Workers strike work across Karnataka against the state government. Anganwadi workers still await gratuity for which they have started protesting against the state government. “Despite the Supreme Court’s recent order, the state government has still not taken any action,” said the protesting workers today. SC ordered in April that all anganwadi workers and helpers were […]
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Cases of excess passengers in goods vehicles have doubled this year, and police fined the passengers Rs. 200. Bengaluru traffic police data shows that cases of carrying excess passengers in goods vehicleshave increased. In 2021, 20,794 cases were booked but in 2022, till October 49,834 cases have been booked. Chandan KB, a quality engineer at […]
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UN gender report 2022 shows, it will take 140 years more for women to get equal representation in the workplace. The World Bank data shows the number of women taking part in paid work dropped from 32 percent in 2005 to 19.2 percent in 2021. Pooja Rathi, team leader at Excel Dynamic said, “In […]
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Government school teachers feel the lack of teachers affects the quality of education. United District Information System for Education (UDISE+) data shows student enrolment in state government has increased from 50,31,606 in 2020-2021 to 54,45,989 in 2021-2022. At the same time, the number of teachers in government schools has decreased from 2,08168 to 1,99,057. Government-aided […]
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Patients share deeply personal information in confidence, but in turn, do not receive the treatment needed. The lack of regulation on online therapy has led to the mushrooming of pseudo-therapists. These therapists are taking advantage of the stigma attached to mental health issues that discourage people from attending in-person consultations. Pritha Roy, a third-year dental […]
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To make digital data safer, encrypted information can only be decoded by authorised users who have access to a cryptographic “key”. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed a true random number generator (TRNG) device, which can improve data encryption and cyber security for sensitive digital data such as credit or debit card details, passwords […]
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Post-COVID many districts in Karnataka are receiving more child labour cases. Incidents of child labour in Karnataka show no sign of decreasing post the pandemic. Raids by the Karnataka Labour Department in 2021-22 have rescued about 850 children from various workplaces. Data collected from Karnataka Labour Department show that 1,981 children have been rescued in […]
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The absence of a traffic signal at the Kumbalgodu intersection poses threat to pedestrians. Pedestrians crossing Mysore Road at the Kumbalgodu junction put their lives at risk as there is no traffic signal to stop oncoming traffic. Traffic police, too, have a tough time monitoring the traffic flow. Data collected from Kumbalgodu Police Station show […]
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The lack of parking spots causes people to park on the road. In the Avenue Road area, people park their vehicles on the road and in no parking zones causing traffic jams. Sandesh P, who runs a dry fruit shop said, “The lane is very narrow and two-wheelers parked on the footpath make it even […]
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