People from Saudatti taluk in Karnataka suffer from gastrointestinal infections and diarrhea on a regular basis because of sewage water is flowing into the Mallaprabha River which provides drinking water in the Saudatti Taluk. By Varsha MK Saudatti, Karnataka Saudatti taluk is one of the oldest Taluks with 148 villages in Belagavi District. Their major […]
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The generic medicine scheme is yet to take off in Siruguppa taluk of Karnataka, forcing the poor to purchase expensive medications Generic medicines in India aim at providing quality medicines at affordable prices throughout the country. Though the Government has asked doctors to prescribe generic medicines rather than the branded versions, people still do not […]
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Lack of awareness and unavailability of medicines are the major issues concerned with the treatment of Haemophilia.
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All the five Anganwadi’s under Kadathi Gram Panchayat were locked due to the shortage of teachers By Shreya Jain Bangalore, April 20, 2019 The primary school kids play on the streets of Shantinagar, Harapanahalli taluk which is located in Karnataka, they struggle speaking Kannada, and they are deprived of the underlying primary school going student’s […]
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The farmers in the state of Karnataka receive only six hours of agricultural electricity that has hampered their business. Most of the fields are drying since the state has been affected due to drought for decades now. According to a report from the Business Line, the state was declared to be severe drought affected along […]
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The never-ending prevalence of malnourishment looms like a curse on the children of Lingasugur. Yaseen, a four-month old girl has been in the hospital for four days and her parents are worried about the condition of their child. The doctor has been assessing her regularly but there has been no improvement yet. Sainaat and Hussain […]
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Beneficiaries receive incomplete houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme Having a Pucca house with basic facilities including toilet, water connection, and 24/7 electricity is a dream of every person. In 2015, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi promised to fulfil this dream of every homeless citizen in the country. Little did they know, that the promise […]
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Veeraih has been suffering from tuberculosis from last four months. He uses to work in shop in the market but after getting infected with TB virus he left his job. He had no idea about what tuberculosis was before getting infected. He is taking all his medicines but still he feels very weak. Talking more […]
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The 2019 IIJNM Investigative Journalism Report “Metro Mess” by the Watchdogs Team. By Anuradha Sriram, Ayanti Bera, Sahana Sanjeev, Samanth Lanka, Sharathkumar Nair, and Yajush Gupta. A COLLECTIVE UNDERGROUND CHAOS How the miscommunication and ignorance of urban authorities are deliberately putting millions of lives in danger. Namma […]
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Excess of fluoride content in groundwater in Harapanahalli creating dental and skeletal fluorosis. Shree B is sitting on a chair and watching other children of her age playing sitting in the balcony of her house. She really wants to play with them, go to school, eat and drink by herself, and do all the usual […]
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