125 of 145 railway cleaning staff have received training under the Pradan Mantri Skill India Initiative in Bangalore. Neetu Saini Bangalore, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Bangalore becomes the first city to train the railway cleaning staff under Pradhan Mantri Skill India Initiative. The Knight Frank India Ltd working with the Indian Railway Station Development Corporation […]
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PM Modi’s declaration of open defecation free India, proves to be fallacious as India is still not free, as per the panchayat reports of Belagavi By Surbhi Shah The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) failed to meet its deadline in Belagavi district as 81 per cent of the households do not have toilets, Rural Development and […]
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Out of 12 vacancies only six child rights staffers have been recruited this year in Karnataka. By Neetu Saini With the increase in the number of child abuse cases, Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) is facing shortage of staff which is affecting the proceedings of the cases ultimately causing delay in […]
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Different caste groups in Karnataka are fighting for the rights to avail income and caste certificate. Sheikh Saquib Vijayan, from Saurashtra caste has applied fifteen times for income and caste certificate in Nada Kacheri. He needs the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) for his children who are studying in Mathas International School. However, he is […]
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Karnataka government’s menstrual hygiene initiative is yet to attain its objective of providing free sanitary napkins to girls at schools. Neetu Saini Schools in Mudhol have raised concerns about the shortage of Suchi kits provided to them by the Educational block. Out of the 13 packets of sanitary napkins each female student should be receiving […]
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Devdasis in Gangavathi struggle not only with poverty, but also with securing their children’s future. Sheikh Saquib Malama, a Devdasi in the Gangavathi taluk, narrates how she was asked to stop studying after 10th and ended up being a Devdasi without her will. She hopes for a better life for her child, unlike the other […]
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By Riya Sharma On the last day of filing for nominations for the Karnataka by-elections, members of the top three parties, BJP, Congress, and JD(S), engaged in a face-off in the form of rallies on the Queens Road. The representatives stood facing each other at a crossroad on Queens Road, playing drums and raising flags, […]
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Tetanus still prevalent in Karnataka with rising cases and empty vaccine warehouses By Surbhi Shah Bengaluru: Tetanus cases are on the rise as Karnataka is low on vaccine stocks. There is a 60.71 per cent increase of tetanus cases as against last year in the state as per the National Health Profile 2019 report. “There […]
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This year’s election campaign was more focused on basic needs and welfare of people. By Riya Sethi Bangalore, April 11, 2019 The heavy campaigning for 2019 Lok Sabha elections came to end on and the first phase of voting started on 11 April, 2019 in many states like Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh. […]
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Sexologist says that people feel shy to talk about their issues. By Aiswarya Sriram Bangalore, April 11, 2019 In a country like India, talking about sex and sexual disorders is a taboo. Various studies state that such cases are underreported due to awkwardness among the people to discuss it with a doctor. According to Sudhakar […]
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