Mass Surveillance: Indian Railways Use Facial Recognition Tech And AI  https://www.boomlive.in/explainers/mass-surveillance-indian-railways-use-facial-recognition-tech-and-ai-26094    Herta Security is supplying its advanced facial recognition technology for the Indian railways project. Its systems can detect emotions, micro-expressions, and even gaze directions.  

There are concerns that increased surveillance could deter public protests and other forms of democratic participation, as seen in previous instances of using surveillance for policing protests.  The project adds to the growing list of government undertaking relying on citizens' sensitive personal data, implemented while India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act remains in limbo.

Headquartered in Barcelona with offices in Madrid, London, and Los Angeles, Herta provides video surveillance, access control, and marketing solutions. Currently, it services are being used for surveillance in various international projects, including safe cities, airports, train and metro stations, prisons, banks, casinos, sports stadiums, shopping malls, military, police, and forensic applications.

This tracker  has recorded 204 incidents between June 2024 and 18 Aug 2025 https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/uncovering-hate-crime-tracker-communal-violence-india/

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A Class 10 girl said that she was first requested to take off her burqa in order to be permitted to take an exam.Later, she was permitted to wear a face cover for the SSC exam when the police intervened.