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Mobile Aadhaar is now a valid identity proof to enter airports
Scroll.in Mobile Aadhaar, which is an app for the unique identification number, is among the 10 identity proofs that passengers can use to enter airports across India, said the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. The aviation security agency also clarified that … |
The U.S. might add other airports to its ban restricting passengers from bringing laptops and other electronics into the cabin for certain flights from the Middle East.
“We may take measures in the not too distant future to expand the number of airports,” said Homeland Security secretary John Kelly on Wednesday during a congressional hearing.
Last month, the U.S. announced the ban, which affects ten airports, all of which are in Muslim-majority countries. Passengers flying to the U.S. are barred from bringing any electronic devices larger than a smartphone into a plane’s cabin, and must instead check them in as baggage.
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Three tiny Scottish airports have been given the go-ahead to ‘streamline’ security checks. Is that a good thing?
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TSA will deploy some of the Advanced Imaging Technology scanners it bought in September to a long list of airports in the coming months.
The agency said on Oct. 6, that 29 airports across the U.S. would receive millimeter wave AIT machines that will come equipped with its new automated target recognition software that eliminates passenger-specific images and replaces them with generic body images coupled with more generic warnings areas.
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