Spectre of TB is back to haunt Karnataka

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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Distressed Dancing Bears

Over 628 dancing bears rescued in the country and nearly 140 in Karnataka are still under threat. By Lanka Samanth Bangalore, March 14, 2019: The dancing bears or sloth bears are again facing difficulties for survival. Previously, in Kalandars, which is a community where the livelihood is based on poaching animals and using them for […]

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