The plan to merge the children helpline number 1098 with 112 was taken back by the government in 2022. Childline helpline number 1098 is out of service due to connectivity issues. The child protection department which is aware of the problem still hasn’t been able to solve it. “It has been merged with 112 to […]
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Sudharma the only existing Sanskrit newspaper in India is starting a subscription model for their e-paper Sudharma, India’s only Sanskrit newspaper in circulation, has seen a 40% increase in readership and is planning to start an affordable subscription model for its e-paper early next year. “Our e-paper circulation is worldwide and especially after COVID-19, we […]
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Fair Price Shops in Bengaluru are having technical issues with the bio metric fingerprint scanners. The bio metric scanners at fair price shops in Bengaluru are having technical issues like, finger recognition and connecting to the internet to work properly. Finger scanning and the ration cards are the only ways to get ration and issues […]
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The Forensic department of Karnataka has 482 vacancies out of the total 804 sanctioned posts. The high number of vacancies in the Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories (DFSL), Karnataka is leading to a high number of pending forensic cases. This delay also causes a delay in the judicial proceedings of many cases. The former Chief […]
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Many schemes for the farmers, but just a few benefit them and very few are being implemented. Bengaluru: Farmers in rural Bengaluru did not receive any insurance or subsidies for the losses they faced following the recent floods. Some schemes launched by the state government in the recent budget are not implemented yet. Venkateshappa, a […]
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Number of civilian casualties during the war in Ukraine 2022 By Deepali The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified a total number of 6,595 civilian deaths during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as of November 20, 2022. Among those were, 415 were children and further 10,189 people were reported […]
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Primary Health Centre (PHC) of K.Gollahalliis unable to reap the benefits of solar powered healthcare. The solar-powered electricity has stopped working at PHC of K.Gollahalli. Dr. Shalini, Medical Officer at PHC in K. Gollahalli said, “Earlier, the PHC was powered by solar energy but it has stopped working since last year.” The government has recommended […]
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Female sterilization has increased by 9 percent in the state while male falls to zero. A report by National Family Health Survey suggests, vasectomies went from 0.2 percent in 2016 to zero in 2021. While, tubectomies saw an increase from 48.6 percent to 57.5 percent in five years. Dr Aarti Kulkarni a Gynaecologist said that […]
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UN gender report 2022 shows, it will take 140 years more for women to get equal representation in the workplace. The World Bank data shows the number of women taking part in paid work dropped from 32 percent in 2005 to 19.2 percent in 2021. Pooja Rathi, team leader at Excel Dynamic said, “In […]
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Six Chilume Trust officials along with four BBMP officials have been taken into police custody for three days and 14 days, respectively. The six employees of the Chilume Trust who were arrested have been identified and taken into police custody for 14 days. Moreover, three regional officers and one assistant revenue officer from the Bruhat […]
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