The following report is by Biometric Update (excerpts):
Digi Yatra Foundation CEO Suresh Khadakbhavi said the pilot project will initially commence between two countries, and there is progress being made with the Bureau of Immigration and visa-issuing agencies to enable the service for international visitors flying to and from India, Business Standard reports.
This follows Digi Yatra’s domestic rollout, which allows Indian passengers to board using facial recognition at select airports. The program currently operates at 24 airports including Delhi, Varanasi, and Bengaluru. The plan is to add 4-5 more domestic airports in the coming months.
As well as the implementation of facial recognition as a boarding pass for foreign travelers, Digi Yatra will be accessible in both regional and international languages, according to reports from Infra.
Indian airports are collaborating with companies including SITA, NEC, Amadeus (alongside its acquisition, Vision-Box), Idemia, and Thales. A few weeks ago, SITA secured a deal with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to enhance the Digi Yatra system’s infrastructure and functionality. This partnership is expected to bolster the system’s effectiveness and security.
Similarly, NEC also partnered with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in launching Digi Yatra in Indian airports, including Vijayawada, Pune, Kolkata, and Varanasi, last year. With the integration of NEC’s digital ID system with SITA, travelers have the option to opt for facial recognition to pass through various checkpoints at the airports.
Vision-Box deployed its biometric system at Kempegowda International airport in Bengaluru in 2019 as part of the Digi Yatra Seamless Flow initiative, and by 2023, Amadeus was commissioned to develop a biometric passenger processing system (PPS) for Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Additionally, Idemia worked with Delhi International (DIAL) on a live proof-of-concept to provide facial recognition for GMR’s implementation of Digi Yatra.
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And this presumably will tie into India’s different digital ID schemes:
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This is, of course, another example of the mark of the beast system steadily growing.
Revelation 13:16-18 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.[18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Brother off topic but on topic scriptural wise, does the original KJV have a capital Kings in Hebrews 7:1? I bought a facsimile copy of the 1611 for comparing against Fakes and noticed this verse.
Greatly appreciated.
God bless
Also in that same chapter verse 3 ” Sonne of God,” instead of “Sonne of God;” and “Priest” instead of “priest”?