The Karnataka Forest Department’s tiger census has been postponed indefinitely as the department waits for the All India Tiger Estimation Reports of 2022 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority. Karnataka Forest Department’s Tiger Census report which was due around Aug. 9, 2022, has been pushed back indefinitely as department officials say they are awaiting for […]
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Congress accuses Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of leaving leather artisans jobless, cattle helpless, and citizens monitored Congress attacked BJP on grounds of damaging the leather and meat industry in the state leaving leather artisans jobless in a press conference today.They also accused the BJP government of forming a citizen surveillance government. Current Congress MLA Sharad […]
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The mandatory inclusion of mental health in health insurance plan has too many conditions to make any significant changes. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India’s directive that makes it mandatory to include mental illnesses under health insurances has multiple clauses that exclude basic mental health expenses and problems. It covers only four mental […]
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Six Chilume Trust officials along with four BBMP officials have been taken into police custody for three days and 14 days, respectively. The six employees of the Chilume Trust who were arrested have been identified and taken into police custody for 14 days. Moreover, three regional officers and one assistant revenue officer from the Bruhat […]
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Six Chilume Trust officials along with four BBMP officials have been taken into police custody for three days and 14 days, respectively. The six employees of the Chilume Trust who were arrested have been identified and taken into police custody for 14 days. Moreover, three regional officers and one assistant revenue officer from the Bruhat […]
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Acid attack victims find no help online, during or after their attack and treatment. Experts say making an online platform for survivors would encourage them to normalise their lives in more than one way. Acid attack survivors have trouble registering cases and applying for compensation because of a lack of online facilities. Experts say an […]
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Karnataka ranks among top states in rehabilitating street children through the Child Protection Services Scheme. A 2021 government of India report shows that Karnataka ranks among the top ten in the list of states where street children have been helped through the Child Protection Services Scheme, also known as the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS). […]
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The National Gallery of Modern Art’s (NGMA) collaborative Karnataka exhibition with Chitrakala Parishath and the Department of Archeology, Museums and Heritage for the Global Investors Meet goes neglected as no delegate shows up. No foreign delegate or investor at the Global Investors Meet (GIM) showed up to the Invest Karnataka Team collaborative exhibition with the […]
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Carpooling continues to be illegal despite a Greenpeace report published in January, 2022 stating that air pollution levels in Bengaluru are three to four times higher than the set World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Bengalureans are confused about carpooling in the city as air-pollution levels continue rising. Mirza Faizen Assad, a civil advocate, confirmed that […]
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Surveys and experts doubt Bhagyalakshmi can achieve its objectives, and have also exposed the malpractices behind implementation of the scheme. A 2020 report by The Karnataka Evaluation Authority (KEA) observed that 76.7 percent of the families want to withdraw the Bhagyalakshmi scheme fund for marriage purposes. Experts say this is because the scheme does not […]
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