Sports equipment remains amiss in various schools. By Hamsaveni N Government schools in Savanur have poor infrastructure, insufficient classrooms, inadequate teaching staff, and shortage of sports equipment. A few schools lack playgrounds and computer education for students. C.N. Hadpada, headmaster of the Government Higher Primary School, Allipura, said, “Although the school has 285 students […]
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Legislative council data shows that in 2020-21 approximately 800 factories had been shut down in Karnataka leading to the loss of 47000 jobs. By Ekta Jha Workers in the factories of the garment industry find it difficult to work due to lack of job security. Rashmi Ramesh, a worker in a garment industry says, […]
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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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Software engineers and Information Technology firms believe that despite the impending global economic slowdown of 2023, Bangalore’s new demand for Artificial Intelligence will keep the sector growing. By Agnidev Bhattacharya A regional economic outlook report released by Oxford Economics says that Bangalore will have the fastest growing economy among Asia-Pacific cities in 2023,owing to its […]
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Animals are still recovering from skin disease. By Hamsaveni There are only four veterinarians and 10 veterinary clinics to cover 64 villages in Savanur taluk in Haveri district. Cattle in the area are still recovering from lumpy skin disease. As of 2022, Savanur taluk had 30,748 head of cattle, 63,950 sheep and goats, and 30,000 […]
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BBMP had asked IISc to preview the technology, but did not pay. By Riya Roy Chowdhury The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) said it did not receive the promised payment from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) to review the ‘rapid road’ technology that was used on Old Madras Road. Associate professor at the Department of Civil […]
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Poor living and working conditions of migrant workers are often left without any social security net. By Vaishnavi Gopalraj Despite being entitled to free healthcare facilities for the informal sector under the Rastriya Bima Yojana, many migrant workers are unaware of how to avail the service of the health card schemes. Subhash, a migrant worker […]
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