Job security still a fantasy for many outsourced employees who work on a contract. They have threatened to go on strike from December 19 if their demands are not met. Outsourced workers — drivers, loaders, cleaners, and water delivery people will not work from Dec 20, as a part of their protest against unequal wages. […]
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The contractor has been blacklisted by the BWSSB. The family of a Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) contract worker who died due to negligence has been compensated Rs 12 lakh by the civic body. Officials said that the family members will also get compensatory jobs. Parmeshwara, Chief Engineer (West) said, “We took all […]
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Hasiru Prathishtana Trust demands that the government start schemes to encourage women to marry farmers. Bengaluru: The Hasiru Prathishtana Trust demands an incentive of Rs. 10 lakh from the government for girls in rural areas to encourage them to marry farmers. Girls of the rural economy prefer employed men for marriage, they said. The percentage of […]
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Number of licensed launches in the United States from 1989 to 2022 highlighting the shift to a private space industry By Anas Ali Global turnover of space economy for 2009 to 2021 By Taniva Singha Roy List of Satellites launched by ISRO By Harshita Meenaktshi Government expenditure on space programs in 2020 and 2021, by […]
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More than 600 florists at Wilson Garden are facing a loss. The BBMP sealed the shops of the florists and High court of Karnataka directed them to be shut down completely. More than 100 wholesale flower shops at Wilson Garden were asked shut down by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Nov 7, 2022 […]
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FIFA World Cup: Leading goal scorers 1930-2018 By Sai Aravindh In the 2006 Fifa world cup in Germany, Miroslav Klose scored 16 goals, highest by a player in a single world cup. This is followed by C. Ronaldo, by scoring a total of 15 goals in the 2018 Brazil World cup. Total attendance in FIFA […]
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Surging prices of LPG are causing people in rural and urban India to look for substitutes. Bengaluru: The increase in cooking gas prices is forcing people to use substitutes for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). The government has stopped subsidies for LPG. Nikhil Mandal, a migrant from Kolkata who is working as a cleaner in Whitefield, […]
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NHAI official says that they are exploring the process. Multiple toll booths are still functioning within a distance of 60 kilometres (km) on National Highways (NH) in Karnataka despite an announcement by Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, in February 2022. The section 8(2) in the National Highways Fee (Determination of […]
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Devadasis whose names are not on the 15-year-old survey list are not able to avail government schemes. Devadasis that were inducted into the devadasi system in the past 15 years are missing out on the benefits of government schemes. Only devadasis whose names are on the survey list are able to avail these schemes. The […]
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Beedi workers in Karnataka are receiving less than the minimum wage fixed by the Labour department. The workers of the Beedi Colony in Bengaluru are being paid Rs.160 despite the minimum wage set at Rs. 281.77 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on March 14, 2018. “I receive Rs. 160 for rolling 1000 beedis […]
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