Podcasts, nature sounds and white noise can help you sleep and can reduce sleep quality, says expert Podcasts and other technological advancements are beginning to be a part of the sleep schedule as the value of “sleeping industry” wakes up. Neha Singhal, psychologist said, “Sleep inducing podcasts act as an helping hand. Meditation podcasts or […]
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Cyclone Jawad is likely to disrupt train schedules over the next few days. South Western Railways has cancelled several trains. Passengers are stranded at Bangalore’s train stations as over 30 trains have been cancelled due to Cyclone Jawad. The cyclone predicted to reach Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Saturday. Maria, station master of Bangalore cantonment […]
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Workers allege that the Karnataka Construction Welfare Board is denying them welfare facilities. Construction workers are yet to be paid Rs. 3000 as promised by the government during the second lockdown, said Pratiban, Vice President of Construction Workers Federation of India (CWFI) at a protest at Mysore Road circle. “There were 24 lakh member recipients, […]
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The BMTC hotline was restored after the lockdown was lifted, but no one has filed any complaint say BMTC officials. The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), which inaugurated Pink Sarathi in 2019, has not received a single complaint about women’s difficulties since the service was restored in July 2021. According to the BMTC public grievance […]
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The government is offering employment to families of atrocity victims, but tying them down with red-tape. More than a hundred applicants from families of victims of atrocities that come under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act) are still waiting for employment on compassionate grounds in the Karnataka government. Social Welfare Department’s (SWD) data states that […]
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Teachers have to repeat instructions multiple times to be understood. As schools are reopening, dyslexic children are having trouble in the learning process as the teachers have to wear masks which muffle their voices. According to a study,“While masks prevent the spread of COVID, they also make spoken language more difficult for children to understand, […]
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Visual art classes in Bengaluru see a rise in students during and after the pandemic. Admissions to online art classes continue to increase even after the lockdown restrictions have been eased. Some of them have attracted students from around the world. Shahina Ashraf, artist and founder of Konsult Art and Design Academy, Bengaluru said they […]
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More job opportunities and a change in mindsets is helping differently-abled people find employment and dignity. The employment of differently-abled takes a turn as new opportunities arise. A report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) indicates a dip in the unemployment rate by 26.6 percent between April 2020 and September 2021. Lekha, Placement […]
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Children of government schools in the villages of Ramanagara district are still waiting for their textbooks and notebooks. Students rejoice going back to school as classes for first to fifth grades resumed from Oct. 25, 2021. One thing that hinders their excitement for learning is —a shortage of notebooks and textbooks. “I am happy, I […]
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Hand-held ATMs are becoming popular in rural areas where banks are rare. Bengaluru: India has seen an increase in the number of micro ATMs (m-ATMs) since September last year. The number of m-ATMs has gone up by 61 percent from 3,07,173 to 4,94,408, statistics released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) show. Further, the […]
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