Although the number of cases booked under the dazzling headlights’ offence has dropped 14 times since 2017, experts say it is still one of the primary reasons for accidents at night. By Shalu Chowrasia Bengaluru: Car-owners continue to use high-beam headlights on city roads, despite it being prohibited under the Motor Vehicles Rules. Experts say […]
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The exploitation of children remains acute in India, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data revealed. By Manasvi Gupta A counsellor for child rights narrated the story of a nine-year old boy who ran away from his home fearing separation of his parents. She told another about one who was bullied at school every day till […]
Continue ReadingDespite the introduction of fourth generation ELISA test for HIV, only few blood banks in Bangalore have the newest kit. Astha Oriel Few years ago, a bollywood movie described the life of 10 people infected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). However, despite movies being made over the years to create awareness about HIV, the new […]
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All is not well with Karnataka’s child health scenario. The Sample Registration System (SRS) 2017 revealed that the Infant Mortality Rate in the state has gone up from 24 in 2016 to 25 in 2017. Savyata Mishra A few years ago, a poor couple from Hyderabad and working at a construction site in the city […]
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Ward Committee meetings in Bengaluru have turned into grievance forums and these grievances are not even registered. Yamini Chincholi A noisy, crowded room, people talking over each other, stacks of papers and files, the ward corporator nodding along to fresh concerns, and committee members presenting their seventh draft of the same complaint. Such are the […]
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Though the number of organ donations in Karnataka has increased, the ratio of demand and supply of donations is quite low. Shubhangi Mathur If you are suffering from a disease and intend to go for an organ transplant, chances that you will find a donor have slightly increased but cannot be guaranteed. Swati Upadhyay, an […]
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BMTC’s women-only lounges which ensure the safety of women by debarring the entry of men at all times, fail to serve their purpose as women complain of a lack of security officials deployed to keep a check on these lounges. Nikita Arora It’s 9.00 PM and Sudeeksha Kouthsasa waits in the women-only bus-lounge at the […]
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It has been observed that RBI’s ‘Mani’ app for the visually impaired sometimes detects fake currency bills or even scrap paper as real money. Archita Chakaraborty “MANI” or Mobile Aided Note Identifier application by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going haywire, as the app is now also identifying bus tickets and fake currency […]
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Survey conducted by The Softcopy’ shows that nine out of ten consumers in Bengaluru are against paying a price for the eco-friendly carry bags that are provided by the retail marts. Neetu Saini After standing in a zigzag queue for hours at a retail mart in Vijayanagar, eagerly waiting for her turn, when Seema finally […]
Continue ReadingDespite Karnataka’s ban on advertisement on vehicles, there are hordes of vehicles that run on the streets of the city sporting commercials of all kinds. Bibek Baidya On the streets of Bengaluru, in traffic jams and at parking lots, hordes of buses and cars bearing advertisements of all sorts are not hard to spot. These […]
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