More than 90 percent of home-based garment workers can be called ‘forced laborers’ as they are paid less than the state stipulated minimum wage. By Jagriti Parakh While walking down the narrow lanes of Hosahalli, through the dimly lit basement shops along Mysore Road, and across the dystopian concrete buildings in Peenya and BTM Layout […]
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Deep discounts provided by various food delivery applications have become a reason for restaurants to withdraw their collaboration with them. By Shubhangi Mathur In the wake of #logout campaign launched by National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI), more than 2500 restaurants have logged out of the food delivering aggregators across the nation. Many restaurants are […]
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According to cybercrime police, the number of digital wallets or e-wallet fraud cases has increased rapidly after various online platforms opened for payments and money transfer. By Archita Chakraborty Bangalore: In recent years, the tech city, Bangalore, has experienced a rapid increase in the number of digital wallets or e-wallet fraud cases. The number of […]
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Karnataka corn farmers are shifting to vegetables like tomatoes, chilies and cucumbers for larger gains. By Bibek Baidya As Albert Einstein once said, we cannot do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. Manoj has been cultivating corn for four years in K Golahalli and getting Rs 10-15 per kg […]
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After the central government’s ban on dual Maximum Retail Price (MRP), some companies have come up with a way to circumvent the law and most customers are unaware. By Apoorva GS Processed food manufacturing companies are selling water, soft drinks, and snacks at higher prices at malls, railway stations, bus stands, airports and hotels. To […]
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It has been observed that RBI’s ‘Mani’ app for the visually impaired sometimes detects fake currency bills or even scrap paper as real money. Archita Chakaraborty “MANI” or Mobile Aided Note Identifier application by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going haywire, as the app is now also identifying bus tickets and fake currency […]
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If you have to ported your mobile number because of slow internet speed or network issues, then you are among the 42 million people to have done so in the last nine years. Vivek Kumar M Karnataka, among all other Indian states and Union Territories, leads in terms of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests. Telecom […]
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More than 20 cases of work from home fraud have been registered with the city cybercrime police station in Bangalore in the past one month. Abhinav Kumar As many people in Bengaluru turn to freelancing, the I-T city sees a surge in the number of ‘work from home’ job fraud cases. City cybercrime police department […]
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KYC verification of customers in the city is under high risk of banking fraud. Abhinav Kumar More than 20 cases relating to KYC alone have been registered with the city cybercrime police station in Bengaluru in past one month. KYC stands for ‘Know Your Customer’. Through KYC banks know the details of their customers, like […]
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The Chief Minister has given a green signal to allocate a larger market space for the vegetable vendors of the New Kalasipalyam Market in Bengaluru. By Riya Sharma A green signal has been given by the CM to meet the promises made to the Vegetable Vendors Association (VVA), dispensing more than 40 acres of land […]
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