Despite the declining population growth rate of the Jain community in the country, there has been a rise in the number of youths attaining sainthood, therefore killing economic growth in many ways. By Surbhi Shah Drums rolled, people danced, and a 13-year-old wore her best outfit and jewellery for one last time before being wrapped […]
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Bangalore contributes to 77 per cent of Identity theft cases in the country. By Arghyadeep Dutta At times a pilot of Pan America World Airways, a Georgia doctor and a legal prosecutor at other times; Leonardo Dicaprio gave the FBI a hard time in Catch Me If You Can. Identity theft, which tops the list […]
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Lack of sex education in government schools make the students turn up to internet and Netflix for the knowledge. By Batchu Rushali Sex. As much as the word is tried to be kept hidden from children, the government schools in Bangalore work as hard to keep the sex education syllabus out of the class too. […]
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Medicinal plants are being chopped by the axe of commercialization and unsustainable harvesting, and are thus facing the threat of extinction. By Manasvi Gupta Herbal shampoo, creams, medicines, tea, even cigarettes—going ‘organic’ is the new cool. But the irony is that the organic may be on the verge of extinction itself because of deforestation and […]
Continue ReadingWith multiple construction sites cropping up in Bengaluru, the city has a number of construction workers who work, sometimes to death, to earn their living. By Yashasvini Razdan Saddam Hussien toiled every day at the construction site for two meals a day. Little did he know that one granite rock would take away his livelihood […]
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City suffers from ‘unplanned’ dumping of animal waste. After two years of witnessing the disgusting sight of scattered animal waste by the employees of GiftAbled NGO, the area became clean within a day after they lodged an FIR against Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) staff for dumping animal waste outside their workplace. By Ritam […]
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The practice of government, government-aided, and private school teachers engaging in the ‘business’ of imparting private tuitions in the city remains ungoverned. By Manasvi Gupta Good morning teacher! Wished the students. Good evening teacher! Wishes the students again—only this time at the teacher’s home. The teacher—surrounded by a group of students providing private tuitions thus […]
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While textile minister Smriti Irani said that the total raw silk production had increased in 2018 as compared to 2017, the trade deficit for silk goods has increased in 2019. Yashasvini Razdan India is the second largest producer of silk and silk goods, yet the silk industry in India is experiencing a trade deficit with […]
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Maruti Suzuki Alto was the only car to sell more than two lakh units in India despite a 12.3 percentile decrease in automobile sale in the year 2019. By Arghyadeep Dutta Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman blamed the millenials who, “Prefer to use ride-hailing services such as Ola and Uber… and do not want to […]
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Now you can see ‘Wheelie Wonka’ in Bengaluru! You may have come across many riders who are always in a rush, whose driving can prove fatal in many cases, but rarely would you have seen police catching them. By Vivek Madhu Bengaluru: Stunt-biking enthusiasts in the city are flouting traffic norms and endangering others’ lives. […]
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