The machines have been out of order for a long time. In some, the displays don’t work. Bangalore, April 11, 2018: Air filling machines in some fuel stations across the city have been out of order for over a year inconveniencing those looking to fill air. “The machines haven’t been working for a long time. […]
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Confusion over initials and names delays payments of the pourakarmikas. Bangalore, April 11, 2018: Pourakarmikas working for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) are facing a new problem. Due to the differences in names and initials of the pourakarmikas in their Aadhar cards and voter IDs, the banks are becoming confused and thus the payments […]
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While retailers are unhappy with FSSAI’s decision, consumers have welcomed it. Bangalore, April 11, 2018: If you have a favorite organic brand, prepare to bid your goodbye to it if it doesn’t follow the latest Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulation that wants food companies selling organic produce to get certified with […]
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Absence of government data makes it difficult to gauge the prevalence of autism in the country No survey has been conducted by the government on the increasing population of autistic children in the country to assess their development at different stages of autism. “There is no recent data by the government on the increasingly shocking […]
Continue ReadingPublic libraries continue to grow in the city as more funds are released by the government India’s Ministry of Culture has increased spending on public libraries over the last four years from Rs. 78.02 crore in 2015-16 to Rs. 95.75 crore in 2017-18. And the estimate for 2018-19 is Rs. 109.18 crore. There are 200 […]
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Globalization and internet to blame Most people seem to prefer international toy brands over domestic ones in Bangalore. “If you see board games, for example, people prefer to buy Monopoly, while there is a game exactly like Monopoly called Business, developed by an Indian company, which I used to play in my childhood. But people […]
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The Indian shooting contingent participating at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have been in sparkling form, having won a handful of medals in almost all of the competing events One of the men behind the success of these shooters is Joydeep Karmakar, who has coached a few to success, especially the likes of Mehuli […]
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Youth For Employment’ threatened to not vote if their jobs demands are not met. A youth labor organization called ‘Youth For Employment’ has threatened to storm political rallies and ask tough questions on unemployment if political parties do not meet the labor demands they have set in a youth manifesto. Ravi, a member of the […]
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State government is under pressure to implement the Sadashiva Committee recommendations on SC reservation. The Karnataka Madiga Dandora has called on the state’s Madiga community to ditch the Congress party in the upcoming assembly elections slated to be held on May 12. This is because they are dissatisfied over the non-implementation of the Sadashiva Committee […]
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Bangalore is the country’s fourth largest construction and demolition waste producer in India. But, it is not able to manage and process waste effectively. The seven landfill sites identified by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for the management and processing of construction and demolition (CDW) waste exist only on paper. Following the directions of […]
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