A check on wall paintings, proper installation of CCTV cameras and deployment of marshals to monitor — was a part of the BBMP’s anti-garbage drive. The drive fails miserably as people continue to throw garbage at undesignated spots. By Nikita Arora The nauseating smell of garbage has been filling the city for a long time […]
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The prevalence of blindness is at 1.99 per cent in India as against the target set by the National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment (NPCBVI) to reduce the per cent to 0.3 by the year 2020. Surbhi Shah It’s all blurry. You cannot see the buses coming near. You cannot see the […]
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Various health schemes by the Central and State government for the informal sector, fail to reach the workers. Sanchari Ghatak G. Praveena works from 6am to 6pm in almost five households, literally everyday of the year except for the occasional festival holiday. Well, she has to; she’s a domestic worker trying to make ends meet […]
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According to cybercrime police, the number of digital wallets or e-wallet fraud cases has increased rapidly after various online platforms opened for payments and money transfer. By Archita Chakraborty Bangalore: In recent years, the tech city, Bangalore, has experienced a rapid increase in the number of digital wallets or e-wallet fraud cases. The number of […]
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After toys and electronic items, now China becomes a large exporter of gym equipment in India. Abhinav Kumar China has become the largest exporter of gym equipment in India, as reported by Indiaretailing.com, a retail intelligence organization. The fitness industry in India has become a USD 1469 million industry and is growing at 16 to […]
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By Team SoftCopy States like Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Assam are in the race to restore their legislative councils. Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed a resolution to abolish the state legislative council on January 27, 2020. 133 out of the 175 members of the assembly voted in favour of the resolution. This is the […]
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Karnataka corn farmers are shifting to vegetables like tomatoes, chilies and cucumbers for larger gains. By Bibek Baidya As Albert Einstein once said, we cannot do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Manoj has been cultivating corn for four years in K Golahalli and getting Rs 10-15 per kg […]
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Out of the 300 articles retracted over three years, 16 from the state. By Niket Nishant You plan. You copy. You change a word or two here and there. But then you throw it away. Too obvious. You rewrite, this time replacing a few erudite words with more mundane ones. But then some of those […]
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Non-suicidal self-injury is becoming an increasingly common behaviour among school-aged youth. Psychologists say they receive several cases of self-harm by school kids every day and that the numbers across the country is even more alarming. By Riya Sharma Before Tejaswini enters a room, her arrival is announced by the jingling sound of her silver bangles. […]
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National Green Tribunal urges for de-centralized management of waste as Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) drowns in city produced garbage. By Riddhiman Roy As BBMP runs out of places to dump waste and the waste disposal apocalypse looms large over the city, National Green Tribunal (NGT) singled out de-centralized waste management as the only plausible […]
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