A Kulhar cup of tea

Traditional Kulhar cups are again catching the attention of the tea lovers. By Swati Ekka Tea vendors are now shifting from plastic and paper cups to Kulhar cups. From the past two-three years, there has been an increase in demand for Kulhar cups. Manyrestaurants and tea selling vendors prefer to use Kulhar cups because of […]

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City government schools lack standard safety facilities

Security in government schools of Bengaluru has been neglected since long. By Swati Ekka  Bengaluru: The government has failed to provide the basic safety facilities in government schools in the city. Many government schools lack fire alarms, ‘School Ahead’ safety sign boards, watchman to control the traffic and CCTV cameras. NIMHANS School Safety Appraisal revealed […]

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Glitches in the online attendance system

Real time attendance and biometric attendance system, implemented in June 2016 suffers from a technical glitch.   By Swati Ekka Bangalore:  The State government has failed to fix the technical difficulties plaguing Students Achievement tracking System (SATS KARNATAKA), which was implemented to monitor the attendance of the government school teachers and overall performance of the students. […]

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Water crisis hits Bangalore

Due to depleting groundwater, BWSSB has narrowed down the approvals on applications to drill borewells in the city. By Swati Ekka Number of ‘No objection certificates’ (NOCs)  issued by Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for drilling borewellshave gone down by 20 percent in last five years. This is a result of the depletion […]

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