2017 saw maximum internet shutdowns by GOI

Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC),an organization that works for internet freedom, has tracked 70 instances of internet shutdowns by the government of India in 2017 Bangalore, February 1, 2018: In its seven years of collecting data on internet shutdowns, SFLC website has tracked a total of 132 cases. The data from the website for shows […]

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Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana fails to meet deadline

Authorities turn a deaf-ear to the repeated demands of the slum-dwellers. Bangalore, January 23, 2018: Only 9,826 beneficiaries have been registered out of the targeted 93, 065 people under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana in Karnataka. Out of 3.4 lakh households which are to be constructed by 2022, only one thousand have been completed under […]

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Condom Sales Bring Down HIV/AIDS in Bangalore

Bangalore, Sept 27, 2017:The spike in condom use has led to the decrease in HIV/Aids cases in Bangalore. Bhupendra, Customer Executive at Indiastat, a website that provides statistics from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that from 2016-2017, there were 47, 12, 000 condoms distributed in Karnataka. There’s a 1.7 per cent increase in […]

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