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Home | 2023 | February

Month: February 2023

Vegan meat gaining strength

February 23, 2023February 27, 2023 Shreshtha Dutta877

Report shows plant-based meat industry is expected to grow by 27.8 percent within the next four years. A report shows that Indian plant-based meat market is expected to grow by 27.80 percent between 2022 and 2027. The emerging trend of veganism and awareness against  animal killing for meat production has contributed to the present rise […]

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Fix My Street App needs a fix

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Neha Soni954

BBMP says it has updated the app a week ago and the issues will now be resolved Many users complain about technical glitches in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) ‘Fix My Street’ application which does not let them register or raise complaints. This is despite BBMP officials claiming they have updated the app a […]

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Nightmare hostels for BCM students

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Riya Roy Chowdhury1379

The Backward Classes Minority (BCM) students are complaining about poor food quality and hygiene but officials deny any recent complaints. The Backward Classes and Minority (BCM) hostels lack basic facilities like clean washrooms, water supply, beds, and good quality food. Renuka C, a Master’s student staying in the D Devaraj Arasu Backwards Post Graduation hostel […]

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Pucca house promises: APP, JD(S)

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Taniva Singha Roy769

Opposition parties said they are planning to regularize the privately owned illegal slums  if elected to power. Opposition parties like AAP and JD(S)’s emphasis will be on providing housing for all, and pucca houses with proper sanitation to slum dwellers. Ashok Mruthyunjaya, Bangalore vice president, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that the party has always […]

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Foreign travel, investments to be hit soon

February 9, 2023March 1, 2023 Anas Ali937

Citizens now have to pay higher taxes on foreign payments due to the proposed four-fold hike on TCS. If you are finally planning that foreign trip you missed due to the pandemic or looking to support your children’s living expenses abroad, you ought to book the travel package or complete your transactions within the coming […]

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Cauvery Calling: Focus on Cauvery in manifestos

February 9, 2023 Harshita Meenaktshi735

The BJP says that work on the Mekedatu project will start by 2023  The Cauvery river now finds a prominent place in the manifestos of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and Janata Dal(Secular) (JD(S)) for the Karnataka elections in 2023. Most political parties in Karnataka, in their manifesto,  are promising […]

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MPLAD funds: more than half unused

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Anupreksha Jain1069

MPLAD scheme is used more for non developmental projects instead of creating durable community assets. Only 48 percent of funds under Member of Parliament Local Area Development scheme (MPLAD) have been used. Each Member of Parliament (MP) in Bengaluru received Rs 12 crores in 2018-2019, of which around Rs. three crores have been used as […]

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Laid off employees cannot afford rent

February 9, 2023April 21, 2023 Anuja Parashar1019

Layoffs are becoming one of the reasons for a drop in demand for rental properties in Bengaluru. Sunil Bakshi has been struggling to find a tenant for over three months. He said, “In the last three months, I lost my second tenant. The last one left as he was unable to pay the rent since […]

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LGBTQIA+ kids seek acceptance in schools

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Aakriti Srivastava846

Inclusive environment for the LGBTQIA+ community is still something that schools need to work on, say students Schools in the city are yet to raise awareness and bring inclusivity for the LGBTQIA+ community, despite the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 focussing on providing transgender individuals with equitable and inclusive education. Rishi (name changed), a class […]

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Need for gender-neutral infrastructure in schools

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Dhananjay Gautam682

NCERT’s new curriculum mandates gender neutrality but schools don’t implement them because they say that there is a lack of trans students.  The transgender community in the city wants more focus on basic facilities in school like separate toilets, qualified teachers, and sensitizing students about the subject of the trans community to make education for […]

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