There has been a gradual change in the reading habits of people, and the book shop owners are facing implications of it. Nagendra, who has been selling books on Avenue Road for around 40 years, says a lot of students take Xerox copies of books instead of buying books, to save costs, which affects his […]
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India needs more Brain Banks Bengaluru , Sept. 27, 2018 : Charles Scott Sherrington once said, “The brain is a mystery; it has been and still will be. How does the brain produce thoughts? That is the central question and we have still no answer to it.” The Neurobiology Research Centre at the National Institute […]
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India won 69 medals in the recently concluded Asian games, held in Jakarta and Palembang, surpassing its previous best record made in the 2010 Asiad at Guangzhou, China, and equaled the gold medal tally of 15 from the first ever Asian Games held in New Delhi, India. The country of more than 1.2 billion is […]
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The Program struggles in covering peritoneal dialysis for its patients. Bengaluru, Sept. 11, 2018: The National Health Mission rolled out a dialysis program for the poor in 2016 known as the ‘The Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Program’ which covers only one kind of dialysis that is Haemodialysis (HD) and not Peritoneal dialysis (PD) because it is […]
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Angry students, social activists and organizations took to the streets of Bangalore to protest against the inactivity of police and the government in the Unnao and Kathua cases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICFAdcMTlqQ Bangalore, April 13, 2018: At least 150 furious protesters gathered at the Mysore Bank Circle in Bangalore to protest the government’s failure to provide justice to […]
Continue ReadingAnanth Kumar, Javadekar hit out at Congress ‘Chola Bhatura’ fast From Ananth Kumar and Javadekar hitting out at Congress to Vokkaliga Supremo accusing Siddaramaiah of corruption cases, the political drama in K’Taka grips the state in election fever. By Narayan R, Garima Dhawan, Abhishek and Bharath Manjesh Bangalore, April 12, 2018: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs […]
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Picture Courtesy: S Vicky, Puthiya Thalaimurai Protests broke out in parts of Chennai following the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the city Bangalore, March 12, 2018: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Chennai, was welcomed with black balloons and black flags asking him to go back following the Central […]
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The event comes after Supreme Court’s decision on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Bangalore, April 11, 2018: To commemorate the 127th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R Ambedkar, the Karnataka Rajya Dalita Sanghattane (KRDS) is all set to protest and celebrate the day as ‘Social Justice’ day. The KRDS […]
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While retailers are unhappy with FSSAI’s decision, consumers have welcomed it. Bangalore, April 11, 2018: If you have a favorite organic brand, prepare to bid your goodbye to it if it doesn’t follow the latest Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulation that wants food companies selling organic produce to get certified with […]
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Increase in exports and production created a perfect brew for tea exporters in FY2018. Bangalore, April 9, 2018: India’s tea exports have been the highest in 36 years at 240.7 million kilograms during the fiscal year 2017-18, as data from Tea Board India shows. The data shows that the exports increased by 18.23 million kgs […]
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