With sports events resuming across the country, smiles and wheelchairs are back on the courts with a smash. Bengaluru: The crowd in the stands went ‘Woohoo’ as soon as the player on wheels smashed the ball. Claps and hoots cheered the player up and he pranced in the court of the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis […]
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Bengaluru has seen a sharp increase in the number of fire accidents thanks to a lack of safety measures. Bengaluru: Buildings burn; fire brigades rescue. More and more buildings are burning in Bengaluru. The latest NCRB data shows the cases of fire accidents have risen from 2808 in 2018 to more than 3114 in 2019. […]
Continue ReadingPetrol pumps in Bangalore are selling petrol in plastic bottles and containers, defying the law. Bengaluru: Petrol pumps are not following the central government’s orders. It is banned in India to sell fuel in However several petrol pumps and rural retailers were found selling fuel in plastic bottles and other containers in full view of […]
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As playschools remain shut, neighbours provide pre-school services to children of working parents. Bangalore: New playschools have opened up in colonies, by their own residents. They provide hyper local services to limited residents to ensure hygiene and safety of the toddlers. While established playschools struggle to stay afloat in the pandemic, these new ventures are […]
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Recovering from the pandemic has been hard for organizers who plan trekking adventures in Bangalore. Bengaluru: Trekking has continued its mountainous fight against the pandemic. In Bengaluru, trekking activities haven’t picked up their pace post-Unlock. Trekking organizations are struggling to recover from their lockdown-induced losses. “The bookings for trekking have resumed but are yet to […]
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Bank officials say that banks too many coins result in them exceeding their minimum balance. BENGALURU: Nagraj Yadav sits at his tea shack, looking despondently at the little cardboard box filled with Rs 10 coins, amounting to about Rs. 2000. He does not know what to do with them. Depositing them in a bank is […]
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Fewer imports by the US, Germany and other European nations are responsible. Bengaluru: The leather exports industry of India has suffered a huge plunge because of the Covid-19 induced lockdown. The leather exports industry saw a downfall of 34.15 percent. According to the Council for Leather Exports, India exported Rs. 278,056.32 million (US$ 3,984.13 million) […]
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With bookstores closed due to the lockdown, some online stores like The Comic Book Store saw a growth of 5000 percent they say. Bengaluru: Hundreds of paperback graphic novels lie stacked in the comic book aisle of the Blossom bookstore. Many writers and artists had to stop their production because stores were shut during the […]
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Out of the 41,403 vendors who have applied to the PM Svanidhi scheme, only 8522 have received the amount. They say that they get pushed around from one office to another. Bengaluru: For the past two months, Munilaxmi has been going to the State Bank of India (SBI) office in Kumara Park every other day. […]
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Debris waste, a major cause of pollution, has only one under-utilized Construction and Development (C&D) waste recycling plant in the city. Bengaluru: If you’re on the Ulsoor Road stretch, within a couple of minutes a thin layer of dust will cover your phone like a screen guard. This thin layer, which you would casually wipe […]
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