Over 1200 Covid beds available in Bengaluru today!

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By Zahid H Javali The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has a real-time dashboard to give the status of bed availability in the city. Today, as of 3.30pm, there were over 1200 beds available in various locations across the city. This comes on the heels of a visit by Gaurav Gupta, BBMP Commissioner, who had … Read more

Bellandur & HSR Layout recording consistently high incidents of COVID-19

Bellandur & HSR Layout recording consistently high incidents of COVID-19 1

By Anuksha Dey Bengaluru currently has 24,600 active covid positive cases. Most cases detected in the last 10 days are concentrated in Bengaluru South (20%), followed by East (16%) and West (16%), according to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). At the ward level, Bellandur, HSR Layout, Shanthala Nagar, RR Nagar, Doddanekundi and Horamavu have … Read more

Why are spot-billed ducks mysteriously dying at India’s ‘model lake’?

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By Anuksha Dey On April 5, Jothi Viknesh, a Zumba instructor who happened to be on a walk at Kaikondrahalli Lake, Sarjapur Road, uploaded a video on Youtube that took Bangaloreans by shock. The video showed Jothi trying to save a spot-billed duck that was struggling to breathe near the water body. The visuals showed … Read more

KCDC stink continues; residents upset with BBMP’s false promises

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By Anuksha Dey The residents’ right to breathe continues to be compromised in and around HSR Layout as the stink from Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) refuses to die down. The BBMP had promised to address the problem within six weeks, but there is no sign of that yet, angering the residents further.  In late … Read more

Bengaluru records hottest day in 4 years

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By Anuksha Dey Yesterday, Bengaluru recorded its hottest day in four years, and it’s no April Fool’s joke. The mercury level soared to 37.2°C. Temperatures continue to be high as the city recorded its highest minimum temperature (23.1°C) this morning. The temperature on Thursday was merely 0.1°C short of the all-time high of 37.3°C recorded … Read more

How a road is asphalted in Bengaluru

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By Qamar ZJ How does the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) asphalt a road in Bengaluru from the ground up? This video shows you a five-hour job in just over nine minutes. However, what you will see are the various procedures that go into making of an asphalted road.  A long waiting game If a … Read more

Good Measure Foundation: Empowering women to become financially independent

Good Measure Foundation: Empowering women to become financially independent 3

By Anuksha Dey 2020 was a hard year for businesses across India. However, for 47-year-old Madhu Ahuja, the year provided her with an opportunity to follow her lifelong dream of working in the social sector. She is helping women become financially independent by teaching them new skills for free, and is even paying some of … Read more

Opinion: Why IB should cancel May 2021 exams in India

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By Gokulananda Nandan  Being an IB educator and examiner, I request IB to cancel the May 2021 exam in India as the students will be the most impacted for no fault of theirs. In many schools, the pupils have suffered loss of learning due to the technological instability of online classes, which has resulted in … Read more

Mobile towers: Is the telecom website conveying the true picture of radiation levels?

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By Zahid H Javali After much hue and cry from activists and citizens, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) launched a website in 2017. Named Tarang Sanchar, it tells you the various mobile towers installed in your neighbourhood and whether the EMF radiation is within permissible limits. We checked the radiation levels of ten cell towers … Read more

Weekend getaway from Bengaluru: Vani Vilasapura Dam

Weekend getaway from Bengaluru: Vani Vilasapura Dam 6

By Qamar ZJ Vani Vilasapura Dam, about 3-3.5 hours drive away from Bengaluru, is a veritable weekend getaway. You can go in the morning, have breakfast on the way, reach the dam, and be drawn to its expansive natural landscape of mountains and river Vedavathi.  The scene is straight out of a picture postcard, and … Read more

Road Beku: Koramangala residents demand link road between Ejipura and Sarjapur Road

Road Beku: Koramangala residents demand link road between Ejipura and Sarjapur Road 7

By Zahid H Javali In the eighth year, the dream of Koramangala citizens to have a link road that directly connects Ejipura signal with Sarjapur Road, has still not come true. The residents have re-started their three-year-old online petition to push for the project. Over 1500 people have signed the request letter to Karnataka chief … Read more

Citizens protest against HSR Layout cricket stadium construction

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By Qamar ZJ Today, citizens protested against the Rs 140-crore HSR Layout cricket stadium construction on a 7.18-acre open playground in Sector 2, HSR Layout. Despite opposition from the residents during public consultations, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to build a cricket stadium with 10,000 seating capacity. Besides, a four-storied pavilion building … Read more