A 70 per cent safeguard duty being mulled could reverse last year’s crash in prices. Bangalore, April 9, 2018: Solar energy prices could spike significantly, up to Rs. 3.30 to 3.75 per kilowatt hour, if the proposed safeguard duty of 70 per cent on solar modules—mainly imported from China, Taiwan, and Malaysia—is implemented. While a […]
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The improved method can be incorporated into existing therapy procedures. Bangalore, March 12, 2018: Researchers at IISc, Bangalore have developed improved “magnetic nanomotors”—a technology used in cancer treatment—which could play a key role in advancing cancer treatment. Nanomotors are molecular devices at the nanoscale (one to 100 hundred nanometers). When coated with a layer of iron […]
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The school has a toilet but children and teachers cannot use them. Bangalore, April 09, 2018: A government school in the city is functioning without toilets. The children are forced to use the toilet of a Primary Health Centre(PHC) next to the school. One eighty students – 86 girls and 94 boys of the Government […]
Continue ReadingIT laws prosecuting ethical hackers remain unchanged as cases of data breach increase Bangalore April 9 2018: A Reddit user named, always_say_this, exposed the vulnerabilities—like gaining access to bank account details, passwords, names of customers etc.—of the servers belonging to Truecaller Pay and Tata Sky. He expected to get rewarded, get or job or simply acknowledged but instead was […]
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As citizen groups put pressure on the government to save the heritage site, Janatha Bazaar loses customers Bangalore, April 9, 2018: Another heritage site is soon to be razed if the state government has its way. Housed in the Asiatic Building, the 52-year-old Janatha Bazaar, one of the few remaining places that speak of Bangalore’s old […]
Continue ReadingBengali Restaurants in Bangalore to see a hike in revenue as Bengali New Year dawns upon us Bangalore, April 9, 2018: Bengali New Year, also known as ‘Poila Baisakh’ is on the 15th of April this year. Famous The Bengali restaurants serving authentic Bengali food are expecting a hike in revenue. Swapan Ghosh, Manager at […]
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Over 70 killed and 500 injured in a suspected regime-backed gas attack in the last rebel held pocket of Douma. The United States, Turkey and the EU condemn the attacks Bangalore, March 09, 2018: Fierce airstrikes and a suspected chemical gas attack allegedly by the Syrian regime on the last rebel bastion in the Damascus […]
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The maternal health schemes in the state haven’t been functioning to their full capacity to reap benefits Bangalore, April 9, 2018: Indu waits eagerly for the check- up of her one year old son at Magadi Road Maternity hospital. At 22, she has already given birth to two children, one of whom is already five […]
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To commemorate Kannada poet, Dr. Siddaiah Puranika’s birth anniversary, the Government Arts College held an annual poem competition, with an increased participation this year Bangalore, 22 March 2018: Government Arts College’s annual poetry event, Centiversary, saw an increased number of colleges participating in 2018. “Where only 58 colleges had participated last year, the number raised to 89 this time including […]
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BWSSB president may assure that Bangalore will not be the next Cape Town, but several reports beg to differ Bangalore, March 22, 2018: Bangalore is running dry. The fast paced industrialization backed by the rapidly growing urban populace is quite literally guzzling its water resources at an exponential rate. Something along the same lines happened in the South […]
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