After stampede, K'taka govt to formulate new SOP for mega events

Karnataka government will formulate a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for mega events, meetings and celebrations aimed at preventing any untoward incidents, state Home Minister G......

RCB, KSCA, event management firm booked over Bengaluru stampede

The Bengaluru police on Thursday registered an FIR against RCB, the state cricket association, and others under various charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, in connection......

The Coming Dementia Epidemic

Around 7.4 per cent of Indians aged 60 and above are affected by dementia.This number is expected to rise from the current 8.8 million to 17 million by 2036, marking a 97 per cent increase. Kindly......

Contests That Startled India

Lok Sabha constituencies that sprung a surprise in the 2024 polls IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.Girls with their faces and hands painted with......

Lasik Surgery Market Eyes 2X Growth In 5 Years

India currently performs around 6,00,000 to 7,00,000 laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (Lasik) and refractive procedures a year, and the uptake is accelerating. Kindly note the image has......

How q-com will drive India's blue-collar job market

The rapid rise of quick commerce is anticipated to create a substantial increase in the need for blue-collar workers, with India projected to require 2.4 million jobs by 2027, according to job......

8-digit phone numbers for Bangalore soon

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd proposes to introduce eight-digit numbering for telephone connections in Bangalore urban area shortly, top officials said on Friday."All the existing seven digit......

How We Can Create Millions Of Jobs

'Three manufacturing sectors can create jobs by the million: Apparel, food, and electronic assembly.''Let's talk to them and ask them what it would take to scale by a factor of ten,' suggests......

Rainbow Rishta Review: Heartwarming!

If these six stories in Rainbow Rishta are any indication, then urban Indian society is moving towards a welcome liberalism, even though reality cannot be so simple, notes Deepa Gahlot. When there......

Why Did Kiran Rao Struggle?

'I was very keen to make another film and I was dying to say action and cut and get back into creating characters and creating worlds.''But I just didn't have a script I was happy with.''I was......

Saudi Vellakka: Every Face Counts

I thought Saudi Vellakka a glancing, loving depiction of the judicial system as a pageantry filled with performers trying to do right by everyone, do everything by the book, and failing despite......

Finally! An Indian Coming-Of-Age Movie For Grownups

Dear Friend is for those who idealised Dil Chahta Hai all out of proportion, and then warmed up to the premise that friendship could be a lot more complicated, and transient, observes Sreehari......

'Ganguly is a victim of dirty politics'

Former Team India captain Sourav Ganguly, who found no takers at the recent IPL IV auction, was a victim of "dirty politics", a West Bengal minister said on Thursday. "Dirty politics was played by......