The Indian smartwatch market witnessed its strongest year-on-year (YOY) growth of 364.1 percent in 2021, but users need to draw the line at depending on them medically. With the adoption of smart watches skyrocketing, scientists are calling for further research into how to use them to monitor oxygen levels. Doctors are also skeptical of their […]
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Police said that the rally got cancelled due to a high court order. The SC Road, Gandhinagara witnessed a thumping atmosphere full of colours and anticipation for the ‘Janata Jaladhare’ rally today. Tribal girls from Ramnagara performed Dollu Kunitha while men adorned in party relics played the drums. They were joined by a transgender person […]
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Scientists preferred mRNA vaccines for pregnant women as they provide better immunological protection for both the mother and her breastfed infant. Divya Bedi, a resident of Faridabad was pregnant in 2021 when she got vaccinated with Covishield against corona virus. She had tested Covid positive few months after her twin daughters were born. Managing them […]
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Experts say that this undermines the whole understanding and struggle of anti-caste reforms. Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board (KSBDB) celebrated the first-ever Acharyatrayara Jayantotsava. They announced many schemes for the community at the event. Subrayam Hegde, director of KSBDB said that the event has been organized to honour Vedic scholars and great Brahmin achievers from […]
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Health experts say that almost all discharged Covid patients suffer from persisting symptoms of the disease. When the government lifted the ban on travel, Simran’s* grandmother went to Haridwar. She was longing to go there but could not go due to Covid related restrictions. Little did she know it would be her last visit there, […]
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Veteran journalist P. Ramaiah highlighted media ownership issues and laid importance on development and investigative journalism. Journalists demanded bus passes, health cards and other amenities at the swearing-in ceremony of new office bearers of the Karnataka Working Journalists’ Association (KWJA). Covid-19 protocols at the gathering of almost 100 people were amiss. President of KWJA, Shivananda […]
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In songs of resistance, interstate students find a way to bridge the language barrier gaps within the country. Sahil Sharma (24) from Himachal Pradesh didn’t understand Punjabi before coming to Panjab University, Chandigarh. He joined a student organisation called Students for Society (SFS) a few months after taking admission in the Botany Department of the […]
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World Water Day will come and go but the water crisis in Bengaluru is here to stay. Bengaluru: Data from the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme (Dec. 2021) found that the water quality in lakes and tanks in Bengaluru is bad. Experts say that the government’s main focus is on fresh-water resources while the local […]
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In rural areas of India, last mile deliveries of e-commerce shipments remain an issue of concern. The market penetration for 2019 was two to three percent. Bright-neon-coloured balloons were pasted on the walls with a double-sided tape. Numerous ribbons made out of pleated crepe paper adorned the centre table while little girls—with their hair open—played […]
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Private medical education remains largely unaffordable, students swarm to countries like Ukraine, while the healthcare system in India suffers. Sumy, Ukraine, is located 1500 kilometres (km) from Hungary, 1300 km from Romania, 1250 km from Poland, 700 km from Belarus, and 155 km from Belgorod, Russia. As of Monday, almost 700 Indian students remained stranded […]
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