Training for athletes at the 400-meters track at Kanteerva Stadium was stopped in December 2019 because the track was not usable. Two years later, the situation remains the same. Bengaluru: The reconstruction of the 400-meter synthetic athletics track at the Kanteerava stadium is still a work-in-progress even after 18 months. This has affected athletes, coaches […]
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Lack of funding has led to delay in implementation of the marriage incentives scheme for devadasis’ children. Last year, there has been a drop of 53 percent in the number of approved applicants receiving money under the Incentive for the Devadasi Children’s Marriage, according to the Social Welfare Department (SWD), Karnataka. This scheme applies to […]
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Some special schools have not opened yet. Online education is mostly ineffective for special schools, as they need in-person therapies and activities. Education of children with special needs has been significantly affected as essential activities like speech therapy and physiotherapy stopped when schools were shut. This has affected their growth, said schools and experts. While […]
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Physically-challenged children have been left without play spaces due to lack of disabled-friendly infrastructure in city parks. Disabled children are shut out of play grounds in the city due to lack of inclusive infrastructure such as ramps and handrails. The government is yet to build these spaces as recommended in the Bengaluru Smart City proposal. […]
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World Health Organization fears that India’s ‘disease burden’ would increase significantly in 2022. Bengaluru: Public health officials and doctors fear that disruptions in the healthcare system, caused by the pandemic, have prevented the detection and treatment of Tuberculosis (TB) patients in the last one and half years. Dr. Nischit, the World Health Organization (WHO) medical […]
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The Smart City workers’ children live in tiny tin-sheeted rooms with no water supply or sanitation. The children of Smart City workers have no access to school.They are malnourished and live in unventilated, unhygienic, tiny tin-sheeted rooms. “We have been living here for the past one and a half years, and were not allowed to […]
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Migrant workers in Kashmir flee home and tension surges among the locals. Bengaluru: Several migrant workers in Kashmir fear for their lives and are planning to go back to their home states after two workers were shot by militant outfits on Oct. 17. Rashid, a carpenter in Srinagar plans to leave home at the end of this […]
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While globally dealcoholized beer is growing in popularity, Bengaluru prefers alcoholic beer. Zero-alcohol beer, which is projected to increase at a rate of 10.3 percent in 2021, appears to be getting off to a slow start in Bengaluru. M.D. Aftab, manager at a Bengaluru pub, said that they can only sell one to three cans […]
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Women commuters struggle as they avoid using washrooms in metro stations due to their unhygienic conditions. Lack of dustbins in washroom stalls and non-functioning water taps in major metro stations in the city leave women commuters stranded during their metro rides. “I find the washrooms to be really smelly; and they often don’t have soap […]
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While the pandemic saw an increase in sales, offline stores are few. Bangalore has the second highest sales of sex toys in India after Mumbai, according to a study by thatspersonal.com. Despite the rise in sales during the lockdown, sellers said there are still few offline stores in the city. Nitin Kumar, sales manager of […]
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