Garment factories in Karnataka are breeding grounds for sexual predators, often trapping women employees into the sex work industry. ASI study shows around 20 million involved in the sex work industry. Bengaluru Urban has the highest number of sex workers among all the districts in Karnataka with over 21 thousand in the industry. Among the […]
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Most minor girls in the city now regret marrying their older partners, under false pretences. By Yukta Mudgal In Bengaluru, many girls below 18 years of age get married due to allurement by older men, lack of awareness and emotional support from parents. Child marriage is prohibited under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. […]
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Fine collection for violating Bangalore traffic guidelines are turning automated. This has reduced violations such as red light jumping and helmet-less driving. By Rhythm Sharma The traffic police have booked 96 lakh people online and collected Rs 180 crores in 2022.The percentage of online fine collection has gone up from 38 percent in 2018 to […]
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We might have started living our lives normally but it’s still a long way for the artisans Channapatna: “I started making toys with my father during the school time only but I will not teach the art of making these toys to my kids,” said Jaffar Khan, 34, a toy-making artisan while giving a final touch […]
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With increasing demand and only five hostels in the city, girls from minority communities await the living quarters they were promised. Bengaluru: The books on the shelf of the hostel library were limited in number, but a large number of mosquitoes in the library were compensating for the absence of people. The mess and the […]
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Plastics on roads, Plastic at homes, but Plastics in human blood! Is it really bearable? No. Recent findings of microplastics in human bloodstream has made health experts fearful of how far this can go, and connect this with plastics being largely used in food packaging today. But why is it so difficult to reduce plastic? […]
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The three percent reservation for disabled students in government aided institutions has also failed to encourage the visually impaired to pursue higher education. It is yet another day of spring, the sky is full of clouds, the breeze is soothing in the evenings and the ambience surrounding us makes us feel warm and happy. […]
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Rabies, a preventable yet fatal disease is still a problem, with dogs being the leading cause of human rabies deaths, accounting for up to 99 percent of all human rabies transmissions. For the first time in six months, Bengaluru Urban area resident Hanumanth Raya went for a morning walk, but what he found instead of […]
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Unregulated biomedical waste contributes to rising environmental hazards, say experts. Citizens demand biomedical waste management plants be relocated outside municipal borders. Gayatri finds herself in a state of confusion as she notices that the regulation of biomedical waste treatment is being violated at hospitals. “If we want to find out the real truth about biomedical […]
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Graffiti artists in India struggle due to the pandemic Kartikey Sharma another artist who is from Pune but has worked in Bangalore with collaboration with Sneha Chakraborty and wicked Broz.He says doing graffiti as a passion in India is not feasible because at the end of the day the artist has to earn money to […]
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