As of September 2022, Karnataka has the fifth highest number of swine flu cases in India. The high price of the swine flu vaccine is causing people to avoid getting vaccinated, even as the number of cases is rising every day. Swine flu is a communicable viral disease which causes upper and lower respiratory tract […]
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Local committees are supposed to be constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. However, many structural problems hamper the functioning of the committees. Lack of awareness about the functioning of Local Complaints Committees (LCC) is resulting in low registration of complaints. No official data is available on […]
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Despite subsidies to encourage Kannada cinema, just two small theatres have been set up in Karnataka till 2022. Only two mini theatres have been set up in Karnataka so far, despite the subsidy offered by the government in an attempt to encourage regional Kannada movies in semi-urban and rural areas. Officials say the proposed subsidy […]
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Government schools in Bengaluru do not receive sanitary napkins under various health schemes like Shuchi, and MHS. Bengaluru: Government schools that are beneficiaries of schemes like Shuchi, and Menstrual Health Scheme (MHS) are not receiving benefits of these schemes. The schools did not receive sanitary napkins from the state government after 2018. Bharathi, the Head […]
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Researchers at the IISc have found ways to convert bio hazardous plastic waste into LEDs. A research scholar at the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has recently developed a method to convert bio hazardous plastic waste to white Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that can contribute to artificial […]
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Unemployment in Karnataka has increased by 2.6 times due to the increase in the women’s unemployment rate. The female unemployment rate in Karnataka has increased by 342 percent, which ultimately drove up the overall unemployment rate in the state by 2.6 times. This increase is indicated in the data by the Centre for Monitoring Indian […]
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Parties said that social media will play a major role in the upcoming elections. Major parties contesting the upcoming Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) elections have dedicated social media teams for campaigning on various social media platforms Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Suresh N said, “Digital media today is omnipresent. With 5G being rolled out, using […]
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Bengaluru recorded a hike in sales of cricket equipment as shop owners sell more in this T20 World Cup season. Sports goods shop owners recorded one of the highest hikes in the sale of the cricket bats in October and November 2022. “The T20 World Cup started on October 16, and this recorded an increase […]
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While some pourakarmikas received this monthly allowance every alternate month since July 2022, some are completely unaware of its existence. A hardship allowance of Rs 2000 for pourakarmikas was announced in the Karnataka 2022-23 budget speech.The financial assistance was supposed to start from July, along with the monthly salary of the pourakarmikas. However, pourakarmikas in […]
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Volume of alcoholic beverages imported to India between financial year 2016 to 2022 By Dhananjay Export of alcoholic beverages in India 2015-2021 By Riya Roy Chowdhury Wine consumption worldwide in 2021, by country By Somanjali Das Alcohol consumption in India from 2019-2021 by Aakriti Srivastava District wise sales of beer in Bengaluru north division By […]
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