Work from Home has brought losses for backpack sellers as children and IT professionals don’t need to carry bags anymore. Bengaluru: Promotion to a new class used to mean new school bags, new uniforms, new books and their cover stickers, writing names on them, but that is no longer the case. As children take online lessons and […]
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Restaurants across the city have volunteered to distribute free meals to Covid-19 patients. Chandigarh: It’s been almost a week since Sukhpreet tested positive for Covid-19. Living alone in Chandigarh, without his family to take care of him, has made it difficult for him to do all the daily chores and keep himself healthy. Ordering food […]
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With COVID-19’s second wave splashing against the country, many dental clinics have been shut, making patients suffer. Mysuru: Bhanu Ramachandra, a doctor, had to undergo a lot of pain when she had to get her wisdom teeth extracted. She had to get them all removed but her dentist had shut the door on all future […]
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BPL (Below Poverty Line) cardholders are only receiving a quarter of the rations from fair price shops compared to earlier in the year, as Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana runs its course. Bengaluru: Rathnamma was surprised when the clerk in her local PDS (Public distribution system) fair price shop charged a fraction of the […]
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Medical shop owners are running out of general and Covid-19 related medicines due to second wave of Covid-19. Bangalore: A young man Manjunath who had started a medical store in a rented room in Kumbalgodu had to borrow funds and has been running out of stocks. He is struggling to run his shop and is […]
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Study suggests that young people struggle with mental health issues due to portrayal of unrealistic, blemish-free skin on social media. Anusha Bose | April 27h, 2021 Bangalore: Priyasmita Dutta has often come across pictures of blemish-free skin of perfect models, while scrolling through Instagram. While looking at the photographs, she has constantly tried to pick […]
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Just as students saw reprieve from online learning as the first wave of the pandemic receded, the second wave is forcing summer camps to choose between moving online and shutting down. Bengaluru- This year, after the Covid-19 graph started plummeting, summer camp organizers considered conducting the summer camps online. But, with the second wave, they […]
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Auto-rickshaw drivers in the city rarely follow the fixed timing and charge one-and-a-half amount even before 10 p.m. Bengaluru: It has been a hectic Monday. You leave your office at 8:30 p.m., after working three hours overtime. You spot an auto-rickshaw and board it in a hurry. When you finally reach home after a 40-minute-long […]
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Women said that they prefer using duplicate or fake cosmetic products as they are cheaper compared to the branded ones and fit in their budget. Bengaluru: Ishita Bhagat, a resident of Kolkata, said that she prefers using fake cosmetic products as they are fancy and she can afford them. She said that she has been […]
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Magic remedies, immunity boosters claims of prevention of COVID19 have risen after the pandemic. Fear and anxiety of Covid-19 increased belief in superstitions and misinformation among society Bangalore: Misinformation, false claims, and superstitions have seen an increase along with the number of cases during the pandemic. Boom, a fact-checking website, shows 35 percent of false or misleading claims […]
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