KCRO and UNICEF to emphasize on pandemic-worsened child rights issues

Paralegal volunteers have not been able to provide free legal services to vulnerable groups due to low pay and communication gaps. Bengaluru: Karnataka Child Rights Observatory (KCRO) along with other child rights organizations and UNICEF have decided to work on strategies to work on child issues that worsened during the pandemic. Child marriage, violence against […]

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Revenge Travel revives the tourism industry

People are opting for shorter duration and budget-friendly trips. Tourist hotspots in the city and around are getting traction as people turn to revenge travelling due to lockdown fatigue. Data revealed that in 2021, the passenger traffic in India amounted to over 115 million at airports out of which over 10 million were international passengers. […]

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Coffee business on the boil

Export of coffee and domestic consumption has increased. India’s coffee exports have increased from 2.25 lakh tonnes in 2020 to 2.45 lakh tonnes up to September this year. The domestic consumption also showed a slight increase of approximately 1.6 percent in 2021, said Coffee Board of India. K.R. Shetty, Director at Indian Coffee Trade Association […]

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Demands for dowry: officially low, actually not so

Official data shows a decline in dowry harassment cases in the city last year. Activists disagree. Cases of dowry harassment have decreased by 22.71 percent from 2019 to 2020 in Bengaluru. Women’s rights activists attribute this to the under-reporting of cases rather than an actual decline. In the last five years, according to the National […]

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