No effect of lockdown: Vrishabhavathi continues to be dirty and stinky

Entire Bengaluru’s sewage is released into the river, says official of Pollution Control Board By Aman Bhardwaj and Shoby Krishna G Despite the closure of industries that released effluents into it, the Vrishabhavathi remains dirty and smelly. The lockdown seems to have made no major difference to the health of the river. As in pre-lockdown […]

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Agra reports 36 new Coronavirus cases

While Agra has been lauded by the Centre for curbing the spread of the Corona virus, new cases reported today state otherwise.  By Astha Oriel and Archita Srivastava Despite the measures taken by the district authorities to prevent new coronavirus cases, Uttar Pradesh recorded 40 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, of which 36 […]

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Paved Paradise, Put up a Parking Lot

The wide-ranging announcements made by the Finance Minister in this year’s budget emphasized enormously on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is evident in the sectors touched by the budget. The Softcopy examined the implication of the budget on eight SDGs. SDG 03: Good Health and Well-being By Swalpi Bajpai and Anushka Sharma Nirmala Sitharaman […]

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Yeshwanthpur divided on issues

  Voters are voting to mend problems such as water scarcity and unemployment. By Swagata Banerjee and Rudrankar Raha Bengaluru, April 18, 2019 Yeshwanthpur, which comes under the Bangalore North Parliamentary constituency, witnessed a lower voter turnout this time compared to the previous Lok sabha election. The presiding officers were of the opinion that voter […]

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Voter Turnout: Bangalore Rural Parliament constituency

Bangalore Rural constituency saw a voter turnout of 32.36 per cent till 1 pm on Thursday, 18th April, 2019. A few voters spoke to the NewsNet team about the various issues that have been concerning them in their constituency. Water shortage has hit the city, said Chandana R, a second time voter. “The next government […]

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Voter Turnout: Bangalore South Parliament constituency

As of 1.pm on Thursday, 18th April, 2019,  voter turnout in Bangalore South Constituency was 30.70 per cent, according to updates by the Election Commission. A few voters spoke to the NewsNet team about the various issues that have been concerning them in their constituency. In certain assembly constituencies in Bangalore South, voters names have […]

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