Young blood: Donating now

An increase in the number of young donors is helping blood banks in the city restore their blood bank supplies.       More young people are donating blood, as blood banks are coming up with campaigns to encourage blood donation post-Covid. “There has been a 30-45 percent rise in the number of young people donating blood […]

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Single screen theatres look before they leap

The Karnataka Film Chamber wants new safety protocols with resumption of 100 percent occupancy in cinema halls. Theatres and viewers have been callous with the safety guidelines as cinemas re-open with 100 per cent occupancy. Prema, a film enthusiast said she had visited Cauvery theatre thrice since the restriction has been lifted. “There haven’t been […]

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Third-gender yet to receive government jobs

Despite the Rajiv Gandhi Chaitanya Yojane scheme, the transgender community is unable to find employment opportunities. Transgenders in Bangalore do not get jobs in the government sector despite the one percent reservation proposed by the government. Out of around 6000 transgenders in Bengaluru, a few get jobs in NGOs and some in the corporate sector, but none […]

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