19.8 million Children below the age of 6 in India are undernourished. Only 9.6 per cent of children between 6-23 months in the country receive an adequate diet (ICDS 2015 report). By Sumaya Junaid Ahmed Koppal is among the worst districts in the country in terms of Malnutrition. From the past 9 months, the number […]
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The government schemes meant for the welfare of HIV patients have failed to make an impact in Sindagi taluk of Vijayapura district in Karnataka. Thus, the patients have accepted the disease’s consequences as their fate and therefore now continue to suffer, oblivious of the benefits available. By Manasvi Gupta The rough, shaky one-hour bus ride […]
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It is interesting to note the process of Ilkal saree making from cotton and silk warps inside homes setting up a spinning wheel; a popular trend in Gudur.
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As the gloomy state of houses, government buildings and schools post Karnataka floods in August last year continue to embezzle, they put a question on the required subsidy and whether they have reached the masses.
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Young girls of Gangavathi taluk still struggle to complete their schooling. Despite a lot of measures and schemes introduced by state and central governments to ensure compulsory education, a lot of girls from Gangavathi taluk of Koppal district in Karnataka are unable to finish their education. At the core of this lie various reasons that […]
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Muddebihal Taluk of Bijapur District is rich for producing tur dal and sunflower. But the farmers have lost nearly 70 per cent of production due to floods this year. The heavy rain which occurred for nearly 5 months have affected the quality and quantity of all the crops resulting in a huge loss for the […]
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The village dwellers in Maski taluk do not get adequate water to use for drinking, sanitation and irrigation. They have to store water in small tanks and use it for as long as a week or almost ten days. Maski is a rain dependent geographical area without sufficient water resources. The villages in Maski taluk […]
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Anaemia continues to be highly prevalent in Bailhongal taluk with no or irregular supplies of Iron and Folic Acid supplements to fight it. By Nikita Gupta Anaemia is neither a new problem nor a serious issue if viewed from medical science which deals with cancer and covid-19. According to World Health Organization, ‘Anaemia is a […]
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The story of Karnataka and Maharashtra’s unbalanced division of labor and profit. By Jagriti Parakh When a fungal infection with no surefire remedy withered the world’s bananas and started sweeping through Maharashtra, farmers in Karnataka started growing bananas. The same happened and again the grapes turned sour when about two lakh hectares of vineyards in […]
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The age-old practice of child marriage is gaining popularity in the district of Koppal. It reports all-time high, 124 cases of child marriage, children as young as 10-years-old are getting married, at an age when they should be with their mother, she becomes the mother. Radhika (name changed) a 16-year-old girl, married off at the […]
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