

India Data Madhya Pradesh Facial Recognition Technology Digiyatra Digipass

1 year, 3 months ago

Errant staff at Mohalla clinics taken off duty

Hindustan Times

Delhi health minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday said 26 staff, including seven doctors, deployed at seven mohalla clinics have been taken off duty after they were found manipulating the attendance system at the clinics. Following public complaints that doctors and staff arrive late, we conducted an investigation into their attendance at seven mohalla clinics, during which the manipulation came to …

Delhi Doctors District Staff Clinic Clinics Mohalla Clinics

1 year, 3 months ago

Nandyal collector serves notices to 54 staff

Deccan Chronicle

Kurnool: Nandyal district collector Dr Manazir Jeelani Samoon has served show cause notices to 54 staff members who were absent from their duties last week, citing neglect of their responsibilities. He said the government had implemented a policy requiring sachivalayam staff members to register their biometric attendance three times a day. He said, “However, it has come to light that …

Members Staff Serves Notices

1 year, 3 months ago

Ensure gadgets, infrastructure for disabled on court premises: Delhi HC

The Hindu

To make court premises more accessible, the High Court has directed the Delhi government to provide infrastructure and financial assistance to procure essential gadgets for the differently abled so that they may take part in judicial proceedings. The direction came on a petition filed by a differently abled man, who is accused of subjecting his wife — a “polio orthopaedically …

Court Abled Premises Delhi Gadgets Infrastructure

1 year, 5 months ago

Surveillance on illegal medical practices to get intensified in border villages of Chittoor distrcit

The Hindu

Collector Sagili Shanmohan on Saturday directed the Medical and Health Department officials to intensify surveillance on the scanning centres and illegal medical practices in the towns and villages bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The Collector sought the medical and paramedical staff to regularly inspect the areas vulnerable to illegal use of scanning machines and abortions of female fetuses. “All the …

Karnataka Tamil Nadu Medical District Act Collector Chittoor Distrcit

1 year, 5 months ago

Govt taps hospitals on medical devices

Live Mint

New Delhi: The Central government is considering a proposal on whether the bigger hospitals like AII India Institute of Medical Sciences, Post Graduate Institute of Medical, Education & Research Chandigarh, Medanta and Directorate General of Armed Forces Medical Services Armed Forces Hospitals should be allowed to procure or import medical devices directly from the manufacturers. Currently, some of the hospitals …

Medical Devices Hospitals Devices Equipment Directly Import Medical

1 year, 5 months ago

Raj marks the first in India to launch PCTS mobile monitoring app for the ASHA worker

Hindustan Times

Rajasthan government has launched the India’s first Pregnancy, Child Tracking & Health Services Management System mobile monitoring app for over 53,000 Accredited Social Health Activist workers in the state to keep track of the health facilities provided to the pregnant and children daily. Accredited Social Health Activist workers Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena said, “The ASHA workers will now be …

Health Workers App Worker This App Asha Pcts

1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka polls: ECI to pilot facial recognition tech in upcoming elections

Live Mint

For the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India will introduce facial recognition technology at a polling booth in Bengaluru. As reported by Moneycontrol, ECI will conduct a trial of facial recognition technology at a single polling station, namely Room no. Voters at the selected polling station must download the Chunavana mobile application and input their Elector's Photo …

Bengaluru Karnataka Voters Eci Booth Facial Recognition Tech

1 year, 7 months ago

Steps taken to ensure all healthcare facilities are available in hilly areas, says T.N. Health Minister

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Friday said that various steps are being taken to ensure all healthcare facilities are available to people living in hilly areas in the State. The Minister, in the presence of Erode Collector H. Krishnanunni, Mayor S. Nagarathinam and Anthiyur MLA A.G. Venkatachalam, took part in marking Global Handwashing Day, at the Government Erode …

Health Minister Healthcare Facilities Talavadi Hilly Areas

1 year, 8 months ago

UIDAI, IIT Bombay join hands to develop touchless biometric capture system

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India has joined hands with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay to develop a robust touchless biometric capture system for easier usage anytime and anywhere, an official release by Ministry of Electronics and IT said. As part of the understanding, UIDAI and IIT Bombay will conduct joint research to build a mobile capture system …

Iit System Capture Uidai Iit Bombay Touchless Biometric Technology Bombay

1 year, 8 months ago

All arrangements in place

The Hindu

To ensure that the identity of the students remains anonymous for the examiner evaluating their answer scripts, the government has decided to continue using the barcoding system for all the exams this year also. Security measures The State Director General of Police has been asked to instruct the Commissioners of Police and District Superintendents of Police in all districts to …

Exam Examination State Ors District Answer Centres

1 year, 8 months ago

Police set to use central register to track, block missing phones

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Police is introducing the central equipment identity register, a recent technology that enables people who have lost their phones to report the same at their nearest police station, to block or trace it. The move comes days after the Andhra Pradesh Police initiated a novel initiative of tracing missing or stolen phones and couriering the same to …

Phone Phones

1 year, 10 months ago

AP stands first in e-sanjeevini telemedicine services

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh stood first in the implementation of e-Sanjeevani telemedicine services by registering 3.1 crore teleconsultations, out of a total of 9.7 crore registered in the country. State health, medical and family welfare commissioner and National Health Mission director J Nivas took part, in virtual mode, in the three-day ‘regional workshop on strengthening telemedicine for WHO South East Asia …

Health Telemedicine Services

1 year, 10 months ago

Docs pitch for life-saving devices in public places

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Following a city-based doctor’s request via Twitter to install public access defibrillators in the city, which would help in saving lives in cases of sudden cardiac ailments, minister K.T. Doctors have been pitching for installation of such devices in public places as there has been a rise in sudden cardiac arrests even among the younger population. It should be …

Training Public Places Dr Mukharjee

1 year, 10 months ago

Testing facilities fail to kick-off at Aam Aadmi Clinics in Punjab’s rural areas

Hindustan Times

Even five days after the inauguration of 400 more Aam Aadmi Clinics in Punjab, the testing facilities in the rural areas failed to kick off as the health department is yet to finalise the modality for carrying out clinical tests at AACs. The department has directed the local health department to manage with the nearby healthcare facilities for carrying out …

Health Rural Tests Patients Rural Areas Facilities Department

1 year, 11 months ago

Dashboard to ensure functioning of devices at AP government hospitals

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: AP medical and health minister Vidadala Rajini on Wednesday issued orders that each medical equipment available in government hospitals across the state should remain operational. Reviewing performance of National Health Mission with top officials of the state on Wednesday, Rajini underlined that if the goal of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is making available all medical facilities is …

Officials Government Hospitals

1 year, 11 months ago

Special camps for 5 days to update Aadhaar biometrics in AP

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government would organise special camps for five days from Thursday at village and ward secretariats to update the biometrics in the Aadhaar cards. Director of Gram Ward Secretariats department Sagili Shanmohan issued an advisory to district collectors, district in-charge officers of Gram Ward Secretariats and district education department about the special camps. During the special camp …

Aadhaar Special Camps

1 year, 11 months ago

Special camps for 5 days to update Aadhaar biometrics in AP

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government would organise special camps for five days from Thursday at village and ward secretariats to update the biometrics in the Aadhaar cards. Director of Gram Ward Secretariats department Sagili Shanmohan issued an advisory to district collectors, district in-charge officers of Gram Ward Secretariats and district education department about the special camps. During the special camp …

Camps Aadhaar Special Camps

1 year, 11 months ago

Introduce Biometric System For Employees' Attendance In CSC's Office, Ensure Case Files Reach HC By 10 AM: Allahabad HC To UP Govt

Live Law

Taking exception to the delay in the arrival of files to the Courts from the office of the Chief Standing Counsel, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Principal Secretary & LR, UP Govt to introduce the biometric system in the office of CSC, Allahabad within two weeks so as to ensure that the office employees reach in time. …

Counsel Court Employees Office Courts Biometric Chief

1 year, 11 months ago

New Face Recognition technology not coming to Chennai airport

Deccan Chronicle

CHENNAI: The neglect of Chennai in introducing the much touted ‘Paperless Face Recognition’ system by the AAI in various airports has disappointed passengers and the many agencies handling security at the airport in Chennai with the local authorities rubbing it in by saying that they have too many other things to worry about now. The new system, being installed first …

Passengers Chennai Airports Second Airport

1 year, 11 months ago

Soon, all government employees in Andhra Pradesh to log their attendance via facial recognition app

The Hindu

The State government on Monday mandated 'attendance by photography' for all its employees across the State, starting from the Chief Secretary to the village-level officer. Jawahar Reddy mandated that every government employee mark his/her attendance as per the new directive in order to provide transparent, efficient and time-bound services to the public. They include the State Secretariat, offices of heads …

Employees State Department Offices Attendance

2 years, 1 month ago

Bengal to Introduce Biometric Attendance System for Primary Teachers' Recruitment Exam

News 18

Following several controversies over teacher recruitment at various levels, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education has now decided to introduce biometric attendance system at the examination centres for the recruitment of primary teachers in the state. This will be in addition to the decision already taken for video-recording the entire recruitment process, starting from written examination to marking of …

Teachers Recruitment

2 years, 2 months ago

Dilip Cherian | Deputation blues for Centre: IAS, IPS officers shy away from Delhi

Deccan Chronicle

The annual conference of principal secretaries of states and Union territories held recently had one theme that overrode other discussions on administration and administrative reforms-related work. Union minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh asked the states to spare more IAS, IPS and IFoS officers for Central deputation, which has become a major issue in recent months. The Andhra Pradesh …

Singh Centre Officers Modi Secretary Mr Modi Ips

2 years, 2 months ago

AIIMS director asks doctors, staff to report presence of unauthorised agents on hospital campus

The Hindu

Cracking the whip on unauthorised people from private establishments who exploit patients, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences administration has shared a WhatsApp number and urged the doctors and staff members to report the presence of such agents on the hospital premises. "All the doctors, nurses and staff members are hereby instructed that, even on slightest suspicion of presence …

Patients Hospital Campus Staff Staff Members Circular Aiims

2 years, 3 months ago

OU professors breach biometric attendance system

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Osmania University mandated biometric attendance for all teaching and non-teaching staff members in the Arts College to ensure punctuality, track faculty attendance, and minimise absenteeism. Six years after the biometric system's implementation, students continue to habitually wait for their lecturers, engage in conversation while they wait, and then leave without hearing a lecture since the higher authorities have not …

Students University College Biometric Faculty System Attendance

2 years, 3 months ago

Attendance system based on Aadhaar

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: In an attempt to avoid manipulations and irregularities by employees in marking attendance, many organisations, especially central government offices and agencies are shifting to Aadhar enabled biometric attendance solution. Covid pandemic has thrown challenges in terms of attendance and access solutions and these devices support advanced connectivity options that make it appropriate for challenging outdoor applications, said Pankaj Vijay, …

Hyderabad Attendance

Biometric devices in Balasore hospitals to check staff absence

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