Kannada comedians get fewer open mic opportunities than English comedians in Bengaluru’s established comedy clubs. In Bengaluru, amateur Kannada comedians seek opportunities in the open mics hosted by four Kannada collectives, namely Tharle Box, NamduK, Lolbagh and Ondh Joke Hella. English comedians however, have an array of opportunities to perform in open mics hosted at […]
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WHO in its guidelines to eradicate AIDS by 2030 had recommended PrEP as a preventive medicine but India remains amongst those who didn’t adopt it. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medicine that prevents Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection remains inaccessible to Indians who are susceptible to it. WHO says PrEP can reduce the risk of infection […]
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More students are attending offline classes after schools and colleges began RT-PCR tests. Parents are willing to send their wards to schools and colleges after administrations decided to conduct a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction test (RT-PCR) once a week. A Public Relations Officer (PRO) of a school in Kumbalgodu said, “We are conducting RT-PCR tests […]
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Wedding bands struggle to survive the pandemic Covid-19 and the resultant lockdowns affected the livelihoods of Band Bajas (Wedding Bands) in the city. The pandemic has made their survival more difficult than before. Group leaders of wedding band services in Bengaluru said that the pandemic has made them bankrupt. Some band members said that they […]
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Despite the Rajiv Gandhi Chaitanya Yojane scheme, the transgender community is unable to find employment opportunities. Transgenders in Bangalore do not get jobs in the government sector despite the one percent reservation proposed by the government. Out of around 6000 transgenders in Bengaluru, a few get jobs in NGOs and some in the corporate sector, but none […]
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The recycled water ensures less wastage while providing better aesthetics say experts. The fountain at K R Circle uses recycled water from the Cubbon Park Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). Ashwak Bagi, assistant executive engineer at BBMP said that they were still calculating the amount of water used. He said, “it uses water from the Cubbon […]
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New LED fixtures of Chinnaswamay Stadium and LED street lights will increase threat to the natural biodiversity of Bengaluru. The shift from traditional street lights to LED fixtures is a step forward for sustainable energy but will increase light pollution. Research shows that LED lighting disturbs the day-and-night rhythm of all living beings. It might […]
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Challenges continue for LGBTQIA+ community as college washrooms and hostels are segregated for only males and females. Non-binary students in Bangalore colleges are at discomfort due to lack of gender-neutral housing and washrooms. College authorities are yet to finish building such spaces as directed by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The Tata Institute of Social […]
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Hospitals in Bangalore are surrounded by high decibel levels of noise, hampering the recovery of patients and efficiency of the staff. Patients are suffering as decibel levels outside several hospitals in the city are much higher than the prescribed limits. The patients admitted in Brookefield Hospital near Whitefield said, they were unable to get a […]
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People can now get their vaccinations late at night at a couple of centres. Two mega vaccination centres in the city help busy people get vaccinated late into the night. The Malleswaram Mega Vaccination Centre is open 24×7 while the one at Yelahanka is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. People prefer them because […]
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