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It was around 8 p.m. on July 14, 2023, when tragedy struck 18-year-old Rajashekar K.V. He was walking on Cunningham Road in the heart of the city when a huge peepal tree fell on him, causing severe pelvic injuries that left his lower body immobilised. Rajashekar had come to Bengaluru from Chickballapur just 20 days…
Lunch boxes lying at a stone quarry in Hulukenahalli village in Tavarekere Hobli on Bengaluru’s outskirts on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR Half-eaten meals packed from home lay scattered next to unopened plastic water bottles, while two earthmovers and six drilling machines standing silent were among the first signs that work had come to…
The stone quarry at Madapattana village in Bengaluru South district where a massive boulder fell on workers, leaving seven dead and several others injured, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR As Rama Naik began his morning shift at the stone quarry, his son had just finished working the night shift at the same…
The team found that the ultrasound drastically reduces the cancer cells’ ability to migrate and invade surrounding tissue. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with clinicians at MS Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals have found that oral cancer cells are vulnerable to the moderate mechanical stimulations produced by ultrasound. The team…
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Bengaluru, home to the largest number of GCCs in India, can expect a slow increase in GCC office rents in the days to come. | Photo Credit: File photo As Bengaluru continues to be India’s largest Global Capability Centre (GCC) market, a new ranking of cities based on the Commercial Property Rental Index (CPRI) for GCCs has shown that the city’s GCC index, as…
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According to the petitioners, the State law is repugnant to the Centre’s Code on Social Security (COSS), 2020, which already establishes a uniform national framework for gig worker welfare. | Photo Credit: File photo The Indian Federation of App-Based Transport Workers (IFAT) and Karnataka App-Based Workers Union (KAWU) have strongly condemned the decision of platform companies, including Swiggy, Zepto,…
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With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) now under way in the State, Karnataka is likely to have 11 types of “logical discrepancy”, if the same framework followed in other Phase III States is adopted. When the category was first introduced during the SIR in West Bengal, only four logical discrepancies were identified. While Karnataka Chief…
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Electors in Karnataka will not have to produce any documents during the house-to-house enumeration for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls beginning on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) V. Anbu Kumar clarified on Monday. Only forms to be given Addressing a press conference, Mr. Kumar said Booth Level Officers will only distribute and…
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The five corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) recorded an overall 96.40% coverage under the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, with 11,06,535 children below the age of five receiving polio vaccine drops against a target population of 11,47,872. Among the five corporations, Bengaluru East recorded the highest coverage at 99.48%, followed by Bengaluru North…
In what is likely to be a Guinness World Record, 15 lakh saplings of native species were planted across multiple Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) layouts to mark Kempegowda Jayanti. According to the BDA, the event witnessed the participation of over 50,000 citizens. Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and BDA Chairperson N.A. Haris planted saplings. Several educational…
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