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Agastya International Foundation aims to reduce the disparity between those who can afford better education at high-end private schools and children from economically weaker sections, who can only go to rural government schools

Bridging the divide in school learning, the Agastya way

Agastya International Foundation aims to reduce the disparity between those who can afford better education at high-end...

13 Feb 2017 2:46 AM IST

The moniker of Garden City is becoming a bit ironical as it is fast losing its parks and playgrounds to illegal encroachments. (Representational Image)

The greed to grab public land is incessant'

Environment Support Group talk to DC about political greed and a bill that threatens our basic rights.

12 Feb 2017 6:59 AM IST

The online platform has been helping many such dreams and initiatives come alive, not just in Bengaluru and Karnataka, but also across the country.

Fuel a dream, give wings to the deserving lot

The city-based online platform has been helping many such dreams.

6 Feb 2017 2:07 AM IST

A lion ran amuck at the Bannerghatta Biological Park last week. A video of the incident went viral on social networking sites raising concerns about the safety of visitors to the park.

The chat room: Problem is with people, not animals

The problem usually has more to do with the people, the visitors or those who manage facilities like these, than with...

5 Feb 2017 3:14 AM IST

A file photo of volunteers of an NGO with children under treatment for cancer.

Lack of awareness! Bengaluru losing its battle against cancer

Among new cases received at Kidwai hospital, females outnumber males.

3 Feb 2017 3:02 AM IST

In 2016, the idea caught the attention of a crowd funding platform, Fuel A Dream, which helped him go large scale.

Bengaluru man invents device to help the blind distinguish fake...

Dedicating the device to his friend, Tiffany Brar, Mr D'Souza named it TIFFY Template.

31 Jan 2017 2:01 AM IST

Rashmi Aiyappa (right) started Aashwasan to make people experience their true self and realise their dreams

Aashwasan Foundation: Infusing hope where there is none

The foundation offers Aashwasan Science, which helps people realise more than their normal potential.

30 Jan 2017 2:57 AM IST

One of the reasons for the common man to fall prey to such quacks is also lack of awareness about the subject. (Representational Image)

Orthodontics is not a short-term course: Indian Orthodontic Society

A lot of people are conducting weekend courses and all they do is show you a presentation and ask you to treat patients.

27 Jan 2017 4:34 AM IST

Private hospitals play a major role in providing health services but the costs are prohibitively high. (Representational image)

Karnataka: Notice to 26 hospitals for rejecting BPL patients

Government yet to clear dues to private hospitals.

27 Jan 2017 4:14 AM IST

Bashas foot after surgery

Bengaluru doctors help Kashmiri youth walk without a limp

He was suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome due to which his right toe was twisted out of shape.

26 Jan 2017 4:25 AM IST

In Karnataka, Swasti has been focusing on five vulnerable communities women in factories, women in sex work, gay men, transgenders and the urban and rural poor, who have little or no access to clean water and sanitation.

Swasti: keeping urban poor, marginalised communities swasth

In Karnataka, 13,894 workers have been trained through WiF across 16 factories under two phases of the programme.

23 Jan 2017 2:56 AM IST

he recent mental health survey done by Nimhans had revealed that one in twenty people suffer from depression.

NIMHANS app to help people cope with depression

The user needs to check in to the app about three times a week.

21 Jan 2017 4:40 AM IST