After the new BEE guidelines, the manufacturers of ceiling fans around the country will see an increase of around 10 to 12 percent in their production costs. With the onset of summer, the ceiling fans industry always expects an increase in their sales. But, this time, companies like Animesh Graphics Engineers, which print Bureau of […]
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Muslim religious leaders plan to discuss their removal from the reservation with Vokkaliga and Lingayat leaders in the state. Fearing that they will be blamed for communal tensions before the assembly elections of 2023, the Muslim community of Karnataka will take the legal way to fight for their reservation rights. Recently, the Karnataka government scrapped […]
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Suryamitra Skill Development Programme (SSDP) is not able to meet the growing demands of the solar power capacity of Karnataka. The room for skill development training on the first floor of Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) located on a hill in Naagarabhaavi remains empty with just black seats lined in rows. The gap between […]
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New business models in the gaming industry have pushed retailers and resellers of video games to closing down. After 15 years of being in the retail gaming business, Rehman has decided to leave the industry for good. His store, Rey Castle Games is hidden inside a commercial complex in Jayanagar. Only with a banner of […]
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India’s free legal aid services lacks infrastructure for the disabled. Lack of trust among those living in rural areas has been making the work of the legal aids in Karnataka harder. This can be seen in the case of legal aids like Bhaskar B S who have been trying to provide services under the National […]
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Despite an increase at the bank, the only skin bank in Bengaluru is unable to meet the existing demands of burn patients. Pragya Prasun who has been actively campaigning for skin banks for around a decade now recalls her own experience of needing skin donation at the time of her treatment. Being a burn victim, […]
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Opposition political parties attacking Gujarat Model of BJP for campaign. Parties such as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are focusing on the economic development of the state for the Gujarat elections. Anshul Avijit, national spokesperson of the INC said, “Our main agenda is economic development.” He added […]
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The job security of informal workers could decrease as industries would not need permission from the government to lay off workers. The new labour reforms allow factories with fewer than 300 workers to lay off their employees without permission from the government. Previously, factories with over 100 workers would need consent from the government before […]
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The ongoing Karnataka-Maharashtra border dispute sees tightening of police security at the borders of the two states. The Marathi speaking community of Karnataka are not ready to merge with Maharashtra, yet, “My mother tongue is Marathi but I am loyal to Karnataka,” said chairperson of Karnataka Maratha Communities Development Corporation Ltd (KMCDC), Dr M G […]
Continue ReadingThe workers who roll beedis in Bengaluru’s beedi colony are leaving the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme. Beedi workers would rather not have 10 percent of their salary deducted for the Employees’ Provident Funds Scheme (EPFO). They say that they get paid less than the minimum wage and a 10 percent cut would mean tightening their […]
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