Student’s choices and opinions regarding vocational courses should be considered at the top while implementing the scheme, says official. Even if you are passionate about painting, photography, or are interested in makeup and hairstyling, not every government school offers such courses to you. Only 1.86 percent of government and government aided schools in Karnataka offer […]
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Policies against discrimination still needed, says activist. If you are looking forward to the Supreme Court’s judgement towards same sex marriage, you might want to know about the homophobia held by some political parties. M G Mahesh, Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said, “We will not accept the concept of same-sex marriages, neither will […]
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Karnataka organises more than 300 chess tournaments every year. Karnataka is seeing a boom in chess tournaments. Arvind Shastri, Secretary of Karnataka State Chess Association, said, “There has been a big boom in Chess Olympiads after the pandemic in India. More than 600 chess tournaments are organised in a year. Karnataka itself carries more than […]
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BMS Hospital says BBMP asked them to cooperate for three days since it is a popular festival. People at Kadelekai Parishe were seen blowing whistles, disturbing the patients at the nearby Bhusanayana Mukundadas Sreenivasaiah (BMS) hospital and the residents of Basavangudi. Kadalekai Parishe, also known as the annual Groundnut Festival, is being celebrated in Bengaluru […]
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Along with MyCityMyBudget campaign, online portal will help citizens to share local problems they are facing in the city. An online portal for the citizens of Bengaluru will be launched on the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) website where they can raise their voices about major issues in the city. Sri Jayaram Raipura IRS, Special […]
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Experts say increased fines and cancellation of registration can help in reducing the number of people driving with defective number plates. Data from the Traffic Police Headquarters show the cases of defective number plates have reached over three lakh from January till October, 2022. People are hiding their number plates or the last number of […]
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The festival saw a footfall of more than eight lakh people leading to a shortage of groundnuts. On the third day of Kadalekai Parishe, the authorities closed the fair after most farmers exhausted their groundnut stocks. Kadalekai Parishe which began on Sunday witnessed a footfall of more than eight lakh people. The organisers had expected […]
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Expert says incidence of heart attack reduce by almost 80 percent by donating blood. Donating blood can help in preventing major heart diseases in the donor. Dr. R. Shreelatha, Professor and Head of Department (HOD) of Immunohematology and Blood Bank Transfusion at Victoria Hospital said, “People are unaware about the fact that donating blood can […]
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Out of 8029 cases registered till Oct 15, 1423 cases were resolved through mediation till date. Divorce cases in Bengaluru are substantially increasing in the past few years. The data from Bangalore Mediation Centre (BMC) shows the number of cases referred from family court to mediation centre were 5,821 in 2018 which has increased to […]
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Study shows 35 percent of employees feel “lonely and lost” due to the prevailing work from home culture. Work from Home (WFH) further affects the mental health of employees to a large extent. A study of the impact of WFH on the mental health of Information Technology company employees shows that 35 percent of employees […]
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