Drop in demand and increase in prices have left mango farmers struggling. Ramanagara: Farmers in the district are finding it difficult to harvest mangoes that are left rotting in farms due to lockdown restrictions. Small scale farmers in Ramanagara district,the second-largest mango producer in Karnataka after Kolar district, are looking at huge losses, as restrictions […]
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The incident came into light when a video of two officials beating up a boy for not taking the COVID-19 test went viral on Monday. Bengaluru: The officials seen in the viral video of a boy being beaten up and forced to take a Covid-19 test are not Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials, but […]
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Parakh Sinha|24th May 2021 High Court opens to virtual hearings exclusively after summer vacations, SOPs in place by the Registrar General to curtail COVID-19 spread in the judiciary. Bengaluru: Advocates will no longer be allowed to enter the Principal Bench of Karnataka High Court (Bangalore) complex, unless there is a specific order of the court […]
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The sale of residential properties in Bengaluru decreased by 50.96 percent from 2019 to 2020. Swati Sagarika Rout | 19:34 IST 22nd April,2021 Bengaluru-: The sale of residential units in Bengaluru has gone down amid a surge in Covid-19 cases. One of the major reasons for decrease in sales and rentals of the residential units […]
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Department of Information and Public Relations, Karnataka, maintains two trust funds and an Rs. 10,000-pension fund for journalists in the state which has had a few takers. Delhi: They are always there, bringing you the scoops, the good stuff, the news. But who is there for them? “Though I am a crime reporter, I have […]
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Work from Home has brought losses for backpack sellers as children and IT professionals don’t need to carry bags anymore. Bengaluru: Promotion to a new class used to mean new school bags, new uniforms, new books and their cover stickers, writing names on them, but that is no longer the case. As children take online lessons and […]
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Just as students saw reprieve from online learning as the first wave of the pandemic receded, the second wave is forcing summer camps to choose between moving online and shutting down. Bengaluru- This year, after the Covid-19 graph started plummeting, summer camp organizers considered conducting the summer camps online. But, with the second wave, they […]
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Craftspeople and handicraft shop owners struggle to make ends meet as the Covid pandemic keeps tourists and other customers away. Bengaluru: For the past 28 years, N. Kumar and his family have been making wooden handicraft products from their home in Mysore and exporting them to nearby states. The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed him to […]
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After the government announced a 50 percent capacity in gyms, the gym owners have experienced losses, while people are uncertain of their membership fees. Bengaluru: Soumya Rao, the owner of Socio Fitness, had been successfully running her business for the past 12 years, till the two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic handicapped her earning […]
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The crematorium operators work non-stop, but the queue of ambulances outside these crematoriums does not cease. Bengaluru: The rising number of Covid-19 cases have burdened the crematorium workers in the city. They have seen six times the number of bodies than they used to before. Bengaluru has recorded 4,636 deaths (as of April 22, 2021) […]
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