Despite several free schemes providing corrective cleft lip and palate surgeries, less than 50 per cent avail the services in the country. Cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital disorder in the facial region. Research has revealed that there at least thirty-five thousand new cleft lip patients are born in India every year. […]
Continue ReadingThe number of students appearing for Indian music exams has fallen considerably since last year. There has been a dip in the number of students appearing for the Karnataka Music and Talavady exam. Hemantha Nayak, Assistant Director of the of the Music and Talavadya Department said that from 15,697 students who appeared for the exam […]
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The commission tightens grip ahead of state assembly elections The Election Commission (EC) has seized nearly Rs. 5 crore of unaccounted cash ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections to be held in May. A total of 1,156 flying squads and 1,255 have been doing round around the states, and catching hold of any activity that […]
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Fifteen years on, Iraqis continue to address the tumultuous situation in Baghdad till this day despite the end of Hussein’s regime. : Back in 2003, on this day, Baghdad slipped into the hands of the Americans, as jubilant Iraqis and Americans took to the streets and celebrated the end of Saddam Hussein’s regime. The US […]
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They have been out of order for months. The foremost enforcer of law and order in Bangalore may not be able to police activities in the vicinity of his own office. The Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)cameras at the office of the Commissioner of Policehave been out of order for the past six months. “The cameras […]
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Dalits continue to protest against Supreme Court’s recent decision on the Prevention of Atrocities Act Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (DSS) today protested against the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling on The Scheduled Castes and Tribes Atrocities Act, 1989. After the violent protests by various Dalit organizations in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, DSS held a protest […]
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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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Photographers demand that either the ban be revoked or rules are introduced by the Department to ensure shoots happen when joggers are not available. The Horticulture Department’s move to ban photography in public spaces like Cubbon Park and Lalbagh Botanical Gardens has made photographers furious. While the photographers demand that the ban be revoked as […]
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A recent study shows that the environmental impact of firewood and dung as cooking fuel has been hitherto underestimated. Majority of people in the villages of Karnataka are still dependent on firewood as cooking fuel. This number is the largest of all southern Indian states. The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) data of 2011-12 shows […]
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“If I don’t earn then my family will suffer since I am the bread earner of the family”, says a vendor in JP Nagar. Several street vendors in the city lack identity proof. This comes in the backdrop of the Karnataka High Court order stating every vendor on the road should possess legal documents to […]
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