Wool production in Karnataka has reduced by 73.5 percent despite an increase in sheep population. Wool production in the state has been on a decline due to lack of demand, regulated market and awareness. Sheep farmers in the state said that there are no buyers in the market for the wool so they shear off […]
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A Supreme Court appointed committee is supposed to complete the regularization by December 31, 2022. The Supreme Court (SC) appointed Justice Chandrashekhar Committee (JCC) has managed to regularize the applications of only 20 percent of the house owners at Shivaram Karanth Layout in 15 months. The deadline for completion of regularization of all the buildings […]
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Victoria hospital gets Karnataka’s first hyperbaric oxygen therapy unit which will be free of cost for people below the poverty line (BPL). With Covid-19 cases falling in Bengaluru, cases of respiratory infections are rising. A popular treatment to cure complex respiratory infections and sick tissues is the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). It is a medical […]
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Importing poor quality cashew seeds has caused a decline in our exports. Vishwak started a cashew export business in January 2016. He runs Sree Krishna Prasad cashews in Udupi, Karnataka, which imports raw cashew seeds from Zimbabwe. The declining quality of the seeds has led to a decrease in the amount of cashew he used […]
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High Court of Karnataka restated that a customer in a brothel cannot be brought into criminal proceedings. After hearing the petition filed by a man who was charged in such a case, the single judge bench of Justice M Nagarpasanna said, “It is not in dispute that the petitioner was a customer in the brothel […]
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Nationalized banks fail to dispense bank cards to account holders amidst chip shortage. Lakhs of new bank account openers of nationalised banks wait for their cards from October 2021 due to heavy chip shortage in the country. Ashitha, a teenager who opened her account in November and waiting for the card said, “I am walking […]
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Dwindling supplies and soaring demand has pushed the prices of lemons high. Laxmi owns a lemon soda cart at Church Street. For the past few days, she has been incurring losses because her business is running slow. She pays a parking rent of Rs. 500 a day. After that, she is left with no savings. […]
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All India Student Association (AISA) have called for a mass delegation to meet JNUvice-chancellor while the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (AVBP) students have demanded an official inquiry. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) said that they will conduct a procedural inquiry into the violence that took place in Kaveri Hostel on Sunday. Dean of the student, […]
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More than 1,700 players registered for the tournament, which is highest for a single junior category tournament. Serves, smashes, drops, clears, and drives were all on the show at the All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament -2022 in Bangalore. Players on the court broke sweat to win points. Few players were warming up just outside […]
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The women confessed to the Byadrahalli Police that she killed her husband with an iron rod. Irritated with constant arguments, Varalaxmi, a 48 year-old woman killed her 52 year-old husband, Umesh with an iron rod. Varalaxmi said out that her husband, Umesh, would fight with her because she did not bore him sons. He would […]
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