Athletes keep waiting for the medical insurance despite being promised by the government. Athletes in Karnataka do not get medical insurance promised by the Karnataka government’s Department of Youth Empowerment and Sport. Shivaji Madappagoudra an Asian Athletic Championship winner said that he applied for medical claim on insurance last year but has not received it […]
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Private school vans modify their vehicles and carry children on a fixed monthly fare—which is illegal according to law. But, the practice still goes on in many parts of Bangalore city. Nagesh, Superintendent of police at the Karnataka transport department head office admitted that this is a problem. He said “We are aware that […]
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Post remains vacant as students don’t have teachers for physical education. Bangalore: The Primary and High Schools in K Gollahalli, have no physical education teacher. The Headmaster of the high school, said that they had sent letters to the government to hire teachers for the vacant posts. Geetha T, Headmaster of K Gollahalli Government High […]
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The awareness around pet adoption has resulted in more rescued animals being adopted. However, people still prefer to buy pets from breeders. The rate of adoption of animals, especially dogs has seen an increase in Bangalore after the pandemic years. Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA), one of the biggest organizations working in the field of […]
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Urbanization and toxins like nitrogen in lakes is driving pied kingfishers out of Bengaluru. The pied kingfisher is scarce to come by in the city for the past few years. Bird watchers said that this was a result of habitat destruction and loss of biodiversity. Dr. Krishna MB, ecologist and ornithologist said that there has […]
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It has been over a year since work started on refurbishing the Government Aquarium in Cubbon Park. No dates have been announced for the re-opening of the government aquarium in Cubbon Park as work continues on renovating it. According to news reports, the aquarium was all set to reopen in November. The renovation work is […]
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Unfinished storm water drainage project has been unattended for half a year. Doddanekundi residents are dealing with foul smell, increase in traffic flow and safety problems for the last six months due to the stalled storm water drainage (SWD) construction. This project was initiated before the elections with the goal of alleviating flooding and improving […]
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