Popularity of online fanfic websites is soaring; fans say the genre is a good exercise in creativity. By Niket Nishant Mr. Bean is an alcoholic. He is struggling in the absence of his wife, Lara Croft, who is out for another covert mission in Tehran. Their three daughters, the Powerpuff Girls, watch in tense silence […]
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A Delhi-based start-up is leading the new trend for electoral candidates to get funds directly from the public. Niket Nishant In an attempt to make elections more transparent, crowd-funding is emerging as a new trend among political candidates. Besides finding favour among the masses, it is also viewed by experts as a way to cleanse […]
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A new study shows that consumers are tilting more towards mobile gaming with every passing year By Niket Nishant Bengaluru: The scourge of parents worldwide and the addiction of almost every teenager is a booming industry growing every year. A study conducted by App Annie, a data-provider for the mobile market globally, showed that in […]
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Out of the 300 articles retracted over three years, 16 from the state. By Niket Nishant You plan. You copy. You change a word or two here and there. But then you throw it away. Too obvious. You rewrite, this time replacing a few erudite words with more mundane ones. But then some of those […]
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Karnataka fails to guarantee resolution of citizens’ grievances By Niket Nishant Bengaluru: The dismal state of grievance redressal mechanism in the country is plainly evident through Karnataka. More than half of the complaints received in the state over three years have been left unresolved. Data recently released by the Centre shows that 54.4 per cent […]
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Industries cannot go on openly disregarding repercussions to the environment, they say. By Niket Nishant Hungry and deprived beings, squeezed in among concrete giants and groveling in filth, with no clean air to breathe. This could soon be the fate of the human race, if engineering, architecture and designing continue to be done with little […]
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Residents of distant villages in Sirwar complain of lack of public transport and apathy from the government. By Niket Nishant “For a long time now, I have wanted to live in Tulajaram village of Sirwar taluk with my parents. But the lack of public transport here is deterring me,” says Mr. Panduranga, a resident of […]
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A third victim emerges in the “unnatural death” case. However, he is out of danger now. By Niket Nishant There is a third victim in Vyalikaval’s “unnatural death” saga, an officer of the Vyalikaval Police Station said. “Post-mortems of the two deceased, Abhilash and Gopi, have been conducted. The third victim is receiving treatment at […]
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Recent findings show that 20 per cent of the Community Health Centres in Karnataka have X-ray machines which do not function. By Niket Nishant About a fifth of the Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Karnataka are operating without a functional X-ray machine. However, among other states and union territories with 200 or more CHCs, the […]
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The ticking time-bomb of climate change is firmly strengthening its grasp around the city. Niket Nishant Bengaluru has recorded irregular and unpredictable rainfall in October this year, with the departure from normal as high as 57 per cent. This signals a shift in the overall climate of the city, experts warn. An official of the […]
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