Despite the increasing popularity of digital transactions, rural Karnataka is crippled by poor digitization. Surbhi Shah A coconut seller in the city has an option for online payment but a restaurant in the countryside does not even have a machine to swipe credit cards. Nothing illustrates the rural-urban divide in digitisation better. “In cities, finding […]
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Despite the declining population growth rate of the Jain community in the country, there has been a rise in the number of youths attaining sainthood, therefore killing economic growth in many ways. By Surbhi Shah Drums rolled, people danced, and a 13-year-old wore her best outfit and jewellery for one last time before being wrapped […]
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The art of preserving heritage sites is much more difficult than it seems. In the process of their restoration, there have also been instances of loss of originality and ancient touch of the murals. By Surbhi Shah Bengaluru, February 25, 2020 Re-constructing ancient sites of importance without losing their essence is a much more difficult […]
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The prevalence of blindness is at 1.99 per cent in India as against the target set by the National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment (NPCBVI) to reduce the per cent to 0.3 by the year 2020. Surbhi Shah It’s all blurry. You cannot see the buses coming near. You cannot see the […]
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As Karnataka recorded its highest number of KFD cases in three years with the death of ten victims, Bangaloreans have no clue what Kyasanur Forest Disease is. Surbhi Shah What happens in Kyasanur, stays in Kyasanur—is what Bangalore thinks when it comes to awareness of the deadly zoonotic disease. Survey conducted by ‘The Softcopy’ shows […]
Continue ReadingThe Bengaluru Traffic Police hopes to solve the city’s traffic management by introducing an adaptive traffic management system. Surbhi Shah Standing at one of the busiest junctions in Cubbon Park, city traffic police officer Ramanaswamy was hopeful at the prospect of installation of adaptive signals in Bengaluru, for he will not have to change the […]
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Karnataka ranks second in terms of rabies in India. Surbhi Shah The shortage of rabies vaccine is contributing to the increasing number of rabies cases in Karnataka. Data released by the National Health Profile 2019 shows that in India, out of 110 cases of reported rabies, there are 110 deaths, making it a 100 per […]
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PM Modi’s declaration of open defecation free India, proves to be fallacious as India is still not free, as per the panchayat reports of Belagavi By Surbhi Shah The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) failed to meet its deadline in Belagavi district as 81 per cent of the households do not have toilets, Rural Development and […]
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Unaware India steps towards renewable energy with uncertain steps. Surbhi Shah India might have the potential to reach 175 Giga-Watts (GW) of renewable energy by 2022,but, say experts, the road is long and hard. “India is a big country. The demand for resources is huge. Now it is a necessity to switch to renewable sources […]
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Tetanus still prevalent in Karnataka with rising cases and empty vaccine warehouses By Surbhi Shah Bengaluru: Tetanus cases are on the rise as Karnataka is low on vaccine stocks. There is a 60.71 per cent increase of tetanus cases as against last year in the state as per the National Health Profile 2019 report. “There […]
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