There is a discrepancy in various health schemes adopted in the state. While one has seen massive success, many others flounder According to the United Nations Inter-agency group for Child Mortality Estimation(UN IGME) report 2017, six countries that account for half of the world’s under-six deaths are India, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, […]
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Asked to call 24/7 helpline if there’s a problem Consumers of piped natural gas (PNG), cheaper and more convenient to deliver than LPG, seem unaware of the risks involved in its use. “I have lived in Bengaluru for five years. Recently, my landlord took a piped natural gas connection, but none of us was told that […]
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By Ayushi Singh and Ritika Arun Gondhalekar Bangalore, April 10, 2018: The Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samithi (DSS) on Tuesday protested against the Supreme Court’s judgment on the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and demanded it be withdrawn. Led by N. Murthy, about 70 DSS members, carrying banners, shouted slogans like […]
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Can suffocate people and cause illnesses With new multi-storeyed buildings coming up, old ones are increasingly being starved of proper ventilation. Not only does lack of ventilation cause suffocation; absence of sunlight due to the new buildings causes adverse health effects. “I have lived in this area for the past 40 years and seen new buildings come […]
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A lack of health facilities and doctors has forced residents of villages in Shikaripur to travel to the taluk headquarters. Begur is one of the villages without a proper medical facility. Residents say ambulances arrive late, forcing people to borrow vehicles to take patients to hospital. Some women in labour gave birth in ambulances that […]
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Bangalore, March 1, 2018: In a surprising turn, it was not chief minister Siddaramaiah but Shantinagar MLA NA Haris who inaugurated the reconstructed Church Street on Thursday. In an email to journalists, the Karnataka information department had said Siddaramaiah would dedicate a multi-storied vehicle parking facility at Freedom Park at 10am, newly built footpaths at […]
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Bangalore, February 01, 2018: The BBMP announced on December 29, 2017, that it would float a tender to replace streetlights with LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs within a few weeks. More than a month after the announcement, there is no sign of a tender. Five lakh streetlights are to be replaced with LED lamps. The budget is […]
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