Teachers have to repeat instructions multiple times to be understood. As schools are reopening, dyslexic children are having trouble in the learning process as the teachers have to wear masks which muffle their voices. According to a study,“While masks prevent the spread of COVID, they also make spoken language more difficult for children to understand, […]
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An increase in the number of vehicles and poor monitoring of scrap tires contributes to tire burning, leading to pollution in the city. Industry’s burning of tires for fuel and oil goes unchecked by the government posing serious dangers to the environment. Burning of tires is illegal and is nationally prohibited under the National Environmental […]
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Tele-law service was launched as a part of Digital India campaign in 2017. Tele-law services are still not available at Common Service Centres (CSC) across Bengaluru although it has been operational across the country since December 2019. There are 51,434 CSCs in the country and 753 of these centers are in Karnataka. Out of these, […]
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had planned to introduce pink autos in the city back in 2018. Bengaluru: Residents of the city have to wait longer for pink autos as the BBMP does not have any plans to launch them soon. Rajeshwari S, Assistant Commissioner of Welfare at BBMP said that they don’t have any […]
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Seventeen percent of school-going children in India suffer from myopia. It is one of the emerging public health concerns. Bengaluru: Lack of outdoor activities has led to a rise in the number of myopia cases in children between five to 15 years of age in India. Myopia instances increased about 60 percent between 2019 and2021 […]
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The illegal trade has increased by 300 percent after the pandemic; pushing the species to extinction, experts say. Bengaluru: The illegal trade of the highly elusive pangolin mammals shot up after the coronavirus pandemic, an Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) report states. There has been a 300 percent increase in the […]
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Although most schools in Bengaluru have stopped admitting children in the Right to Education (RTE) quota, the children who remain in schools under this quota struggle. Bengaluru: RTE quota children in Bengaluru’s private schools struggle to learn, adapt and face several other problems. These have only worsened after school closures during the pandemic. Parents are […]
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Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBMG) claims that they have constructed IHHL (Individual Household Laterines) with 100 percent coverage in Urban Benagluru. Bengaluru: K Gollahalli Village, Kengeri Hoballi still faces a shortage of household toilets despite the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin (SBMG) claim that they constructed IHHL with 100 percent coverage in Urban Bengaluru. Ranga, 32, […]
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Doctors say the vaccine might not necessarily be beneficial on an individual level but taken across a community it helps to reduce overall mortality. In Karnataka, there was a drastic fall in the number of children being vaccinated for the second and third doses of the Rotavirus vaccine (RVV). The diarrhoea causing virus is a […]
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Banks are filled with Rs 10 coins as customers want to exchange them for notes. Bengaluru: Bankers say that Rs. 10 coins do not get circulated because many traders and other commercial establishments do not accept them. This is despite ample minting and distribution of the coins. The Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India(SPMCIL) […]
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