India: Supreme Court Upholds Controversial ID System

India: Supreme Court Upholds Controversial ID System

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India’s top court rules that ‘Aadhaar’ biometric identity scheme is constitutional and does not violate right to privacy. But it has also curtailed the scheme’s scope. Also, entire police force of Mexican city under investigation over alleged links to drugs-gangs, Libyan coastguard criticises NGOs’ efforts to rescue migrants at sea, and could Swedish neighbourhood teach cities across the world how to live sustainably ?