The Forest department said that hundreds of cases of sandalwood theft are reported each year in Karnataka alone. Bengaluru: A microchip developed by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST) to detect sandalwood theft cannot be produced on a mass scale because the central government is yet to release funds for it. V. Soundarajan, […]
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Students praise offline new board exam pattern requiring them to answer multiple choice questions , leaving parents worried. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) term one board exam that started today have been welcomed by the students for their Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) pattern, while the experts doubt the quality of knowledge retention. Noor H., […]
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KARD is set to meet the CM today discussing the concerns. The doctor show concern about their demands still not being met. Although junior doctors went on strike, the Out-Patient Department (OPD) ran well as doctors worked in shifts and juggled their workload with the protests.. “I didn’t face any problems today when I went […]
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The cancelling of Munawar Faruqui’s show has made a bad situation worse for comedians. Several comedians in the city fear performing after Munawar Faruqui’s event got cancelled in Bengaluru on Sunday. Gaurav Purohit, a stand up comedian, believes if comedians are penalized for their jokes, the art form will die out gradually.”I do not want […]
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Various Kannada literary works are set to be released at the event, along with display of other works of historic importance. The third state session of Akhila Bharathiya Sahitya Parishad (ABSP ) will be held in Ujire, Dakshin Kannada on January 8 and 9, 2022. The event was supposed to take place in December 2021 […]
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Accidental pesticide poisoning cases increase proportionally with the sales of chemical fertilizers Cases of unintentional pesticide and insecticide poisoning have increased by 13 percent in Karnataka, and about six percent across the country between 2019 and 2020, shows data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. In Karnataka, 862 cases were reported in 2019 […]
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At least five buildings collapsed in Bangalore over a span of three weeks. Bengaluru Bruhat Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has not taken any action after conducting a survey in October to identify dilapidated buildings. The buildings in Bengaluru are collapsing because of improper implementation of National Building Code and BBMP Act of 2020 by BBMP, said […]
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NIFTY index of Small and Marginal Enterprises (SMEs) outperform NIFTY index of top 50 companies Small and Marginal enterprises (SMEs) make a comeback after the pandemic with 43 percent growth in six months, performing better than big capital companies. Small companies believe that their flexible structure is the reason behind their good comeback after […]
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Schrodinger’s thought experiment rules the popular culture of 21st century. Erwin Schrödinger’s thought experiment on quantum mechanics known as “Schrödinger’s Cat” was published 86 years ago on this day. Today the millennials and Gen Z have taken interest in it through a variety of pop culture activities. Sheldon Cooper, a character in The Big […]
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Consumers find products at artisan bazaars to be highly-priced. Artisans in the Artisan Bazaar who come from outside Karnataka spend a lot of money on living costs and transport, thereby losing out on profits. A stall owner from Rajasthan at the bazaar, Rajini Sripathy said, “My profits have fallen by 50 percent vand the profits […]
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